Consistency in infringement cases with an average of ten
filings per month
LONDON, July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc
(NYSE: CLVT), a leading global provider of transformative
intelligence, today launched the report One year later in the
UPC: First insights from Darts-ip™, which analyzes litigation
data from the Unitary Patent Court's (UPC) inaugural year. The
analysis sheds light on the future direction of the UPC and its
continued role alongside the European national courts and other
major global patent jurisdictions.
According to Darts-ip data, infringement cases were consistent
for the UPC's first year, averaging 10 filings per month. The
number of decisions published by the UPC increased slightly each
month with the number of decisions given in the second six months
increasing 155% compared to the first six months of the Court.
German local divisions accounted for nearly 80% of infringement
cases, with Munich leading at
37.7% of all infringement cases filed before the UPC. Six of the
top ten plaintiffs were U.S.-based and the top ten most active
representative firms dealt with two-thirds (71.3%) of the total
number of cases filed before the UPC.
Gordon Samson, President,
Intellectual Property, Clarivate, said: "The launch of the UPC
represents a significant development in the global patent
landscape. The importance of using data to draw valuable
conclusions about the global patent and litigation landscape is
crucial as the UPC's jurisdiction continues to develop. Data should
be at the heart of every business decision, to validate analyses
and inform strategy or to predict important industry, technological
and legal trends."
In terms of industries, electrical engineering was the most
impacted technical field, constituting 39.8% of all infringement
cases, followed by instruments at 22.6%, mechanical engineering at
16% and chemistry at 13%. The pharmaceutical sector represented
only 3.4% of all UPC infringement cases. The information and
communication technologies (ICT) industry accounted for 38.5% of
all patents asserted before the UPC.
A different pattern was observed for revocation cases.
Electrical engineering was not the most impacted technical field,
as it accounted for only 28% of all industries. In contrast to
infringement proceedings, Instruments took the lead with 36%.
Additionally, mechanical engineering and chemistry only accounted
for 8% each.
Read the One year later in the UPC: First insights from
Darts-ip report here.
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