Willem Hoyng's UPC Unfiltered (AI) Podcast

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a focus on conditional counterclaims, appeal strategy, reinstatement, late evidence, interim conferences, litigation value, settlement pressure, access to pleadings, and stays pending parallel revocation proceedings.In this episode, we cover:🔁 Conditional Counterclaims & Appeal Timing: Key Court of Appeal decisions clarify how defendants must protect conditional counterclaims for revocation on appeal, including reinstatement requests after earlier uncertainty in the case law.⚖️ Late Evidence, Interim Conferences & Procedure: Several decisions address late-filed material, appeal case management, interim conference discipline and the need for concise, timely procedural requests.⏸️ Stays, Settlements & Parallel Revocation Strategy: The week also highlights settlement after written proceedings, litigation value in appeal, access-request language issues, mediation, submarine-patent settlement pressure, and refusal to stay appeal proceedings merely because a third party has started a parallel revocation action.📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 40, 2026🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on settlement practice, court-fee reimbursement, declarations of non-infringement, opt-out timing, high-value litigation and evidence requests.In this episode, we cover:🤝 Settlements, Fees & Litigation Value: Several Meta-related cases address withdrawals after settlement, 50% court-fee reimbursement, short settlement stays, and questions around the value of infringement and counterclaim proceedings.⚖️ DNI Actions & Opt-Out Timing: The week highlights important Court of Appeal guidance on declarations of non-infringement filed before grant, competence based on the Statement of Claim and opt-outs filed too late.📄Validity, Case Management & Entitlement Evidence: Key decisions examine interim conference preparation, claim interpretation, aggregation of features, the notional skilled person, and R. 190 requirements for entitlement evidence.📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 39, 2026🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

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 SEP and FRAND claims, court-fee reimbursement, late-filed evidence, procedural flexibility, declarations of non-infringement, stays, res judicata, and substantive infringement and revocation strategy.In this episode, we cover:📡 SEP Settlements, FRAND Claims & Court Fees: Key decisions address FRAND-specific claims, the value of SEP proceedings, rate-setting issues and reduced reimbursement of court fees where cases required substantial court work.⚖️ Late Evidence, R. 190 & Front-Loaded Procedure: The week highlights late technical reports, R. 190 evidence requests and R. 361 clear-cut dismissal requests.🧩 DNI Actions, Stays & Substantive Defences: Several cases examine declarations of non-infringement, preliminary objections, stays after EPO developments, res judicata, prior use rights, intermediate generalisation, inventive step, and infringement in non-UPC territories.📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 38, 2026🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: UPC Decisions & Expert Commentary | UPC Intelligence PlatformDisclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on consolidated defence deadlines, ex parte seizures, preliminary injunction practice, late legal arguments and settlement-related fee reimbursement.In this episode, we cover:📅 Defence Deadlines & Procedural Efficiency: The week highlights consolidated defence dates for related defendants, the balance between efficiency and fairness, and the risk that strict alignment may create unintended procedural incentives.🔍 Evidentiary Seizures & Protective Letters: Key guidance addresses ex parte seizure review, the need for plausible infringement, necessity, proportionality and evidence risks.⚖️ PI Practice, Sufficiency & Late Arguments: The commentary also focuses on preliminary injunction proceedings, functional claim features, sufficiency of disclosure and the tension between legal correctness and front-loaded UPC procedure.📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 37, 2026🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a focus on enforcement pending appeal, penalty sums, suspensive effect, intermediary liability, evidentiary seizures, late arguments, security for costs, and access to court documents.In this episode, we cover:⚖️ Enforcement, Penalty Sums & Suspensive Effect: Key decisions address withdrawal of penalty requests, rehearing applications, enforcement risk after appeal, repayment of penalties, and the UPC’s strict approach to suspensive effect.🌍 Intermediaries, Jurisdiction & Infringement Strategy: The week highlights intermediary liability, UK-related infringement, auxiliary requests, revocation strategy, and the consequences of litigating around non-EU actors.🔍 Evidence, Access & Procedural Discipline: Several cases examine evidentiary seizures, employee questioning, late arguments, R. 190 evidence requests, security for costs, interpreters, and the need for timely and well-substantiated procedural applications.📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 36, 2026🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.