6/3/2026 8:20:33 AM Rapid Reaction: UPC Court of Appeal clarifies the approach to long-arm claims (Fujifilm v Kodak) By Eden Winlow Accepting jurisdiction is one question; exercising it is another. The UPC Court of Appeal’s 2 June 2026 decision in Fujifilm v Kodak1...
5/28/2026 4:05:56 PM Practical PI lessons at the UPC Court of Appeal: 8 things Abbott v Sinocare teaches us By Eden Winlow Lessons from UPC_CoA_901/2025 based on the Order of 17 April 2026 and attendance at the oral hearing Preliminary injunction (PI) practice...
5/28/2026 2:18:11 PM Rapid reaction: Amazon v InterDigital at the UPC Court of Appeal By Sam Harvey A much anticipated showdown in front of the UPC’s Court of Appeal took place in Luxembourg today in front of a panel of judges comprising...
5/21/2026 11:21:37 AM Official UPC Year in Review – Five highlights from 2025 By Chris Dixon The Unified Patent Court (UPC) recently released its second official Annual Review, a copy of which can be found on the UPC’s website at...
5/18/2026 9:10:06 AM Can the name of a fictional character be a Trade Mark? Lessons from Obélix By Sarah Husslein The General Court’s judgment in Case T‑24/25 (OBELIX) provides guidance on the treatment of trade marks derived from fictional...
5/14/2026 3:01:59 PM Legal holds and document preservation: How to get on the front foot By Sarah Hill Identification and preservation of documentary evidence at the early stages of a dispute isn’t just best practice, it is a mandatory...
5/1/2026 2:46:46 PM Stop press: High Court hands down FRAND judgment in Samsung v ZTE By Richard Pinckney Sophie Lawrance Francion Brooks The High Court has today handed down its judgment in Samsung v ZTE, determining the FRAND terms of a global cross-licence between the...
4/30/2026 1:43:10 PM State capital meets supercomputing – the UK Government’s Sovereign AI fund announcement By Oliver Alsop At a glanceThe UK Government has launched Sovereign AI, a £500m state-backed investment fund established to invest in British AI...
4/17/2026 10:00:23 AM Ten takeaways from the EDPB's draft guidelines on scientific research By Hannah Crowther I have now waded through all 66 pages of the European Data Protection Board’s draft guidelines on scientific research, and here’s a...
3/24/2026 7:10:42 PM From AI pricing algorithms to public procurement: UK Competition and Markets Authority publishes its 2026–27 annual plan By Victoria Yuan James Batsford On 23 March, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its 2026-2027 Annual Plan (the Annual Plan): the first since the...
3/20/2026 4:19:58 PM AI and copyright in the UK - the government decides to wait and see By Sean Ibbetson Earlier this week, the UK government published its much-anticipated report on the interaction between copyright law and AI. It has been...
3/16/2026 12:39:42 PM AI agents are starting to act for consumers: do the rules still work? By Antonia Kendrick Francion Brooks Consumers may soon start delegating everyday decisions to AI systems. From cancelling subscriptions to switching providers or negotiating...