UPC Aperitivo Webinars

The UPC Aperitivo Webinar is an informal yet content-rich session where litigators from across the European Patent Litigators Network come together to discuss key developments surrounding the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Held every other month, each Aperitivo features short presentations by EPLN members from Germany, France, Italy and Netherlands, highlighting recent cases, procedural updates, and strategic considerations under the UPC framework. These sessions are designed to foster knowledge sharing, debate, and cross-border collaboration within our network.

Each webinar is just one hour – short, sharp, and to the point. If you’d like to join our free UPC Aperitivo webinars, please send uns an e-mail to events@delete-me.mb.de 

Below you will find the topics covered in our most recent webinar, held on 14 January 2026. 

• Philips v. Belkin: Key Lessons from a SEP Infringement Case
• Injunctive Relief at the UPC
• The concept of the inventive step in light of the recent decisions of the Court of Appeal (Amgen v. Sanofi/Regeneron and Edwards–Meril)
• Evidence in UPC: Focus on evidence and litigation practice: use of experts and witnesses, securing evidence, timing of evidence.

The next UPC Aperitivo will take place on 18 March, and we would be delighted to welcome you. This page will be updated as soon as the presentation titles are confirmed.

Take a look at our past UPC Aperitivo webinars, featuring key insights from 2025 and 2024.

Webinars in 2025 

13 October 2025:

• Intermediate Generalisation at the UPC
• Purpose features, exhaustion and indirect infringement a benchmark decision of the Munich LD
• Inspection proceedings before the UPC: assessment and future outlook
• UPC remedies update 

23 June 2025:

• Long-arm jurisdiction of UPC
• Inventive step at the UPC - is there a recent shift towards EPO practice?
• Cessation of Priority National Patent Rights: Legal Effects of Opt-Out or Unitary Request
• UPC and Second Medical Use: A Landmark First Decision

20 March 2025:

• Fujifilm v. Kodak: The Long-Arm Jurisdiction of the UPC and Other Key Topics
• Claim Interpretation – Prosecution History Estoppel
• Limitation procedures
• Protective letters at the UPC

23 January 2025:

• First UPC FRAND Decisions – No easy ride for implementers/users of Standard Essential Patents (SEP)
• Preliminary Measures and Orders to Preserve Evidence at the UPC – State of the Art
• Opt-out strategies
• Equivalence, going Dutch

Webinars in 2024

5 November 2024:

• SPC grant and litigations as of June 2023: what’s next?
• Standard Essential Patents at the UPC - A First Impression
• UPC provisional and protective measures: the concept of imminent infringement
• EPO opposition versus UPC revocation

19 September 2024:

• The first UPC decisions on the merits
• UPC costs
• Conflict between UPC and EPO revocation decisions and resolution thereof
• Indirect Infringement: national approaches vs. the UPC

27 June 2024:

• A year of UPC: An overview of the first results

16 May 2024:

• Milan Local Division Orders to Preserve Evidence: Key Points
• Comparison between the saisie-contrefaçon Orders issued by the Paris Local Division and the French national Court: similarities and differences
• UPC revocation vs. EPO opposition
• Change of language of proceedings before the UPC; a shift to English