C5's UPC Institute

Refining Life Sciences IP Litigation Strategies After the UPC’s Inaugural Year

May 29, 2024 9:15am

Stefania Bergia
Partner
Simmons & Simmons LLP

Christoph de Coster
Partner
Taylor Wessing

Oliver Jan Jüngst
Partner
Bird & Bird

Dr. Ulrich Blumenröder
Partner
Grünecker Patent

  • Evaluating and refining litigation strategies to leverage the experiences and precedents set in the first year of the UPC
  • Understanding how initial rulings and procedural nuances have shaped the litigation landscape
  • Tailoring offensive and defensive strategies in the UPC context, incorporating lessons learned from the court’s inaugural year
  • Understanding which arguments and approaches have proven most effective in this new legal environment
  • Understanding which arguments and approaches have proven most effective in this new legal environment
  • Analyzing the evolving relationship between EPO opposition proceedings and validity challenges within the UPC
  • Assessing how decisions in one forum influence strategies and outcomes in the other