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Court Of Appeal, March 30, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_12/2026

A party or its representative may prepare a private transcript of an oral hearing, based on an audio recording pursuant to R. 115 RoP. When producing a private transcript, a party or its representative may obtain support of an assistant or support staff...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, March 31, 2026, Alignment Of Deadlines, UPC_CFI_360/2026

A minor deviation in deadlines for multiple defendants makes a request to align them reasonable for procedural efficiency, as per the court’s discretion under R. 9.3(a) RoP.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 27, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_898/2025

There is no automatic additional burden on the Appellee from assertion of a non-registered version.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

The Fender Stratocaster Before The Regional Court Of Düsseldorf – First Application Of The ECJ Principles From Mio/konektra To A Work Of Applied Art In Germany

The Regional Court of Düsseldorf (LG Düsseldorf) has, as far as is known, become the first German court to apply the partly new principles established by the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 24, 2026, Order On Suspensive Effect, UPC_CoA_44/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, March 23, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1963/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Open Letter: Uneven Distribution Of UPC Cases Between The Different Local/Regional/Central Divisions Of The Court Of First Instance

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, March 20, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1849/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

CD Munich, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_2296/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1049/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Post-transaction Reselection Of A Payment Method: Non-technical

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Düsseldorf LD, March 18, 2026, Decision On Infringement Action And Counterclaim For Revocation, UPC_CFI_135/2024, UPC_CFI_477/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, March 16, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_733/2024, UPC_CFI_255/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, March 16, 2026, Order Concerning A Preliminary Objection, UPC_CoA_904/2025, UPC_CoA_905/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

ECJ C-51/25: Clarifying The Interpretation Of Payment Services?

Germany Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

EU Industrial Accelerator Act: What Companies Need To Know

European Union Commercial

JD

Jones Day

Problem-solution Approach At The EPO (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

The 2026 SCHUFA Score Reforms And Implications For Financial Services Firms

Germany Finance

PL

PwC Legal Germany

Court Of Appeal, March 6, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_789/2025 And UPC_CoA_813/2025 – Provisional Measures For Hair Care Appliance Attachment Patent

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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The Fender Stratocaster Before The Regional Court Of Düsseldorf – First Application Of The ECJ Principles From Mio/konektra To A Work Of Applied Art In Germany

The Regional Court of Düsseldorf (LG Düsseldorf) has, as far as is known, become the first German court to apply the partly new principles established by the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

A German Court Rules That AI-generated Designs Do Not Benefit From Copyright Protection

A Munich court has held that three AI‑generated logos lacked the required level of human creative input to qualify for copyright protection. Although prompts were used, the judges found that the AI's technical...

PC

Potter Clarkson

Court Of Appeal, December 19, 2025, Decision On Public Access To The Register, UPC_CoA_523/2024

The objectives of balancing the interests pursuant to Art. 45 UPCA, and the requirement of representation ensure the proper conduct of proceedings, and would be compromised if access to written pleadings and evidence...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, December 22, 2025, Decision On Access To Written Pleadings And Evidence, UPC-COA-0000886/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

EuGH präzisiert Schutzumfang für Werke der angewandten Kunst

European Union IP

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

CJEU Clarifies Scope Of Protection For Works Of Applied Art

European Union IP

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

OpenAI condamnée pour atteinte au droit d'auteur en Allemagne

Germany Technology

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Haas Avocats

Munich Court Finds Copyright Infringement Of Song Lyrics 'Memorised' By ChatGPT

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

James Bond's "Moneypenny" – Professional, Loyal, And Understanding – But Also Characterful?

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Licensing & Syndication

LD Munich, December 12, 2025, Order On Security For Costs, UPC_CFI_525/2025

Security for costs application against a claimant company established in Taiwan can be accepted as the facts provided in the case indicate that enforcing a cost decision in Taiwan...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

EU Commission Signs-off On ESG Related Competitor Collaboration

The European Commission has issued its first-ever informal approvals of two separate sustainability initiatives among rivals under its revised Informal Guidance Notice and provided guidance on how the companies...

Germany Anti-trust

JD

Jones Day

IP Quick Tip: How To Implement The UPC's Approach To FRAND In Practice (2025) (Video)

The UPC has recently issued its first two decisions on FRAND, setting important guidelines for SEP owners and implementers.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Lizenzverträge – Was muss beachtet werden?

OP

Oppenhoff

The Draft EU SEP Regulation – A Practitioner's Critical View

BB

Bird & Bird

Application Of The FRAND Objection Following The FCJ Judgments FRAND-Einwand And FRAND-Einwand II, Düsseldorf District Court, Judgments Dated May 11, 2021 – Docket Nos. 4b O 83/19, 4b O 23/20, And 4b O 49/20

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Server-based Fonts To Solve Licensing Issues: Non-technical

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

German Federal Court Of Justice FRAND Judgment In Sisvel v. Haier

European Union IP

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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO: The German Federal Supreme Court Acknowledges That Infringer Hold-Out Is A Real Problem

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Mintz

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Patent

Court Of Appeal, March 27, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_898/2025

There is no automatic additional burden on the Appellee from assertion of a non-registered version.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, March 31, 2026, Alignment Of Deadlines, UPC_CFI_360/2026

A minor deviation in deadlines for multiple defendants makes a request to align them reasonable for procedural efficiency, as per the court’s discretion under R. 9.3(a) RoP.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 30, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_12/2026

A party or its representative may prepare a private transcript of an oral hearing, based on an audio recording pursuant to R. 115 RoP. When producing a private transcript, a party or its representative may obtain support of an assistant or support staff...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, March 23, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1963/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 24, 2026, Order On Suspensive Effect, UPC_CoA_44/2026

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Open Letter: Uneven Distribution Of UPC Cases Between The Different Local/Regional/Central Divisions Of The Court Of First Instance

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Post-transaction Reselection Of A Payment Method: Non-technical

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_1049/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CD Munich, March 24, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_2296/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Trade Secrets

LD Düsseldorf, November 19, 2025, Order Re Confidentiality (R. 262A RoP), UPC_CFI_539/2024

In response to confidentiality interests asserted by the respondent to an application for preservation of evidence (the alleged infringer), the court may order a partial redaction of the expert report before its release...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, November 17, 2025, Order Re Inspection And Preserve Evidence, UPC_CFI_885/2025

The court ordered the full disclosure of an expert's inspection report to the patentee because the defendant failed to identify any trade secrets within the given deadline, confirming that parties must actively claim...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

EU Data Act: New Rules For Data Access, Contract Fairness And Cloud Portability In The Financial Sector

The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2084) entered into force on 11 January 2024 and has been fully applicable since 12 September 2025.

European Union Privacy

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PwC Legal Germany

From Competitor To Competitor

Germany Employment

AO

A&O Shearman

IP Quick Tip: Trade Secrets In UPC Proceedings (2024) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, November 19, 2024, Oder On Confidentiality Of Patent Transfer Documents, UPC_CFI_169/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Protection Without An IP Right? How Trade Secrets Complement An IP Portfolio

MJ

Maucher Jenkins

The Data Access Rights Of The Data Act

Germany Privacy

CA

CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

LD Duesseldorf, June 27, 2024, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_457/2023

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

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Erfinderische Tätigkeit Beim EPA & UPC: Wer Beide Seiten Kennt, Hat Bessere Karten (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Second Medical Use Claims At The UPC: What Are The Infringement Prerequisites And Legal Standards? (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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