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UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 52, 2025
Below, Prof. Willem Hoyng provides his unfiltered views on the decisions that were published on the website of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) last week. His comments offer a unique insight into the UPC’s case law, as he chairs the Advisory Board of the UPC and participated in drafting the Rules of Procedure of the UPC.
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UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 51, 2025
Below, Prof. Willem Hoyng provides his unfiltered views on the decisions that were published on the website of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) last week. His comments offer a unique insight into the UPC’s case law, as he chairs the Advisory Board of the UPC and participated in drafting the Rules of Procedure of the UPC.
Imminent Infringement and the Bolar Exemption before the UPC
When can a patent owner obtain provisional relief before the alleged infringer has actually placed any products on the market? According to the Unified Patent Court Agreement (“UPCA”), injunctive measures may be ordered to prevent an imminent infringement (art. 62.1). In its first life-sciences cases, the UPC has developed a legal test for imminent infringement based on whether the alleged infringer has already set the stage for the infringement to occur. This standard, confirmed by the UPC Court of Appeal in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Zentiva (UPC_CoA_446/2025), has important implications for life sciences and interacts with regulatory safe harbors such as the Bolar exemption, particularly in light of proposed EU legislation to expand that exemption, the draft EU Pharmaceutical Directive )COM (2023) 192 final, 2023/0123 (COD)).
This post examines the UPC’s imminent infringement doctrine, how it has been applied and its interplay with the Bolar exemption.