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LD Brussels, May 4, 2026, Order On Public Access To Case Files In Evidence Preservation Proceedings, UPC_CFI_1167/2026

The nature of proceedings may justify restricting public access under Art. 45 UPCA, even though R. 262.1(b) RoP does not explicitly differentiate by proceeding type

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, April 28, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_869/2025

The admissibility of the documents and arguments submitted is a question of fact. Whether the defendant’s submissions in its rejoinder regarding the motion to amend are relevant...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CJEU Clarifies The ‘Pastiche’ Exception Under EU Copyright Law

On April 14, 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling in Case C-590/23 (Pelham II), clarifying the scope of the “pastiche” exception under Article 5(3)(k)...

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

LD Hamburg, April 27, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_685/2024, UPC_CFI_157/2025

The Local Division Hamburg of the Unified Patent Court examined infringement and revocation claims involving EP 2 077 811, a patent held by Teleflex Life Sciences II LLC and challenged by Speed Care Mineral GmbH. The proceedings addressed questions of patent validity under multiple European Patent Convention articles and the application of the Rules of Procedure in cross-border patent disputes across ten European jurisdictions.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Is The German Utility Model Your Secret Weapon For IP Enforcement?

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Boult Wade Tennant

The UPC And License Agreements

European Union IP

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

How ZEISS Strengthens Its Online Brand Protection And Trademark Searches With Questel

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Questel

CD Paris, April 22, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_461/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Milan, April 21, 2026, Infringement Action, UPC_CFI_472/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Mannheim, April 20, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1291/2026, Anti-Anti Suit Injunction Against “Interim Licence” Application Before Chinese Court

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, April 23, 2026, Decision, Infringement Action And CCfR, UPC_CFl_559/2024 And UPC_CFl_106/2025 – Quantificare v. Canfield

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Bardehle Pagenberg

UPC Engages With Prosecution History In Claim Interpretation

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Marks & Clerk

UPC: Supplementing Expert Opinion After Inspection Not Possible

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Marks & Clerk

UPC Orders Infringer To Publish Decision On Their Website

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Marks & Clerk

LD Hamburg, April 7, 2026, Final Order, UPC_CFI_2255/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Rethinking Production Capacity: Your Path Into The Security And Defence Industry – With Solid Legal Support Every Step Of The Way

Germany Commercial

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Luther Luxembourg S.A.

Service Within The UPC Regime: Best Practice And Strategies (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Do I Have To Report Income From Abroad On My German Tax Return?

GGI Global Alliance

Our New Germany Construction & Infrastructure Disputes Newsletter

Germany Real Estate

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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CJEU Clarifies The ‘Pastiche’ Exception Under EU Copyright Law

On April 14, 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling in Case C-590/23 (Pelham II), clarifying the scope of the “pastiche” exception under Article 5(3)(k)...

GT

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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...

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Potter Clarkson

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

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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

GT

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

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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

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Jones Day

Analysis Of Injunction Rules In Key IP Jurisdictions (Part III): Strategies For Chinese Companies Facing Germany's Rising Injunction Risks

In recent years, cross-border patent disputes have intensified, drawing an increasing number of Chinese companies into major global litigation. Among the available remedies, injunctions often exert...

Purplevine IP

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

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Lizenzverträge – Was muss beachtet werden?

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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

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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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

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Patent

LD Brussels, May 4, 2026, Order On Public Access To Case Files In Evidence Preservation Proceedings, UPC_CFI_1167/2026

The nature of proceedings may justify restricting public access under Art. 45 UPCA, even though R. 262.1(b) RoP does not explicitly differentiate by proceeding type

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, April 28, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_869/2025

The admissibility of the documents and arguments submitted is a question of fact. Whether the defendant’s submissions in its rejoinder regarding the motion to amend are relevant...

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Hamburg, April 27, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_685/2024, UPC_CFI_157/2025

The Local Division Hamburg of the Unified Patent Court examined infringement and revocation claims involving EP 2 077 811, a patent held by Teleflex Life Sciences II LLC and challenged by Speed Care Mineral GmbH. The proceedings addressed questions of patent validity under multiple European Patent Convention articles and the application of the Rules of Procedure in cross-border patent disputes across ten European jurisdictions.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Is The German Utility Model Your Secret Weapon For IP Enforcement?

B

Boult Wade Tennant

The UPC And License Agreements

European Union IP

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Milan, April 21, 2026, Infringement Action, UPC_CFI_472/2024

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CD Paris, April 22, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_461/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

UPC Orders Infringer To Publish Decision On Their Website

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC: Supplementing Expert Opinion After Inspection Not Possible

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Marks & Clerk

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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

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A&O Shearman

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

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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

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CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni

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

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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Influxio Avocats

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Influxio Avocats

IP Quick Tip: Landmark Ruling – No Copyright Protection For Birkenstock Sandals (2025) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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