Topics: liability
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LD Düsseldorf, February 12, 2026, order on application for provisional measures, UPC_CFI_723/2025
Non-infringement arguments which are for the first time submitted with the Rejoinder can be rejected as late-field: If a defendant has not (timely) contested that the challenged embodiments infringe the patent in suit and if the court follows the claim interpretation of claimant, infringement will be assumed for the purposes of the proceedings for provisional…
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Court of Appeal, December 9, 2025, appeal in proceedings re. damages, UPC_CoA_8/2025
Failure to monitor the patent landscape can establish “reasonable grounds to know”, Art. 68(1) UPCA: Under Art. 68(1) UPCA, the Court shall, at the request of the injured party, order the infringer who knowingly, or with reasonable grounds to know, engaged in a patent infringing activity, to pay the injured party damages appropriate to the…
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Court of Appeal, October 29, 2024, order, UPC_CoA_549/2024
Order on suspensive effect of appeal if impugned decision is evidently incorrect.: The suspensive effect may be ordered in particular if the order against which the appeal is directed is evidently incorrect. Whether there is an evident violation of the law is assessed on the basis of the factual findings and legal considerations that provide…
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LD Munich, September 13, 2024, infringement action: decision on the merits, UPC_CFI_390/2023
No stay of the proceedings due to national nullity proceedings re. German part of patent-in-suit: Requirements of R. 295(a) RoP not fulfilled, appeal of the German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) against the first instance decision of the German Federal Patent Court (FPC) is not expected to be given rapidly. A stay according to R.…
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