Matthew Naylor - April 22, 2024 UPC Weekly - Language of proceedings at the UPC 2024 Week 16 This week we focus on the language of proceedings at the UPC, considering when the ...
Matthew Naylor - April 15, 2024 UPC Weekly - Time-dependent transparency of UPC proceedings? 2024 Week 15 The week saw the Court of Appeal issue its decision on public access to court file ...
Matthew Naylor - April 10, 2024 UPC Weekly - Mind your costs 2024 Week 14 The UPC Court of Appeal issued a collection of five appeal decisions on 3 April 2024 ...
Matthew Naylor - April 3, 2024 Public access to UPC proceedings When the UPC was set up, a basic tenet was set out in Article 45 of the UPC Agreement, that the ...
Anthony Judd - April 2, 2024 EPO related support measures for small entities – 1 April 2024 INTRODUCTION From 1 April 2024, the EPO are introducing a new fee reduction scheme specifically for ...
Lucy Coe - March 11, 2024 Challenging patents and other clearance actions in Europe Whether it is to remove a current infringement threat, clear the way to reduce the risk in ...
Rebecca Brooks - February 29, 2024 Updates to the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO The Guidelines for Examination at the EPO (which will be referred to as “the Guidelines” in this ...
Lucy Coe - December 4, 2023 EPO will accelerate oppositions when there are parallel UPC infringement or revocation proceedings The EPO have announced in the November 2023 Official Journal that they will accelerate opposition ...
Eliot Ward - October 4, 2023 UPC at four months old - a review The UPC is now four months old and the Court of First Instance is already quite busy. As of 4 ...
Sean Jauss - September 29, 2023 Beware the front-loaded procedure! The Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) opened its doors on 1 June 2023. It is a new court in the European ...
Sean Jauss - September 13, 2023 Meet The Team: Sean Jauss, Partner, Solicitor, Litigator, Head of Legal Services As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to head of legal and dispute resolution, Sean Jauss, ...
Tom Furnival - August 10, 2023 UPC as a forum for SEP disputes – Panasonic kick off proceedings With the UPC opening its doors just over two months’ ago, the IP profession has been keenly ...
Edward Couchman - August 1, 2023 US Supreme Court Upholds Tightening of Patent Enablement Standard In an eagerly awaited judgement, the US Supreme Court has affirmed the standard applied by the ...
Thomas Wolter - July 6, 2023 Beating the Punch: UPC Protective Letters The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now operational. As of June 1, 2023, patentees can enforce ...
Sean Jauss - July 5, 2023 Litigation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) The UPC is a new European patent litigation court. It will provide a single forum for the ...
Sean Jauss - June 27, 2023 UPC Administrative Committee approves Milan as host of the third Central Division court The UPC Administrative Committee has announced that Milan will host the third seat of the UPC’s ...
Urs Ferber - March 1, 2023 Unified Patent Court (UPC) FAQS – how do we make sure an opt-out request is valid? The delay of the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) gives us some additional time to reflect ...
Eliot Ward - February 17, 2023 Germany completes ratification of UPC agreement, confirming the 1 June 2023 launch date Months of delay and uncertainty are finally behind us. Germany deposited its ratification of the ...
Urs Ferber - February 13, 2023 Unified Patent Court (UPC) FAQS – who is entitled to file an opt-out request? The delay of the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) gives us some additional time to reflect ...
Richard Clegg - January 18, 2023 Opting out from the UPC – when to opt-out a pending European patent application From 1 March 2023, when the Unified Patent Court (UPC) sunrise period starts, it will become ...
Julie Carlisle - November 16, 2022 European validation strategies for pharmaceutical patents – an update In January 2021, we published our Special Report on EP validation strategies for pharmaceutical ...
Darena Slavova - November 1, 2022 EPO introduces top-up searches for earlier national rights On 1 September 2022, the EPO introduced an extra “quality check” prior to granting a European ...
Matthew Naylor - September 23, 2022 UPC: Rules of Procedure finalised and in force The Unitary Patent Court now has a revised set of Rules of Procedure. These came into force on 1 ...
Eliot Ward - September 22, 2022 Mewburn Ellis launch Validation Costs Estimator Tool We are pleased to launch our new Validation Costs Estimator Tool. We know that it can be ...
Eliot Ward - July 19, 2022 Unitary Patent Package - an overview In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Eliot Ward gives us an overview of the Unitary Patent Package, ...
Eliot Ward - January 19, 2022 As the UPC preparatory period begins, the EPO decides to accept UP requests before the full UPC agreement comes into force On 18 January 2022, Austria became the thirteenth EU country to ratify the “protocol on provisional ...
Eliot Ward - December 3, 2021 Austrian parliament unanimously passes legislation to allow the practical preparations for the UPC to begin On 2 December 2021, Austria became the thirteenth EU country to pass the “protocol on provisional ...
Victoria Coleman - July 21, 2020 UK formally withdraws from the UPC In a statement to Parliament on 20 July 2020, the government formally confirmed the UK’s withdrawal ...
Tanis Keirstead - March 26, 2020 German Constitutional Court Verdict: Stumbling Block or Death Knell for the UPC? On 20 March 2020, three years after the challenge was originally brought, the German Constitutional ...