Joe Liebeschuetz Ph.D., Stephen Schilling Ph.D. This year, patent holders will have a new path to validate (or litigate) their patents in Europe – the unitary patent and Unified Patent Court. Our ...

When, finally, the UPC goes live on 1 June 2023, it will be a game changer for European patent litigation. The UPC will improve efficiencies for organisations who usually litigate in multiple European ...

“It is interesting to note that no defendant has persuaded the UPC to withhold a final injunction, despite cases covering a wide range of technologies and fact patterns.” This year saw the start of ...

“Compared to U.S timelines, the UPC is comparable to the ITC, and it is often faster to obtain a final decision before the UPC than to obtain a first instance decision before the U.S. district courts.

Senior intellectual property practitioners of Bird & Bird consider the factors that are leading to a large number of filings to the Unified Patent Court being made by companies based outside Europe ...