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Why the EPO may still ask you to adapt your description after G 1/25
The EPO published a notice on 10 November 2026 telling the general public how the examining and opposition divisions will apply G 1/25. On its face, the notice adopts the Enlarged Board’s test. In practice, its guidance risks letting familiar drafting rules decide the outcome before that test is even applied.
Instead of closing the gap between first-instance practice and the Boards’ case law, the notice could entrench it.
UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 45, 2026
Below, Prof. Willem Hoyng provides his unfiltered views on the decisions that were published on the website of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) last week. His comments offer a unique insight into the UPC’s case law, as he chairs the Advisory Board of the UPC and participated in drafting the Rules of Procedure of the UPC.
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Dear reader,
As we the start our fourth year of the Unfiltered, Prof. Willem Hoyng made a small change at the request of some of his readers. While Prof. Willem Hoyng will still discuss all the decisions published last week, he will always start with what he considers as the most interesting (must read / listen) decisions, marked with an asterisk. The other decisions will then be published / discussed in the order in which they were published.
Statistics on the Unified Patent Court: Withdrawal and conclusion rates - October 2026
As part of HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER's series on statistics on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), this section presents how often patent disputes are concluded through a withdrawal. It is limited to infringement and revocation actions, declarations of non-infringement and applications for provisional measures, both at first instance and on appeal.
The analysis draws on publicly available UPC records compiled as of 19 October 2026. Withdrawals include proceedings discontinued or settled before a substantive decision. On appeal, the figures distinguish between all relevant appeals under rule 220.1 of the Rules of Procedure (RoP) and those directed specifically at first instance findings on the merits.
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