The Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Court of Appeal has made its inaugural referral to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), a...

The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court ("UPC") issued an important order on 13 March 2025 clarifying the territorial scope of...

As previously reported here, the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has accepted a referral (G1/25) to consider whether the description of a...

In a recent update for Managing IP, Marks & Clerk partner Thomas Prock weighs in on the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) landmark decision to...

Two orders issued on 6 March 2026 by the UPC Court of Appeal (CoA) in Dyson Technology Limited v Dreame International (Hongkong) Limited...

In UPC_CFI_1771/2025, the Unified Patent Court’s Paris Central Division upheld the EPO’s refusal to register unitary effect for...

The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced a revised schedule of official fees, set to take effect from 1 April 2026. This update...

In a recent decision, the EPO's Board of Appeal considered the question of when does a prior art disclosure of a named molecule, which is...

The 19 January 2026 announcement of a new PCT pilot programme between IP Australia and the European Patent Office is an interesting...

Read Marks & Clerks AI Report 2025 here.  Continued growth and ongoing mainstream adoption: AI patent publications at the EPO hit an...

In its decision of 3 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal clarified the application of Article 64 UPCA, which governs corrective...

In its decision of 3 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal clarified the scope of personal liability for company directors in the context...

The Düsseldorf Local Division granted an ex-parte inspection and preservation of evidence order in case UPC_CFI_834/2025, allowing...

Closely shadowing earlier events, on 22 September 2025 an order was issued by the Düsseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court...

When considering if provisional measures are to be granted, the UPC considers, inter alia, if the patent in question is more like than...

Marks & Clerk has recently represented Meril group companies in two significant litigation matters before the Unified Patent Court (UPC),...