Navigating Preliminary Injunctions at the UPC: Key Developments and National Comparisons

May 21, 2025 10:15am

Simona Levi, Ph.D.
Chief Legal Officer
VIZGEN

Dr. Moritz Schroeder
Counsel
Bird & Bird

Dr. Tobias Wuttke
Equity Partner
BARDEHLE PAGENBERG

Moderated by:

Anita Varma
Partner
White & Case LLP

  • Analyzing the developing caselaw for preliminary injunctions at the UPC
  • Establishing “sufficient certainty” that the patent in suit is valid and infringed
  • Interpreting the standards of “necessity,” “urgency” and “imminent infringement”
  • Identifying the prerequisites for re-opening a UPC preliminary injunction case
    • E.g., in the diagnostic device case between NanoString and 10x Genomics