Week 21 — Evidence Measures, Jurisdiction, & UPC Procedural Discipline

Week 29 — Central Limitation, Conditional Revocation & Procedural Costs

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a focus on central limitation, dependent claims, conditional counterclaims for revocation, appeal strategy, court fees, confidentiality, and the practical consequences of procedural mistakes. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Validity, Central Limitation & Dependent Claims: Key decisions clarify how limited patents, granted dependent claims, novelty, inventive step, claim interpretation, and late validity attacks are handled before the UPC. 🔁 Conditional Revocation, Appeals & Front-Loaded Litigation: The week highlights important guidance on conditional counterclaims, late documents and arguments, suspensive effect and rectification. 💰 Costs, Withdrawals & Litigation Discipline: Several cases address court-fee reimbursement, appeal fees, cost recovery, settlements, withdrawals, formalities, and the financial consequences of procedural missteps. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠ HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 29, 2026 [https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/news-insights/detail/upc-unfiltered-by-willem-hoyng-upc-decisions-week-29-2026] 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ [https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/] ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

Week 28 — Penalty Payments, Appeal Fees & Evidence Boundaries

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on cost recovery, security for costs, evidence production, preliminary injunction appeals, provisional damages, and the practical realities of UPC litigation. In this episode, we cover: 💰 Costs, Court Fees & Security for Costs: Several decisions address withdrawal of appeals, reimbursement of court fees, security for costs, cost-proceeding formalities, appeal fees, suspensive effect, and the practical burden of UPC litigation for smaller parties. 📄 Evidence Production, Seizure Reports & Confidentiality: The week highlights rulings on release of seizure reports, R. 190 RoP requests, source-code evidence, confidentiality regimes, and the limits of evidence production where a request risks becoming a fishing expedition. ⚖️ PI Appeals, Penalty Payments & Front-Loaded Litigation: Recent decisions examine penalty payments, broad interpretations of “offering”, late-filed arguments on appeal, provisional damages, infringement and revocation strategy, and the UPC’s continued insistence that parties present their case properly from the outset. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 28, 2026 [https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/news-insights/detail/upc-unfiltered-by-willem-hoyng-upc-decisions-week-28-2026] 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ [https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/] ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

Week 27 — Evidence Production, Opt-Outs & Procedural Discipline

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on evidence production, opt-outs, late-filed submissions, preliminary injunctions, confidentiality, and the practical realities of UPC litigation. In this episode, we cover: 📄 Evidence Production, Access & Confidentiality: Several decisions address R. 190 RoP evidence requests, access to pleadings and evidence, confidentiality on appeal, public access to court files, and the limits of UPC evidence production compared with general discovery. ⚖️ Opt-Outs, Costs & Procedural Discipline: The week highlights important rulings on opt-out withdrawal, cost recovery, late-filed submissions, auxiliary requests, intervention, enforcement steps, and the UPC’s continued insistence on front-loaded litigation. ⏱️ Preliminary Injunctions, Urgency & Validity: Recent decisions examine PI urgency, added matter, claim interpretation, central limitation proceedings, validity attacks, ex parte procedural issues, and the need for patentees to act promptly and substantiate their case. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 27, 2026 [https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/news-insights/detail/upc-unfiltered-by-willem-hoyng-upc-decisions-week-27-2026%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ [https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/] ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

Week 26 — Forum Shopping, Interim Conferences & Procedural Discipline

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on forum shopping, interim conferences, confidentiality, infringement and revocation strategy and the practical realities of UPC litigation. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Forum Shopping & Jurisdiction: The week includes important Court of Appeal guidance on UPC internal jurisdiction, Central Division competence, commercial relationships between defendants, and the expanding strategic possibilities for where UPC cases can be brought. 🛠️ Interim Conferences & Case Management: Several decisions show the UPC’s continued focus on active case management, including narrowing validity attacks, handling conditional counterclaims, setting hearing schedules, managing costs, and keeping proceedings efficient. 🔐 Confidentiality & FRAND discussions: Recent decisions address confidentiality in SEP and FRAND disputes, access to licence agreements, closed hearings, and the consequences of late or incomplete procedural arguments. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 26, 2026 [https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/news-insights/detail/upc-unfiltered-by-willem-hoyng-upc-decisions-week-26-2026] 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ [https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/] ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

Week 25 — Interim Conferences, SEP Litigation & Procedural Discipline

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a focus on interim conferences, SEP and FRAND disputes, provisional measures, damages, confidentiality, and the practical realities of UPC litigation. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Interim Conferences & Case Management: Several decisions highlight the UPC’s increasingly active use of interim conferences to narrow validity attacks, manage auxiliary requests, address expert evidence, structure oral hearings, and keep complex cases on track. 📡 SEP Litigation, FRAND & Confidentiality: The week includes major developments in SEP cases, including confidentiality around licence agreements, FRAND defences, de facto standards, security for enforcement, and the Court’s approach to negotiations and access to sensitive information. ⏱️ Provisional Measures, Appeals & Enforcement: Recent decisions examine stays, service on defendants, provisional damages, confidentiality on appeal, review of ex parte injunctions, and the consequences of late arguments or incomplete first-instance presentation. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 25, 2026 [https://www.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/news-insights/detail/upc-unfiltered-by-willem-hoyng-upc-decisions-week-25-2026] 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ [https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/] ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.