by Agne Augustinaite | Jun 16, 2026 | UPC
Background The Claimant, Agathon, was the proprietor of a European patent relating to a mechanical system designed to improve alignment in industrial machinery. Particularly, the invention concerns the repeated opening and closing of heavy metal components where...
by Luke Pettit | Jan 15, 2026 | UPC
Background The UPC Court of Appeal’s decision in Otec v. Steros provides an interesting insight into claim interpretation and the constraints on relying on post-filing experimental evidence at the UPC. The case, UPC Court of Appeal decision 579/2025, arose from a...
by David Eyre | Jun 10, 2025 | UPC
The jurisprudence of the United Patent Court (UPC) is relatively new. Thus, a question of ongoing interest is to what extent the UPC will follow the jurisprudence of the European Patent Office (EPO) and/or one of the UPC member states was not fully known. The...
by Sean Hughes | May 28, 2025 | UPC
Munich Local Division Endorses EPO’s Problem-Solution Approach In Edwards Lifesciences vs Meril (UPC_CFI_501/2023), the Munich Local Division (LD) has affirmed the use of the problem-solution approach (PSA) for assessing inventive step. The PSA, a method long...
by Carolyn Haywood | May 1, 2025 | US & International
The subject CJEU referral stems from an action brought before the Swedish national court by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (‘BSH’) against Electrolux AB (‘Electrolux’) seeking an injunction and damages with respect to the unlawful use of their invention protected by European...
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