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Meril v Edwards: UPC refused to stay proceedings despite imminent EPO decision
24 April 2025
In a series of orders in Meril v Edwards, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has provided further…
UPC rejects cost awards for access requests: no legal basis for costs on pleadings and evidence access
24 April 2025
The UPC Court of First Instances have held there to be no legal basis for costs to be awarded following…
Oral proceedings in case G 1/24 (“Heated aerosol”) before the Enlarged Board of Appeal
28 March 2025
Today 28 March 2025, from 10:00 CET, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) held oral…
UPC crosses borders and breaks boundaries: long arm jurisdiction questions arise again!
13 February 2025
The Düsseldorf Local Division recently handed down a decision that has sent reverberations throughout the EU patent landscape and beyond.…
Cause and effect of bifurcation at the UPC? Edwards v Meril review
13 February 2025
In the ongoing heart valve saga between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril Life Sciences, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Munich Local…
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