On June 1, 2023, the new European Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened its doors, and enforcement of European patents in (currently) 17 contract member states is now possible with one action. This series ...

Two recent UPC decisions have provided some guidance on the admissibility and reasonableness of auxiliary requests in revocation actions. The court will look at the specific circumstances and ...

“It is interesting to note that no defendant has persuaded the UPC to withhold a final injunction, despite cases covering a wide range of technologies and fact patterns.” This year saw the start of ...

“Compared to U.S timelines, the UPC is comparable to the ITC, and it is often faster to obtain a final decision before the UPC than to obtain a first instance decision before the U.S. district courts.

The Unitary Patent and UPC system presents new strategic possibilities to patentees seeking to enforce their patents, including innovator pharmaceutical companies, who are frequent litigators in ...

Senior intellectual property practitioners of Bird & Bird consider the factors that are leading to a large number of filings to the Unified Patent Court being made by companies based outside Europe ...