The UPC has ordered security for costs in view of the weak financial position of the claimant, but at a lower level than the defendant requested. The claimant's application for legal aid was refused. Tom Adolphus reports -

UPC finds infringement in a case about LED lighting. Validity arguments were not considered as a counterclaim had not been filed. The court ordered recall of infringing products, but declined to order publication of the judgment. Tom Adolphus reports -

After securing an ex parte provisional injunction (which was upheld on review and appeal), Ortovox have now prevailed in the action on the merits in their case against Mammut, relating to avalanche transceivers. Isabelle Schaller reports -

The UPC grants two provisional injunctions in decisions by default. No response was received from the Chinese defendant. Service of both the applications for provisional injunctions and the orders themselves took place by publication on the UPC website, after service through Chinese judicial authorities failed. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

A further decision from the UPC involving assessment of infringement by equivalent means finds functional equivalence lacking, and so declines to elucidate a full test. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

The UPC confirms that having been refused an extension for filing a defence leading to a decision by default, a party cannot set aside the decision by default unless it can show justifiable reasons for missing the deadline. This case confirms again the importance of compliance with UPC deadlines, which are hard to extend. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

The UPC has ruled that it has jurisdiction to decide infringement for the UK part of a European patent, when the defendants are based in UPC territory. @EIP_Knowledge argues that this follows a conventional understanding of the jurisdiction rules -

Milan Local Division grants extension of time period for filing statement of defence due to imminent EPO appeal hearing in parallel proceedings. Stuart McKellar reports -

The UPC Court of Appeal has controversially ruled that the UPC does have jurisdiction to determine damages after a decision from a national court on infringement. @EIP_Knowledge looks at this surprising decision -

Dyson's provisional injunction against SharkNinja relating to hand-held vacuum cleaners was overturned on appeal. Harry Radford reports -

Having prevailed at the central division with the patent maintained in amended form, Edwards is also successful at the Munich local division in asserting its patent on prosthetic heart valves against Meril. Monika Rai reports -

The Paris Local Division has revoked a further DexCom patent on the ground of lack of inventive step. As in an earlier decision by the same division and similar parties relating to a different patent, in view of the finding of invalidity, infringement was not considered. Read the report here -

The UPC has confirmed that breach of a standstill agreement between the parties does not deprive the Court of jurisdiction, nor does it render an action inadmissible. It can only give rise to liability for breach of contract. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

After being granted a provisional injunction, a patentee has to start an action on the merits within a specified time, or the injunction will lapse. Here, the UPC clarifies that it is only necessary to file a Statement of Claim through the CMS by the deadline; it is not necessary for the court fee to have been received by the court within the time period. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

The UPC local division in The Hague finds a patent infringed by equivalence and suggests a test by which equivalence should be assessed at the UPC. @EIP_Knowledge reports -

Insulet fails in provisional injunction applications against EOFLOW and Menarini, mainly due to doubts about the validity of the patent. Nunzio Pucci reports -

UPC grants two ex parte seizure orders to Pirelli in relation to attendance of defendants at an international exhibition. However, ex parte provisional injunctions were declined. Nunzio Pucci reports -

UPC declines to order a provisional injunction as the defendant had a small market share and had been on the market for a considerable time. Nunzio Pucci reports -