44. One year of the Unified Patent Court – what’s been filed? Statistics, three notable cases & commentary

The Greenshoots Intellectual Property Podcast

Appleyard Lees patent attorneys Kate Hickinson and Edward Rainsford discuss: (03:46) statistics – what has been filed at the UPC so far – types of cases and industries; notable cases including (06:15) Meril Italy srl v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (simultaneous revocation claims in multiple UPC divisions (Munich and Paris) and definition of ‘the same parties’ under Articles 46 and 47, illegalities of subsidiaries and parent company liability, and treatment of revocation action by Munich v. Paris divisions): (17:34) Ocado Innovation Limited v. Autostore et al. and Ocado Innovation Limited v. Respondent (access to evidence and pleadings from a previously settled case, guidance re: composition of Court of Appeal); and (27:18) NanoString Technologies et al. v. 10 Genomics et al. (first substantive UPC Court of Appeal decision, infringement and validity, using the EPO problem/solution approach v. German national law at the UPC).
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