In two recent decisions, the UPC’s Court of Appeal (UPC CoA) has considered the scope of its “long-arm” jurisdiction. In Keex v.

The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC) forms part of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Its rules of operation are available here.

In the second part of a UPC special, lawyers at A&O Shearman assess the case law on requests for a stay of proceedings and on confidentiality clubs While the Unified Patent Court has started issuing ...

“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.