It appears that the Unified Patent Court was affected by technical issues for most of this week: we have not seen any orders since Monday. Therefore, we will not do our UPC Roundup this weekend.

1) Free content: Toyota becomes Avanci 4G & 5G licensor, previously only licensee; acquired 4G/5G SEPs from OPPO

Many patent pools have licensors that are simultaneously licensees, but Toyota is the first of its kind in the automotive industry.

2) Free content: U.S. deputy antitrust chief: EU Commission’s comfort letter to Licensing Negotiation Group “concerning and unusual”, irreconcilable with competition law principles

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Dina Kallay gave strong and clear answers to questions from the audience, including ip fray, at a hybrid SEP conference today.

3) Free content: UPC shake-up: renowned German judge Dr. Georg Werner appointed to Munich LD as new third panel of Court of Appeal launched

Dr. George Werner, of the Munich I Regional Court, has been newly appointed as a judge at the Unified Patent Court’s Munich Local Division, while a new third panel of the UPC’s Court of Appeal – presided over by Ms. Ulrike Voss (“Voß” in German) – will launch in January 2026.

4) Premium content (apart from summary): EWHC clashes with Munich I Regional Court over doctrine of equivalents: rules no infringement in Bayer, Regeneron v. Formycon, Samsung Bioepis

In a 142-page judgment, Mr Justice Meade of the High Court of Justice for England & Wales ruled that Bayer and Regeneron’s equivalence allegations failed, as the patent-in-suits’ claims were too broad.