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The decisions of the UPC are directly enforceable and fully binding in each Contracting State. If a party fails to
Declarations of non-infringement This type of declaration can be lodged separately or in conjunction with an action for revocation in
The defeated party may bring an appeal application before the Court of Appeal. The other party is free to file
Both infringement and revocation proceedings on the merits before the UPC consist of a written, an interim and an oral
The issue of the admissible languages was one of the main reasons why the arose so many disputes and such
The Unitary Patent (UP) is based on the European patent granted by the EPO under the rules of the European Patent
The jurisdiction of the Court covers both “classic” European patents and European patents with unitary effect (Unitary Patents), considering both
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is an international court, which came into full force on 1 June 2023 and whose
and that there is a rebuttable presumption that an applicant claiming priority in accordance with the formal requirements under the
GEISTWERT partner Rainer Schultes is a co author of the commentary on the Enforcement of Decisions of the Unified Patent