On 13 January 2026, the Munich LD granted Heraeus Reestablishment of Rights (RoR) after it missed the r. 151 deadline to apply for a cost decision, determining that the failure resulted from an excusable legal misjudgment in an unclear area of procedural law. Lucy Sewter explains more in this episode of Case by case. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Feb 09, 2026•2 min•Ep. 28
Milly Wickson explores a decision handed down on 16 January 2026, where the LD upheld IMC Creations’ (IMC) patent as valid in amended form and infringed by Mul-T-Lock’s MVP1000 padlock in the UPC territory, but not in Switzerland. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Feb 09, 2026•4 min•Ep. 27
In the dispute between Microsoft Corporation and Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy , the admissibility and handling of auxiliary requests to amend the patent became the central issue after the patent as granted was found invalid for added subject-matter. In this episode, Matthew Raynor provides insight into the case. Discover more about our UPC expertise here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as w...
Jan 30, 2026•5 min•Ep. 26
On 13 January 2026, the Munich LD dismissed Emboline's infringement action against AorticLab with respect to its embolic protection medical device. Kate O'Sullivan explores the decision in this episode. Discover more about our UPC expertise here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 30, 2026•4 min•Ep. 25
By its order dated 22 December 2025 the Mannheim Local Division (LD) continued the Anti-Interim Licence Injunction (AILI) in the InterDigital v Amazon proceedings. Nadine Bleach explains all in this episode. Discover more about our UPC expertise here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 23, 2026•5 min•Ep. 24
Luke Norton guides you through UERAN v Xiaomi and the request to change the language of proceedings to the language of the patent in suit (English) on grounds of fairness under Art. 49(5) UPCA. Discover more about our UPC expertise here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 23, 2026•51 sec•Ep. 23
Patrick Newlands walks you through the Court of Appeal's decision to reject an application to stay proceedings under r. 21.2 RoP, specifically relating to staying deadlines. Discover more about our UPC expertise here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 16, 2026•2 min•Ep. 22
Kate O’Sullivan explores the Court of Appeal's decision in the Meril v Edwards Lifesciences appeal concerning Edwards’ patent to prosthetic heart valves. Interested in Bristows UPC expertise and insights? Click here to discover more. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 16, 2026•5 min•Ep. 21
On 18 November 2025, The Hague Local Division (LD) held that two European patents owned by Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) were valid but not infringed by the defendant, Molecular Instruments, Inc. ACD’s patents. Maria Ryan goes into the details of this decision in this episode. Listen now! If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 09, 2026•4 min•Ep. 20
On 17 October 2025, the Munich Local Division (LD) dismissed Onward Medical N.V.’s application for a Preliminary Injunction (PI) against Niche Biomedical Inc. (trading as ANEUVO). Fariha Chowdhury explains all in this episode. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Jan 09, 2026•3 min•Ep. 19
Belparts Group N.V. (Belparts) sought, under r.340.1 RoP, to consolidate infringement and revocation actions pending before the Munich Local Division (LD) and Paris Central Division (CD) relating to the same patent. Nicholas Round explains all in this episode. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Dec 19, 2025•2 min•Ep. 18
On 5 November 2025, the Court of Appeal rejected an appeal by Seoul Viosys Co Ltd (Viosys) against the decision of the Düsseldorf Local Division (LD) revoking its EP 3 223 320 patent for inadmissible broadening. Nischay Mall dives into the details in this episode. Check it out now! The appeal Mischay refers to in this episode can be read about here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Foll...
Dec 19, 2025•4 min•Ep. 17
STEROS had obtained provisional measures against OTEC from the Hamburg Local Division, Court of First Instance (CFI), alleging infringement of EP 4 249 647. The patent relates to an electrolytic medium used in electropolishing. Nicholas Round explains all in this episode. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Dec 12, 2025•3 min•Ep. 16
Nischay Mall explores the Court of Appeals decision rejecting an application by Black Sheep Retail Products BV (Black Sheep) for suspensive effect of the first-instance decision requiring it to disclose information to HL Display AB (HL) to assist in calculating damages. The first instance judgment was previously reported here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Dec 12, 2025•3 min•Ep. 15
The Milan Central Division gave its decision on the consolidated revocation actions brought by bioMérieux against Labrador Diagnostics in relation to a patent claiming an instrument for detecting a biological analyte. Ben Reeves dives into the details in this episode. Listen now! If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Dec 05, 2025•3 min•Ep. 14
Rachael Cartwright talks you through the Hague LD's decision in Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.’s application for provisional measures against Sinocare Inc. and A. Menarini Diagnostics s.r.l. relating to displays for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. Read more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Dec 05, 2025•5 min•Ep. 13
Rachael Cartwright explores The Hague Local Division's (LD) decision by default judgment in an infringement action after the defendant failed to file its Statement of Defence by the deadline in this episode. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 28, 2025•4 min•Ep. 12
On 14 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal addressed an appeal by Kodak against penalty orders issued by the Mannheim Local Division in an infringement action brought by Fujifilm concerning EP 3 511 174. Luke Norton gives details in this episode. Tune in! If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 28, 2025•2 min•Ep. 11
The Paris Central Division has dismissed a revocation action brought by Meril Life Sciences against EP 4 141 181 (the Patent) owned by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, but upheld Edwards’ counterclaim that the Patent was infringed by Meril’s ‘Octacor’ and ‘Octapro’ systems. Luke Norton explains more in this episode. Discover more UPC insights here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Foll...
Nov 21, 2025•2 min•Ep. 10
Hannah Rigby explores the UPC Court of Appeal's decision to reject an appeal filed by Roku International B.V and Roku, Inc (Roku) against several orders issued by the Munich Local Division. Read more UPC case insights here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 21, 2025•6 min•Ep. 9
Ben Reeves talks you through the Hamburg Local Division's decision to grant a Preliminary Injunction (PI) in Occlutech v Lepu based on Occlutech's patent for a braided occlusion device, EP 2 387 951. Of particular interest are the Court’s findings on imminent infringement, urgency and the balance of interests between the parties. Read more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow u...
Nov 14, 2025•3 min•Ep. 8
The Local Division of the Hague upheld the validity of HL Display AB's patent for shelf dividers and found Black Sheep Retail Products B.V. (BSRP) had directly and indirectly infringed the patent. Ben Reeves explains all in today's episode. Listen now! You can also read more about this and other recent cases here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 14, 2025•3 min•Ep. 7
In this episode, Naoise Gaffney looks at the Court of Appeal's decision to grant Apple's application to intervene in Sun Patent Trust’s appeal against a confidentiality order issued by the Paris Local Division (LD). Read more by clicking here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 07, 2025•2 min•Ep. 6
Maria Ryan looks at InterDigital's ex parte provisional measures against Amazon granted by the Mannheim Local Division, designed to protect InterDigital’s ability to pursue infringement actions before the UPC in today's episode. You can read more on this here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Nov 07, 2025•2 min•Ep. 5
Naoise Gaffney takes you through the ex parte order under Art. 60 UPCA in respect of a machine being exhibited at the EMO Hannover trade fair granted by the Düsseldorf LD on 22 September 2025. Discover more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Oct 31, 2025•3 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, Maria Ryan discussed the UPC Court of Appeal's decision on the validity of a patent held by Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. (Viosys) relating to improving the current spread and light output of flip-chip type LEDs. You can read more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Oct 31, 2025•2 min•Ep. 3
In this episode, Kate O'Sullivan looks at the Court of Appeal's decision to dismiss an application to annul a decision of the EPO to reject a request for unitary effect under r.97 RoP. Read more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Oct 23, 2025•4 min•Ep. 2
Welcome to You, Me and the UPC: Case by Case! A new offshoot fo our existing podcast which covers individual case updates. In this episode, Maria Ryan delves into the preliminary injunction granted by The Hague Local Division on the basis of infringement by equivalence. Read more here . If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them here . Follow us on LinkedIn ....
Oct 23, 2025•5 min•Ep. 1
Join Claire Phipps-Jones , Richard Pinckney and Gregory Bacon as they reflect and share insights on the first two years of the UPC. Topics include the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the UPC, local flavours and harmonisation and thoughts on cross-border claims post BSH v Electrolux and Fujifilm v Kodak . Note : All information was correct at the time of recording. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com . Find all the episodes as we release them...
Aug 14, 2025•19 min•Ep. 11
In episode 10 of You, me & the UPC, Charlie French and Sam Harvey look at life in the UPC following the CJEU’s decision in BSH v Electrolux (C-339/22) , which marked a significant shift in the approach to jurisdiction for patent disputes in Europe. They discuss the UPC case law since that decision was handed down in February 2025, including IMC Creations v Mul-T-Lock , Dainese v Alpinestars , Genevant and Arbutus v Moderna , Seoul Viosys v Laser Components and Hurom v NUC Electonics , and lo...
Jul 17, 2025•19 min•Ep. 10
