1) Premium: UPC Roundup (1 week): special status of FRAND pleadings recognized; revocation decisions; various procedural clarifications; and more

This is a summary of developments in and around the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in the calendar week of April 6, 2026.

2) Free opinion piece: Milan LD’s handling of Ericsson-ASUS cases does nothing to encourage patentees to file in non-German UPC venues

If high-stakes cases in rapidly-evolving industries take more than 27 months from docketing to hearing, it will be hard for a less popular UPC division to compete with the top four or five venues.

A delay in Milan is a delay in Milan, not in other venues. But every such situation is a missed opportunity and will indirectly contribute to a continuing concentration of cases in the Germany-based Local Divisions.