The first decisions of the European Unified Patent Court (UPC) relating to preliminary injunctions have been issued and, as could be expected, these decisions were issued in proceedings in which a party seeks interim relief against an alleged patent infringer. Last year, on 28 April 2022, the European Court of...
The First UPC Preliminary Injunction Order
Swiss e-bike manufacturer, myStromer AG, and its competitor, Revolt Zycling AG, were both exhibiting their bicycles at Eurobike 2023 in Frankfurt, one of Europe’s largest bike trade fairs. MyStromer AG, based in Oberwangen, is a Swiss manufacturer of fast e-bikes with a speed of up to 45 km/h. MyStromer applied...
Standard Essential Patents at the European UPC
The Chinese company Huawei has apparently become the first company to file a patent infringement suit based on a standard essential patent in the new European Unitary Patent Court (UPC), according to a report in the IAM magazine. So-called "Standard Essential Patents" (abbreviated to SEPs) are patents protecting a technology required...
European Unified Patent – which countries does it include?
The start of the new Unified Patent in Europe has now been confirmed for 1 June 2023. It will be possible after this date to request that any European patents granted after this date can be validated as a so-called Unitary Patent covering a number of European countries. The Unitary...
All Change for European Patent Litigation
What will change for you once the UPC is up and running?
Birth of Unitary (European) Patent System
The Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) has entered into force on 19 January 2022 following the deposit of the instrument of ratification by Austria. This event marks the start of the Provisional Application Period (PAP) and the birth of the Unified Patent...
Quo vadis Einheitspatent und einheitliches Patentgericht?
Als "europäisches Patent mit einheitlicher Wirkung" soll das Einheitspatent, oder EU-Patent, dem Patentinhaber einheitlichen Schutz und gleiche Wirkung für das Hoheitsgebiet der teilnehmenden Mitgliedstaaten verleihen. Das Einheitspatent soll es ermöglichen, mit Stellung eines einzigen Antrags beim Europäischen Patentamt, Patentschutz in bis zu 25 EU-Mitgliedstaaten zu erhalten. Ein wesentlicher Vorteil für...