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...
by Luke Pettit | Apr 8, 2025 | EPO, UPC
Background The decision (UPC CFI 355/2023) of the UPC’s Düsseldorf Local Division relates to European patent EP 3594009, owned by Fujifilm. The patent was validated and remained in force in both Germany and the United Kingdom. Fujifilm initiated an infringement action...
by David Eyre | Mar 4, 2025 | EPO, UPC
Article 84 EPC seems clear in stating that “the claims shall define the matter for which protection is sought”. More recently, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on the face of it appears to concur. UPC Court of Appeal decision 335/2023 states “The Patent Claim is not...
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