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2 September 2025

UPC Court of Appeal Decision on Its Temporal Jurisdiction Over Acts Committed Before the Entry into Force of the UPCA (2 June 2025, APL_8790/2025, UPC_CoA_156/2025)

On 2 June 2025, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued a decision on its ratione temporis jurisdiction in infringement actions.

The dispute opposed Esko Graphics Imaging GmbH, holder of European Patent EP 3 742 231, and XSYS, which was sued for acts of infringement committed both before and after 1 (...)

First UPC decision on a second medical use patent, issued by the Düsseldorf Local Division (13 May 2025, CPC_CFI_505/2024)

On May 13, 2025, the Unified Patent Court (UPC), through the Düsseldorf Local Division, issued its first ever decision concerning a second medical use claim.

The case opposed Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., proprietor of European patent AP 3 536 712 B1, and its exclusive licensee Sanofi Biotechnology SAS, which markets the (...)

Interesting decision by the UPC Court of Appeal on Access to Procedural Documents (April 25, 2025, UPC_CoA_237/2025)

On 25 April 2025, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal recently ruled on the interesting issue of third-party access to documents and documents regularized by the parties to proceedings before the UPC.

In this case, a third party involved in parallel opposition appeal proceedings before the EPO Board of Appeal had, in the context of an action for revocation of the same (...)

1,001st decision issued by the UPC – Decision by the Paris Local Division on the infringement of UVC LED chips (April 24 2025, UPC_CFI_440/2023)

On 24 April 2025, the UPC Paris Local Division issued its 1,001st particularly interesting decision on the infringement of UVC LED chips.

The dispute opposed the South Korean company Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd., the patent holder, to the French distributor Laser Components SAS and its supplier, the Korean company (...)

Important decision by the UPC Milan Central Division on the issue of late production of documents and on the issue of security for costs (11 April 2025, UPC_CFI_597/2024)

On 11 April 2025, the Central Division of Milan of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued an important decision on the issue of late production of documents and on the issue of security for costs.

The dispute was between South Korean company Eoflow Co., Ltd. and US company Insulet Corporation concerning the alleged infringement of European patent EP 4 201 327 relating (...)

Important decision by the UPC Paris Local Division concerning the international jurisdiction of this new court

On 21 March 2025, the Local Division of Paris of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued an important order concerning its international jurisdiction on the infringement of European patent EP 4153830.

In this case, IMC Créations sued Mul-T-Lock France and its Swiss branch before the Local Division of Paris for infringement in several territories. Mul-T-Lock raised a (...)

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