THE UPC AT TWO – TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
23. May um 8:45 - 18:00
The UPC at Two – Trends and Perspectives
23 May 2025
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
(main building)
Room M218
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The Munich Unified Patent Court Advanced Research Centre (MuPatC) opens its doors: The Unified Patent Court’s (UPC‘s) second anniversary gives us occasion to discuss topical issues in the UPC’s case law and beyond concretely and with a particular focus on open legal questions and problems.
A stellar line-up of speakers (judges, academics and practitioners) will discuss in Munich, outlining and evaluating the most recent UPC’s case law and developing possible future perspectives of Unified Patent Law. The European perspective will be complemented with guests from the U.S. and Asian countries to provide for an outside view on the success of the new Unified Patent.
Registration via the button below until 5th May 2025
Please note: Capacities are limited!
Participation will be provided based on “first come – first served”.
A training certificate (e.g., for “Fachanwälte”) will be provided upon request.
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Programme
8:45 – 9:00
Get-together
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9:00 – 9:15
Welcoming Remarks
Matthias Leistner & Ansgar Ohly
LMU
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9:15 – 9:50
Keynote
Klaus Grabinski
(UPC Luxemburg)
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9:50 – 11:20
Preliminary Injunctions in the UPC’s Practice
Mary-Rose McGuire
(University of Osnabrück)
Ulrike Voß (UPC Munich)
Matthias Zigann (UPC Munich)
Edger Brinkman (UPC The Hague)
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11:20 – 11:40
Coffee Break
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11:40 – 13:00
The Construction of Claims
Henrik Timmann
(rospatt Düsseldorf)
Klaus Bacher (BGH)
Ronny Thomas (UPC Düsseldorf)
Tilmann Müller-Stoy (Bardehle Munich)
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13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
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14:00 – 15:10
The Competitiveness of the UPC as a Forum of International Patent Litigation – Opportunities and Threats
Kung-Chung Liu
(Singapore Management University/Renmin University Beijing)
Rochelle Dreyfuss (NYU Law School)
Sapna Kumar (U Minnesota Law School)
Yoshiyuki Tamura (University of Tokyo)
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15:10 – 15:40
Coffee Break
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15:40 – 17:20
SEPs in the UPC System
Klaus Haft
(Hoyng ROKH Monegier München)
Richard Arnold (Court of Appeal of England and Wales) TBC
Peter Tochtermann (UPC Mannheim)
Nina Bayerl (Freshfields München)
Cordula Schumacher (Arnold Ruess Düsseldorf)
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17:20 – 17:30
Concluding Remarks
Matthias Leistner & Ansgar Ohly
(LMU)