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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Episodes
37 episodes
Case by case | Paris Central Division rejects inadmissible Auxiliary Requests in Microsoft v Suinno.
In the dispute between Microsoft Corporation and Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy, the admissibility and handling of auxiliary requests to amend the patent became the central issue after the patent as granted was found ...
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Episode 26
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4:31
Case by case | Medical Devices must align with Professional Standards to Constitute Patent Infringement.
On 13 January 2026, the Munich LD dismissed Emboline's infringement action against AorticLab with respect to its embolic protection medical device. Kate O'Sullivan explores the d...
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Episode 25
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3:45
Case by case | Local Division maintains Anti-Interim Licence Injunction and clarifies that final RAND relief in the UK could be in breach of the injunction. The Court of Appeal declines to suspend its effect.
By its order dated 22 December 2025 the Mannheim Local Division (LD) continued the Anti-Interim Licence Injunction (AILI) in the InterDigital v Amazon proceedings. Nadine Ble...
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Episode 24
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4:35
Case by case | Court of Appeal gives guidance on language changes on the grounds of "fairness".
Luke Norton guides you through UERAN v Xiaomi and the request to change the language of proceedings to the language of the patent in suit (English) on grounds of fairness under Art....
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Episode 23
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0:51
Case by case | Court of Appeal rejects Vivo’s request to stay first instance proceedings pending a preliminary objection decision.
Patrick Newlands walks you through the Court of Appeal's decision to reject an application to stay proceedings under r. 21.2 RoP, specifically relating to staying deadlines.
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Episode 22
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1:33
Case by case | Alignment on the test for inventive step from the Court of Appeal.
Kate O’Sullivan explores the Court of Appeal's decision in the Meril v Edwards Lifesciences appeal concerning Edwards’ patent to prosthetic heart valves.Interested in Bris...
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Episode 21
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4:59
Case by case | The Hague Local Division dismisses infringement claim against Molecular Instruments’ HCR Products
On 18 November 2025, The Hague Local Division (LD) held that two European patents owned by Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) were valid but not infringed by the defendant, Molecular Instruments, Inc. ACD’s patents.
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Episode 20
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3:57
Case by case | Munich Local Division Refuses Preliminary Injunction Due to Considerable Doubts about Validity
On 17 October 2025, the Munich Local Division (LD) dismissed Onward Medical N.V.’s application for a Preliminary Injunction (PI) against Niche Biomedical Inc. (trading as ANEUVO). ...
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Episode 19
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2:48
Case by case | Paris Central Division Rejects Joinder Application Under r. 340.1 and Maintains Separate Proceedings for Both Infringement and Revocation
Belparts Group N.V. (Belparts) sought, under r.340.1 RoP, to consolidate infringement and revocation actions pending before the Munich Local Division (LD) and Paris Central Division (CD) relating to the same patent.
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Episode 18
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2:15
Case by case | Court of Appeal Upholds First Instance Decision Ruling on Inadmissible Broadening
On 5 November 2025, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Seoul Viosys Co Ltd (Viosys) against the decision of the Düsseldorf Local Division (LD) revoking its EP 3 223 320 patent for inadmissible broadening.
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Episode 17
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4:11
Case by case | Court of Appeal Clarifies Claim Construction: Undisclosed Experimental Data Irrelevant
STEROS had obtained provisional measures against OTEC from the Hamburg Local Division, Court of First Instance (CFI), alleging infringement of EP 4 249 647. The patent relates to an electrolytic medium used in electropolishing.
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Episode 16
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2:37
Case by case | Court of Appeal Affirms No Automatic Suspensive Effect for Information Orders
Nischay Mall explores the Court of Appeals decision rejecting an application by Black Sheep Retail Products BV (Black Sheep) for suspensive effect of the first-instance decision re...
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Episode 15
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2:34
Case by case | Milan Central Division Upholds Labrador Diagnostics Patent in Amended Form After bioMérieux Challenge
The Milan Central Division gave its decision on the consolidated revocation actions brought by bioMérieux against Labrador Diagnostics in relation to a patent claiming an instrument for detecting a biological analyte.
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Episode 14
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2:47
Case by case | The Hague LD rejects Abbott’s application for a Preliminary Injunction
Rachael Cartwright talks you through the Hague LD's decision in Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.’s application for provisional measures against Sinocare Inc. and A. Menarini Diagnos...
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Episode 13
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4:56
Case by case | The Hague Local Division issues Decision by Default Judgment granting Amycel a Permanent Injunction
Rachael Cartwright explores The Hague Local Division's (LD)decision by default judgment in an infringement action after the defendant failed to file its Statement ...
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Episode 12
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4:04
Case by case | Court of Appeal Clarifies Penalty Rule in Kodak v. Fujifilm
On 14 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal addressed an appeal by Kodak against penalty orders issued by the Mannheim Local Division in an infringement action brought by Fujifilm concerning EP 3 511 174.
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Episode 11
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1:53
Case by case | Paris Central Division finds further Edwards patent valid and infringed
The Paris Central Division has dismissed a revocation action brought by Meril Life Sciences against EP 4 141 181 (the Patent) owned by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, but upheld Edwards’ counterclaim that the Patent was infringed by Meril’s ‘...
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Episode 10
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2:26
Case by case | Court of Appeal Upholds UPC's Compatibility with EU Law and Judicial Structure
Hannah Rigby explores the UPC Court of Appeal's decision to reject an appeal filed by Roku International B.V and Roku, Inc (Roku) against se...
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Episode 9
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6:28
Case by case | Occlutech obtains preliminary injunction against Lepu
Ben Reeves talks you through the Hamburg Local Division's decision to grant a Preliminary Injunction (PI) in Occlutech v Lepu based on Occlutech's patent for a braided occlusion device, EP 2 387 951. Of particular interest are the Court’s findi...
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Episode 8
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3:10
Case by case | UPC grants permanent long arm injunction
The Local Division of the Hague upheld the validity of HL Display AB's patent for shelf dividers and found Black Sheep Retail Products B.V. (BSRP) had directly and indirectly infringed the patent. Ben Reeves explains all in today's episode. Lis...
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Episode 7
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3:15
Case by case | Court of Appeal admits Apple’s intervention in confidentiality appeal
In this episode, Naoise Gaffney looks at the Court of Appeal's decision to grant Apple's application to intervene in Sun Patent Trust’s appeal against a confidentiality order iss...
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Episode 6
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2:29
Case by case | The UPC grants first anti-interim-license injunctions
Maria Ryan looks at InterDigital's ex parte provisional measures against Amazon granted by the Mannheim Local Division, designed to protect InterDigital’s ability to pursue infringem...
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Episode 5
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1:30
Case by case | Düsseldorf LD grants ex parte “saisie” order for trade fair.
Naoise Gaffney takes you through the ex parte order under Art. 60 UPCA in respect of a machine being exhibited at the EMO Hannover trade fair granted by the Düsseldorf LD on 22 S...
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Episode 4
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