03 Oct, 2024 CMA warning letters mapped By Elisabetta Rotondo The CMA has published a map of warning and advisory letters sent to businesses between 2018 and 2023. The numbers show that the CMA does...
17 Sep, 2024 The UPC injuncts directors as "intermediaries" to infringement By Paul England In its latest infringement decision, Koninklijke Philips v Belkin (UPC_CFI_390/2023) the Local Division Munich has provided guidance on...
04 Jul, 2024 UPC invalidates patent before Germany can decide By Paul England As written previously, there has been a long-standing question in the UPC about whether the UPC and national courts can host parallel...
23 May, 2024 Using the prosecution file in the UPC? An idea from the UK By Paul England In SES-Imagotag v Hanshow (20 December 2023), the Munich Local Division of the UPC appeared to open the way to using the prosecution file...
14 May, 2024 MAC recommends retaining Graduate visas By Charlie Pring The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has just published its rapid review of the UK Graduate visa route and submitted its report to the...
08 May, 2024 UPC not affected by parallel actions filed before 1 June 2023 By Paul England During the UPC's seven year transitional period, which began on 1 June 2023, a choice of forum is provided between the UPC and the...
20 Feb, 2024 UPC bifurcation: the dog that didn't bark? By Paul England One of the prevailing questions – and concerns – during the many years of preparation of the Unified Patent Court used to be whether...
31 Jan, 2024 Flexible but brief? Expert evidence in the UPC By Paul England One of the unusual features of the Unified Patent Court is the way its procedures combine aspects of Europe’s civil and common law...
06 Dec, 2023 UPC on staying parallel actions with the EPO By Paul England Like many national European courts, the Unified Patent Court allows for patent revocation proceedings to run in parallel to opposition...
19 Oct, 2023 First decision of UPC Court of Appeal reported… By Paul England …but not on a particularly far-reaching issue. In fact, the Luxembourg based court has been looking at service of documents. It has held...