European Union: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

The Unified Patent Court's Court of Appeal in Luxembourg addresses critical questions about patent claim interpretation, indirect infringement liability, and the assessment of non-technical features in inventive step analysis. This landmark decision examines whether software apps distributed through app stores can constitute indirect infringement and establishes important precedents for timeline graph interpretation in patent claims.

The UPC Court of Appeal has overturned a €2 million security for costs order, finding that a claimant's litigation insurance with anti-avoidance endorsement provides sufficient protection against unenforceability of adverse costs orders. This landmark decision addresses whether appropriate litigation insurance can substitute for traditional security mechanisms and signals that courts must properly consider such policies when assessing security applications.

Gérard Haas et son équipe ont compilé pour vous les actualités clés afin de vous permettre de rester à jour sur les dernières tendances et évolutions des secteurs juridique et numérique.