European Union: Patent

La Cour d’appel de la JUB confirme qu’un brevet européen ne peut bénéficier de l’effet unitaire que s’il couvre tous les états membres participants...

L’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) a publié, le 5 mars 2026, ses estimations relatives aux demandes internationales de titres de propriété industrielle pour l’année 2025.

Today, an organization's intangible assets can be worth considerably more than its cash, liquid financial holdings, equipment and real estate.

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The commercial link is assessed flexibly to avoid multiplying parallel proceedings and the risk of contradictory decisions. This applies in particular in cases where all defendants...

The Court of Appeal confirmed that suspensive effect is an exception to the general rule.

The UPC Munich Local Division (the LD Munich) has dismissed an infringement action relating to a medical device. It confirmed that a device can still infringe a patent, even if it is normally operated in a non-infringing way, as long as the patent-infringing use remains possible.

The Brussels Local Division did not consider enforcement of a UPC costs order in Costa Rica to be unduly burdensome on the evidence presented...

In ex parte inspection proceedings, the applicant must disclose all material facts relevant to the request, including those that may weigh against it...