11/25/2025 7:52:38 AM Quantum AI Patent Applications Grow in Line with Overall AI Growth, Despite the EPO’s Focus on Technical Problems, Marks & Clerk Report Finds By M&C Newsroom Read Marks & Clerks AI Report 2025 here. Continued growth and ongoing mainstream adoption: AI patent publications at the EPO hit an...
10/29/2025 4:36:07 PM UPC Court of Appeal Affirms Non-Discretionary Nature of Article 64 UPCA Remedies By Thomas Prock In its decision of 3 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal clarified the application of Article 64 UPCA, which governs corrective...
10/28/2025 11:18:07 AM UPC: Legal Advice as a Lifeline - UPC Clarifies Director Liability in Philips v. Belkin By Thomas Prock In its decision of 3 October 2025, the UPC Court of Appeal clarified the scope of personal liability for company directors in the context...
10/27/2025 2:07:37 PM UPC Grants Ex-Parte Order for Evidence Gathering at Trade Fair By Thomas Prock The Düsseldorf Local Division granted an ex-parte inspection and preservation of evidence order in case UPC_CFI_834/2025, allowing...
10/24/2025 9:46:10 AM UPC: Unified Patent Court trade fair inspection strikes twice By Thomas Prock Closely shadowing earlier events, on 22 September 2025 an order was issued by the Düsseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court...
10/23/2025 9:25:07 AM UPC: “More likely than not” standard used in preliminary finding on equivalent infringement By Thomas Prock When considering if provisional measures are to be granted, the UPC considers, inter alia, if the patent in question is more like than...
10/6/2025 12:10:37 PM Marks & Clerk in action before the UPC Court of Appeal By M&C Newsroom Marks & Clerk has recently represented Meril group companies in two significant litigation matters before the Unified Patent Court (UPC),...
9/10/2025 8:25:37 AM Has the UPC just taken its first steps in developing its own doctrine of equivalents? By Thomas Prock In a recent decision on the merits issued by the Mannheim Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_471/2023), the Court dismissed an...
8/18/2025 10:54:09 AM Striking a new chord: Will the UK harmonise with the EPO on excluded matter? By Martin Bell Anuradha Vibhakar Nisha Somnath Following a two-day hearing last month, the UK Supreme Court is deliberating on a significant ruling concerning the patentability of...
8/1/2025 9:07:28 AM New Referral G1/25 – EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal to consider whether the EPC requires the description be brought into conformity with the claims By Liam O'Connor “The description and any drawings are always referred to when interpreting the claims, and not just in the case of unclarity or...
7/29/2025 5:55:07 AM 3D printing growth surges ahead of schedule amid IP reforms By M&C Newsroom London, 29 July 2025: The 3D printing industry is evolving faster than expected, with data revealing that global market value is now...
7/17/2025 8:14:07 AM UPC confirms right of parties to request costs up to ceiling as default By Thomas Prock In mid-May, the Dusseldorf Local Division of the UPC issued their decision on costs in the infringement action and corresponding...
7/3/2025 5:12:05 PM G 1/23 - The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal clarifies when a marketed product belongs to the state of the art at the EPO By Jonathan Stafford Liam O'Connor The EPO gets philosophical - can a product be in the palm of the hand of a skilled person, yet they do not know it exists? (spoiler: no)...
6/23/2025 11:35:41 AM What is the true meaning* of EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/24? By Gareth Williams (*consult the description for more details) “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I...
6/12/2025 8:23:38 AM UPC service abroad sparks consensus between opposing parties at Mannheim Local Division By Thomas Prock Faye Campbell Introduction From the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) inception, serving pleading on parties outside of the EU has been known to throw a...
6/4/2025 7:58:08 AM UPC local division clarifies the scope of counterclaims for revocation By Thomas Prock The Hamburg Local Division clarified that the counterclaim for revocation may attack the validity of claims not asserted against the...