Posted: November 15th, 2022
The UJUB (Union for the Unified Patent Court) will hold its 4th mock trial in Paris on Monday 21 November 2022 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm CET This 4th mock trial will take place in the International courtroom of the Paris Commercial Court (which will host the hearings of the Central Division of the […]
READ MOREPosted: September 16th, 2022
As readers may have already seen, the final consolidated versions of the Rules of Procedure have now been published on the UPC Website in English, German and French They can be accessed here
READ MOREPosted: July 7th, 2022
French Supreme Court embraces crossborder injunctions, by Willem Hoyng, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER In a decision of 29 June 2022 in a case between the French company Hutchinson which owns an EP patent (EP 340) in among others France, the UK and Germany and a UK company, a South African company and two French companies the […]
READ MOREPosted: June 15th, 2022
Last Tuesday EPLAW Hosted its next webinar in its webinar series dedicated to the UPC. In this webinar, questions regarding Jurisdictional Issues were addressed. Speakers were Julia Ericsson (Sandart and Partners, SE), Pierre Véron (Pierre Véron, FR) and Myles Jelf (Bristows, UK) Questions that were explored at the session were: – What can the new […]
READ MOREPosted: March 25th, 2022
On Wednesday 23 March 2022 EPLAW held a second webinar in its webinar series dedicated to the UPC. This webinar, entitled: “Overview of the new system” gave the most recent update on timing and progress, an overview of the various sources of law, and a synopsis of the structure and possible actions, processes & timelines […]
READ MOREPosted: February 10th, 2022
Yesterday’s EPLAW webinar discussed the preparations for the UPC. Various speakers provided an overview of the events of the provisional application period, opting out, filing strategies and license agreements. Speakers were: Jako Eleveld (Philips, NL) John Meidahl (Lundbeck, DK) Amandine Métier (Hoyng ROKH Monegier, FR) Kevin Mooney (Simmons & Simmons, UK) Sture Rygaard (Plesner, DK) […]
READ MOREPosted: January 20th, 2022
German French UPC Supremacy? by Willem Hoyng, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER Under the heading Juve Patent Survey 2021 Juve uses the title “UPC favourites: French and German judges dominate”. Juve suggests that its findings are based on Juve’s own worldwide survey of 1300 “patent experts”. We do not know (other than the indication “heads of patent […]
READ MOREPosted: July 9th, 2021
Germany, Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), Order of 23 June 2021, published on 9 July 2021, case nos. 2 BvR 2216/20 and 2 BvR 2217/20 Reported by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg The FCC rejected the two applications for preliminary injunction directed against the Act of Approval adopted on 18 December 2020 for ratifying the UPC […]
READ MOREPosted: June 1st, 2021
EPLAW has written to the UPC Preparatory Committee noting that while the benefits of remote hearings have been much appreciated in national proceedings during the current health crisis, in more normal times fully remote trials should not become a new normal and certainly should not be imposed upon parties’ against their express wish. The Committee […]
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