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

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...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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

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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

EPLAW asked us with e-mail of March 11, 2026, attaching an e-mail of March 2, 2026, from the chairperson of the Advisory Committee of the UPC to provide guidance relating to concerns...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method and system for reversing a payment method selection after a transaction has already been processed using a consolidated payment device associated...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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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

CoA, March 18, 2026, Order Concerning An Appeal Against An Order Denying A Request Under R. 262.2 RoP, UPC_CoA_930/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

For Medical Devices, “Possible Use” Amounts To Infringement Only If The Use Is In Line With Medical Practice

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A&O Shearman

CoA, March 16, 2026, Order Concerning Review Of An Ex Parte Order For Inspection, UPC_CoA_3/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, March 13, 2026, Order On Preliminary Objections Concerning International Jurisdiction, UPC_CoA_922/2025, UPC_CoA_923/2025, UPC_CoA_924/2025, UPC_CoA_925/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Middle East Crisis: The 4 Most Important Employment Law Questions For HR In Germany

Germany Employment

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Littler Mendelson

FDI Readiness Is Deal Readiness: Why Investment Screening Is Becoming A Strategic Success Factor For M&A And VC Transactions

Germany Government

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McDermott Will & Schulte

Court Of Appeal, March 6, 2026, Decision, UPC_COA_895/2025 & UPC_COA_896/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

EU Proposes Sweeping Reforms To The GDPR, Cookie Rules, Data Act, And Breach Reporting

Germany Privacy

SR

McDermott Will & Schulte

Court Of Appeal, March 10, 2026, Order, Retroactive Time Extension Under R. 9.3(a) RoP – UPC_CoA_37/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Local Division Munich, March 11, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_63/2024, UPC_CFI_449/2024

The claimant can exemplify infringement on a sample product. The burden then shifts to the defendant to specifically dispute why other listed products do not fall under this definition.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Düsseldorf LD, March 18, 2026, Decision On Infringement Action And Counterclaim For Revocation, UPC_CFI_519/2024, UPC_CFI_64/2025

The Court granted destruction of infringing products, but expressly excluded advertising materials. It held that Art.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

At the EPO, inventive step is tested through the problem-solution approach. And the strongest tool you have is to let your patent application tell the story of the invention. So, what exactly is the problem-solution approach, and how can your invention story help?

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Selective Presentation Of Content Of Varying Complexity: Non-technical

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method for selecting online content to present to users based on their content consumption behavior on a social media platform.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 10, 2026, Order, Retroactive Time Extension Under R. 9.3(a) RoP – UPC_CoA_37/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, March 9, 2026, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_758/2024, UPC_CFI_259/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 6, 2026, Decision, UPC_COA_895/2025 & UPC_COA_896/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 11, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_934/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, 24 February 2026, Decision Concerning Public Access To The Register, UPC_CoA_9/2026, UPC_CoA_10/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Mannheim, 24 February 2026, Order Of Court Of First Instance, UPC_CFI_735/2024, UPC_CFI_224/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Detecting Relative Movement Between A User's Face And An Augmented Reality Element: Non-technical

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Getting Ready For The EU Pharma Package: Key Changes To Regulatory Exclusivities, Orphan Medicinal Products And The “Bolar” Exemption Provisions

European Union Healthcare

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A&O Shearman

Consulting The Description — But To What End?

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Mannheim, 24 February 2026, Order Of Court Of First Instance, UPC_CFI_735/2024, UPC_CFI_224/2025

The patent is related to an optical device having a specific arrangement of a single input fiber for lighting. The accused embodiment comprises multiple input fibres, but only one of them is used for coupling...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Detecting Relative Movement Between A User's Face And An Augmented Reality Element: Non-technical

The application underlying the discussed decision concerns a method for controlling an augmented reality (AR) user interface by detecting a user's face and its movement relative to AR elements displayed on a device screen.

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Getting Ready For The EU Pharma Package: Key Changes To Regulatory Exclusivities, Orphan Medicinal Products And The “Bolar” Exemption Provisions

After the Council and the European Parliament have reached an agreement in the trilogue negotiations on the so-called Pharma Package in December 2025, the texts of the provisional agreement (comprising a new regulation and a new directive) have now been published.

European Union Healthcare

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A&O Shearman

Consulting The Description — But To What End?

In June 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) resolved one of the longest-standing debates in European patent law: must the description always be consulted when interpreting claims...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 3, 2026, Order On A R.265 RoP Application And Determination Of Value In Dispute, UPC_CoA_887/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, February 27, 2026, Request For Further Exchanges Of Written Pleadings, UPC_CoA_884/2025

The appellant argued it needed an additional round of written pleadings to respond to six auxiliary requests raised by the respondent in its Statement of Response.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD The Hague, March 3, 2026, Infringement And Validity, UPC_CFI_43/2025, UPC_CFI_103/2025

The defendants, including a US-based defendant, did not file a preliminary objection under Rule 19.1 RoP and were therefore deemed to have submitted to the UPC's jurisdiction.

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, February 26, 2026, Request For Discretionary Review, UPC_CoA_34/2026

The appellant argued that the CFI's reference to R. 354.4 RoP in the impugned order created the impression that leave to appeal had already been granted, analogous to Total v. Texas Instruments...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, March 6, 2026, Referral To CJEU, UPC_CoA_789/2025 And UPC_CoA_813/2025

The CoA questions if an alleged direct infringer and an alleged intermediary are in the "same situation of fact and law"...

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Munich Regional Court I Grants Avago Injunction Against Renault After Calculating A FRAND Rate

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

LD Düsseldorf, February 11, 2026, Infringement And Validity Decision, UPC_CFI_351/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, February 17, 2026, Preliminary Objection, UPC_CFI_1963/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, February 17, 2026, Application To Stay Proceedings, UPC-CoA-937/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, February 12, 2026, Order On Application For Provisional Measures, UPC_CFI_723/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, February 18, 2026, Suspensive Effect, UPC_CoA_19/2026

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Court Of Appeal, February 17, 2026, Final Decision, UPC_CoA_302/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Milan, February 10, 2026, Cost Decision, UPC_CFI_1738/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Mannheim, February 12, 2026, Preliminary Objection, UPC_CFI_575/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Düsseldorf, February 19, 2026, Order On Request For Security For Costs, UPC_CFI_541/2025 And UPC_CFI_1313/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD The Hague, February 18, 2026, Application To Amend, UPC_CFI_616/2025

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

CoA, February 9, 2026, Decision Concerning A Decision Of The EPO To Reject A Request For Unitary Effect

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris, February 4, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_583/2025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Paris – 04. February 2026 – Security For Cost -UPC_CFI_5302025

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Bardehle Pagenberg

LD Mannheim, January 30, 2026, Order By The Panel On Application For The Imposition Of Penalties, UPC_CFI_365/2023

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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