You, me & the UPC
Bristows' patent litigation experts unpack key UPC decisions, explore their implications, and share practical strategies to help your business navigate the UPC with confidence.
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65 episodes
Case by Case | Court of Appeal reaffirms approach to Security for Costs
On 7 April 2026, the CoA reaffirmed that a request for Security of Costs (SoC) may be made against an appellant, regardless of the party’s status as a claimant/defendant in first instance proceedings.
Case by Case | The Milan Central Division clarifies holistic novelty assessment and the limits of auxiliary requests
Jonathan Ross analyses the Milan Central Division's (CD) decision to revoke Flexicare (Group) Limited’s unitary patent EP 4 185 356 following a revocation action brought by Fisher...
Case by Case | Paris Local Division revokes Michelin patent following novelty challenge based on single prior art document
Fariha Chowdhury is back with another UPC case update. Today, she looks at the Paris LD's decision to revoke Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin’s European patent EP...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal clarifies limits of cross appeals under r.220.1 while granting preliminary injunction in Abbott v Sinocare
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (Abbott) brought proceedings against Sinocare Inc. and A. Menarini Diagnostics s.r.l. (together the Respondents) alleging infringement of EP 3 988 471, which concerns a continuous glucose monitoring system displaying r...
Case by Case | GC Aesthetics succeed in r.190 application for implant samples and key technical and regulatory files
On 14 April 2026, the Brussels Local Division (LD) handed down an order under r.190 RoP requiring Establishment Labs S.A (LABS) to produce a range of evidence, including soft tissue implant samples and various technical and regulatory documents...
Case by Case | Milan Central Division conclude proceedings following EPO revocation
Claire Wilson takes a look at the Milan Central Division's decision to dismiss ongoing revocation proceedings between Neurocrine Biosciences and Spruce Biosciences as devoid of pu...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal reaffirms strict duty of candour in ex parte evidence orders
Chloe Dickson looks at the Court of Appeal decision to uphold the revocation of an order obtained ex parte by Ecovacs against Roborock for inspection of robot vacuum clea...
Case by Case | Private Transcripts of Oral Hearings Permissible Under r. 115 RoP
Lucy Sewter explores how the CoA overturned a decision of the Mannheim Local Division (LD) that had refused Amazon permission to produce a private transcript of an oral hearing in p...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal overturns Paris Local Division’s extension of UPC jurisdiction for foreign infringement allegations
On 13 March 2026, the Court of Appeal (CoA) has set aside the Paris Local Division’s (LD’s) decision (dated 27 November 2025) that had dismissed the preliminary objections and accepted jurisdiction over alleged infringements occurring in severa...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal confirms that unprotected disclosures cannot later be made confidential and clarifies strict limits on confidentiality under r. 262 and 262A RoP
Chloe Dickson talks you through a decision concerning EOFlow’s request for an order that certain information on the extent to which it had committed acts of infringement of Insule...
Case by Case | Düsseldorf Local Division reinforces strict Huawei v ZTE sequencing in Dolby’s Opus SEP win
Patrick Newlands looks at how the Düsseldorf Local Division’s (LD) application of the Huawei v ZTE factors has clarified how that LD of the UPC intends to approach the...
Case by Case | Munich Local Division rejects limits to patent attorneys and experts in confidentiality club
On 24 February 2026, in UERAN v Xiaomi, the Munich Local Division (LD) corrected an unopposed clerical omission in its January confidentiality order by adding several missing paragraphs of the Statement of Defence. Listen t...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal refers questions to the CJEU to clarify the scope of long-arm jurisdiction
Eden Winlow covers the Court of Appeal's (CoA) first ever referral to the CJEU.In which the CoA has sought clarity on the application of long-arm jurisdiction in situations i...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal reaffirms requests for public access documents under r. 262.1(b) RoP
On 24 February 2026, the CoA issued two decisions that reinforce the need for precise requests from third parties for public access under r. 62.1(b) RoP. Eden Winlow exp...
Case by Case | Munich Central Division confirms patent validity in display glass composition dispute
On 24 February 2026, the Munich Central Division dismissed TCL’s revocation action against Corning’s patent concerning methods for producing alkali free glass for display substrates. These glass sheets are used in Active Matrix Liquid Crystal D...
Case by Case | UK High Court and UPC Mannheim Local Division issue divergent rulings in Amazon–InterDigital FRAND Dispute
Sam Harvey takes a look at two decisions issued by the UK Court and the UPC’s Mannheim LD in the ongoing multi-jurisdictional dispute between Amazon and InterDigital over the terms o...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal rules on both validity and infringement without remitting the case to the Local Division
Fariha Chowdhury looks at the Court of Appeals decision in Rematec GmbH & Co. KG v Europe Forestry B.V., reinstating European patent EP 2 548 648 and overturning t...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal refuses to stay revocation appeal pending EPO Opposition
Labrador initiated proceedings on 12 June 2024 by filing an infringement action against certain bioMérieux entities before the Düsseldorf LD. In response, bioMérieux UK filed a revocation action before the Milan Central Division (CD) on 30 Augu...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal confirms no unitary effect without full participating state designation
On 9 February 2026, the Court of Appeal (CoA) dismissed an appeal from Papst Licensing GmBH & Co. KG (Papst) against a decision of the European Patent Office (EPO) rejecting Papst’s application for unitary effect.
Case by Case | Paris Central Division finds subsidiary is not the “same party” as its parent company and can start separate proceedings
Milly Wickson takes a look at the decision in which the Paris CD held that ALD France S.A.S. is entitled to bring revocation proceedings against Nanoval’s patent EP 3 083 107 B1, ...
Case by Case | Court of Appeal upholds revoking of Saisie Order and Clarifies Limits on Amended Requests Under r. 222.2 RoP
The Court of Appeal (CoA) recently dismissed Centripetal’s appeal against the Mannheim LD’s decision (following a request for review) to revoke an earlier saisie order, on the basis that Centripetal’s request was inadmissible.
Case by Case | Paris Local Division Orders Henkel to Disclose Technical Data Sheets in Bostik Infringement Action
On 4 February 2026, the Paris LD granted Bostik’s request that Henkel (the alleged infringer) produce evidence under Art. 59 UCPA and r. 190 RoP. The request was for current data sheets for certain of Henkel’s Loctite Liofol branded flexible la...
Case by case | Court of Appeal clarifies requirements for confidentiality
Luke Norton explores the Court of Appeals decision, handed down on 29 January 2026, addressing confidentiality and r. 262A RoP in the dispute between EOFlow and Insulet.
Case by case | Hague Local Division grants Abbott Preliminary Injunctions, extending long arm jurisdiction to non-EU countries.
On 6 February 2026, The Hague Local Division (LD) granted Abbott provisional injunctions in relation to two of its Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) patents, EP 3 960 072 (the insertion device patent) (EP 072) and EP 2 720 610 (the stacked se...
Case by case | Munich LD orders security for costs against Taiwanese claimant in ASUS v OPPO
On 12 December 2025, the Munich LD ordered ASUS Technology Licensing Inc. (ASUS) to provide security for costs in the amount of EUR 200,000 following an application by the defendants, including Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd...
