When TIRU suspected that a waste incineration furnace operated by Valinea Energie infringed its European patent, it did not go straight...

We are delighted to share that Marks & Clerk has once again been recognised as one of Europe’s leading patent law firms in the Financial...

The 2026 edition of the Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office entered into force on 1 April 2026. This article...

This year’s modified EPC Guidelines entered into force last month, and in the latest in our series of articles, we look at updates to a...

In a recent decision from the Vienna Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), the Court maintained EP 3705415, taking a strict...

The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal’s 2025 decision, G1/24, established that the description of a patent or application must always be...

In a recent decision handed down in UPC_CoA_420/2025 and its joined cases, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal addressed a...

The UPC Court of Appeal has ruled that an order for security for costs is not justified where a claimant’s litigation insurance removes...

In a recent dispute at the Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_628/2024, UPC_CFI_125/2025), Emboline Inc. initiated infringement proceedings...

In a recent decision on the merits between Emboline Inc. and AorticLab srl (UPC_CFI_628/2024, UPC_CFI_125/2025), the Munich Local...

A recent decision from the Düsseldorf Local Division in UPC_CFI_351/2024 saw the Court consulted the prosecution history to resolve a...

In two separate decisions handed down on the same day, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) imposed a licensing bar on...

In its March 2026 order in Ecovacs v Roborock, the Court of Appeal upheld the revocation of an ex parte inspection order on the basis...

On 30 January 2026, the Mannheim Local Division issued its enforcement order in Fujifilm v Kodak concerning the implementation of...

The partial-problems approach to inventive step is a well-known part of European patent practice, not least as it is used routinely by...

Van Loon had applied to inspect and preserve evidence at Inverquark’s exhibition stand in advance of a potential main action, which went...