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Sam Harvey unpacks a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision today.  BF exaCQ AG and ParTec AG, the claimants in these proceedings, had brought patent infringement proceedings against the defendant, NVIDIA in front of the Munich Local Division (LD). In response, the defendant filed a conditional counterclai…

On 15 September 2026, the Munich Local Division (LD) granted Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Oxford) interim relief against MGI, in relation to two patents concerning nanopore sequencing technology and MGI’s Cyclone sequencing platform. The relief awarded extends beyond the UPC contracting member sta…

Nischay Mall speaks on the Court of Appeal decision in Heraeus Electronics v Vibrantz today. The decision addresses a number of important procedural and substantive issues, including the effect of national validity judgments before the UPC, the scope of r. 362 RoP, the evidential consequences of a …

On 15 September 2026, the Munich LD upheld DivX's unitary patent relating to progressive media streaming and found that Netflix indirectly infringed through the supply of its streaming software. Netflix had sought revocation of the patent and denied infringement, arguing that the patent was an…

Today, Olivia Henry unpacks both the first instance and appeal decisions in the Sidel v Omnia case. If you have any feedback, questions, or comments, please email us at upcpodcast@bristows.com. Find all the episodes as we release them here. Follow us on LinkedIn.

Melissa Dix discusses a Milan Local Division (LD) decision from 7 September today. The LD granted Abbott a UPC-wide PI against the Chinese company SiSensing and four of its subsidiaries. Abbott is the main supplier of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) products for diabetes in the UPC contracting …

Ewan MacAulay walks you through the Munich Central Division (CD) which was handed down in the free-standing revocation action brought by Wittenstein SE (Wittenstein) against Vestas Wind Systems (Vestas) in relation to a wind turbine gearbox patent EP 4 226 039. Check out our UPC case tracker for mo…

Cassie Blackburn discusses a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision from 3 September in this episode. The CoA issued its decision in WEPA Nederland B.V. v Essity Hygiene concerning an application for evidence preservation and inspection measures. WEPA Nederland B.V. (WEPA) brought a revocation action in th…

Listen to Cassie Blackburn's analysis of the Düsseldorf Local Division (LD) decision in fiskaly GmbH v SwissBit AG and Swissbit Germany AG, also concerning an application for evidence preservation and inspection measures. fiskaly GmbH (fiskaly), the proprietor of EP 4 285 308, which relates to…