SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

1. UPC: Mannheim Local Chamber on International and Local Jurisdiction for Non-EU Defendants

   In this decision, the Mannheim Local Chamber examines the requirements for the international and local jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court, particularly when defendants are domiciled outside the European Union. The defendants in this case were resident either in the Netherlands or outside the...

2. UPC: Landmark Court of Appeal Decision on Indirect Patent Infringement and Preliminary Injunctions

   In this landmark ruling, the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court addresses key issues regarding indirect patent infringement and the procedural requirements in proceedings for provisional measures. With respect to indirect patent infringement, the Court clarifies that the intended use under...

3. UPC Court of Appeal: Lapse of Urgency

   If a party bases its argument regarding the necessity and urgency exclusively or at least primarily on a single event or time window in which a patent infringement allegedly occurs – such as a trade fair or, as in the present case, a major sporting event – it must accept the inherent risk associated...