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UPC Weekly - Using parallel UPC and EPO proceedings as a strategic tool
Lucy Coe - June 2, 2025

UPC Weekly - Using parallel UPC and EPO proceedings as a strategic tool

2025 Week 22 As we enter the third year of the UPC, we are seeing more and more parallel UPC ...

UPC Weekly - Infringement of product-by-process at the UPC
Lucy Coe - April 14, 2025

UPC Weekly - Infringement of product-by-process at the UPC

2025 Week 15 Another first from the UPC this week – how to go about deciding on infringement and ...

UPC Weekly - UPC Court of Appeal takes a new approach to assessing added subject matter
Matthew Naylor - February 24, 2025

UPC Weekly - UPC Court of Appeal takes a new approach to assessing added subject matter

2025 Week 8 It has always been clear that the UPC Court of Appeal (UPC CoA) would have a hugely ...

UPC Weekly - UPC dials up the advantages for patentees
Matthew Naylor - November 18, 2024

UPC Weekly - UPC dials up the advantages for patentees

2024 Week 46 We report this week on two new UPC decisions that make the UPC an even more attractive ...

UPC Weekly - NJOY duel with Juul
Matthew Naylor - November 11, 2024

UPC Weekly - NJOY duel with Juul

2024 Week 45 5 November 2024 saw two decisions handed down by the UPC Paris Central Division (CD) ...

UPC Weekly - The first UPC SEP injunction
Matthew Naylor - September 23, 2024

UPC Weekly - The first UPC SEP injunction

2024 Week 38 On 13 September 2024, the UPC Munich Local Division handed down its decision in the ...

UPC Weekly - Let’s brake for a minute, and talk about Tesla
Lucy Coe - September 2, 2024

UPC Weekly - Let’s brake for a minute, and talk about Tesla

2024 Week 35 Last week saw two decisions handed down from the UPC Local Divisions as part of ...

UPC Weekly - Revisiting transparency of UPC proceedings
Matthew Naylor - August 19, 2024

UPC Weekly - Revisiting transparency of UPC proceedings

2024 Week 33 The UPC has been doing a lot of stuff right. Litigators praise the preparedness of the ...

UPC Weekly - UPC revocation versus EPO opposition – playing out in not-so-slow-mo
Matthew Naylor - August 5, 2024

UPC Weekly - UPC revocation versus EPO opposition – playing out in not-so-slow-mo

2024 Week 31 What happens when you have the same parties fighting over revocation of the same ...

UPC Weekly - UPC Munich Central Division sets out a marker on how the UPC should approach inventive step
Thomas Wolter - July 22, 2024

UPC Weekly - UPC Munich Central Division sets out a marker on how the UPC should approach inventive step

2024 Week 29 This week saw the first UPC decision on the merits issued in the long-running patent ...

Challenging patents and other clearance actions in Europe
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 ...

EPO will accelerate oppositions when there are parallel UPC infringement or revocation proceedings
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 ...

WIPR Diversity 2023
Joanna Smith - October 20, 2023

WIPR Diversity 2023

We are delighted to have three of our wonderful women recognised in WIPR Diversity 2023. WIPR ...

Lucy Coe appointed Women in IP Committee Lead for IP Inclusive
Joanna Smith - October 20, 2023

Lucy Coe appointed Women in IP Committee Lead for IP Inclusive

Congratulations to Lucy Coe on her appointment as IP Inclusive: Women in IP Committee Lead.

Meet the Team: Lucy Coe, Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Lucy Coe - October 11, 2023

Meet the Team: Lucy Coe, Senior Associate, Patent Attorney

As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Lucy Coe about her passion for science, the ...

How neurodiversity can benefit the legal profession
Lucy Coe - March 17, 2023

How neurodiversity can benefit the legal profession

As part of our Thought Leaders series, we explore the unique perspectives neurodivergent ...

Can AI and IOT support environmental sustainability
Lucy Coe - January 30, 2023

Can AI and IOT support environmental sustainability

Advances in software-based technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and The Internet of ...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022
Victoria Coleman - February 10, 2022

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

As a forward-looking intellectual property firm working at the forefront of innovation, we know how ...

New Green IP Report launched
Jacqueline Murphy - October 26, 2021

New Green IP Report launched

To coincide with the launch of COP26 we have released a new report into Green IP. Our report ...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of Things
Lucy Coe - September 21, 2021

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of Things

We are at the start of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, ...

Optimism, Growth and Fulfilment: how can we feel fulfilled at work at all stages of our career?
Lucy Coe - May 18, 2021

Optimism, Growth and Fulfilment: how can we feel fulfilled at work at all stages of our career?

Earlier this month, on 4 May 2021, Mewburn Ellis was delighted to host one of the American ...

Engineering oppositions: what is considered to be an implicit disclosure in a patent application?
Stephen Gill - May 3, 2021

Engineering oppositions: what is considered to be an implicit disclosure in a patent application?

Case - T2541/11 This decision provides guidance and clarification in three key areas of EP law:

Top 5 fields of technology for Internet of Things (IoT) patenting
Lucy Coe - February 17, 2021

Top 5 fields of technology for Internet of Things (IoT) patenting

The term “internet of things (IoT)” has often been mentioned in recent years, but what does it ...

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