New Unified Patent Court – Cameron IP Amongst First UK Representatives
Steven McIlroy, European & UK Patent Attorney, is one of the first UK representatives in a live case before the new Unified Patent Court.
Cameron IP among first UK representatives in live Unified Patent Court case
Cameron IP is currently among a very small number of UK representatives to be active in live cases before the new European Unified Patent Court (UPC). At the time of writing, we believe we are one of only 6 UK firms to be engaged in representing a client before the new Court in a live case.
I have personally been involved in a revocation action for a client based in the US, and have found the experience of dealing with the new institution relatively smooth, although with its own idiosyncrasies in how it operates.
I have already been able to apply my experience of engaging with the UPC to advice given to other clients on practicalities associated with dealing with the new Court.
Key statistics
Per the UPC’s report of March 2024, since the Court began operations on 1 June 2023, the Court of First Instance has received a total of 311 cases.
As regards types of actions and their quantities, these were as follows:
- Infringement actions (110)
- Revocation actions (28)
- Provisional measures applications (22)
- Applications for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 (6)
- Order for inspection (1)
- Action for damages (1)
- Declaration of non-infringement (1)
The Court of Appeal has received:
- Appeals under RoP220.1 (litera a or b) (3)
- Appeals under RoP220.1 litera c (9)
- Appeals under RoP220.2 (15)
- Request for discretionary review (1)
- Applications for suspensive effect (2)
- Applications for order for expedition of an appeal (6)
The language of proceedings has been:
- German (47%)
- English (45%)
- French (3%)
- Italian (3%)
- Dutch (2%)
Visit our UPC Hub
For a recap on key aspects of the new UPC system which came into force in June 2023, please visit our UPC Hub here.
Contact Steven
Steven McIlroy, European and UK Patent Attorney
T. +44 (0)208 390 3775 (London)
E. steven@cameronintellectualproperty.com
Categories: Patents