Willem Hoyng's UPC Unfiltered (AI) Podcast

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Welcome to "Willem Hoyng's UPC UNFILTERED AI Podcast" – your weekly, AI-generated source for Willem Hoyng’s commentary on UPC case law. In each episode, our AI hosts break down the latest UPC decisions, delivering Willem’s concise insights to help patent professionals stay ahead of the curve. Our AI podcasters are powered by cutting-edge AI and guided by human experts. While our voices are digital, our insights are very real. However, details might occasionally be off and names may be mispronounced. For Willem's "Unfiltered" in written form, visit our website. Subscribe now and stay informed

  1. 6d ago

    Week 39 — Settlements, Pre-Grant DNI, & Entitlement Evidence

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on settlement practice, court-fee reimbursement, declarations of non-infringement, opt-out timing, high-value litigation and evidence requests. In this episode, we cover: 🤝 Settlements, Fees & Litigation Value: Several Meta-related cases address withdrawals after settlement, 50% court-fee reimbursement, short settlement stays, and questions around the value of infringement and counterclaim proceedings. ⚖️ DNI Actions & Opt-Out Timing: The week highlights important Court of Appeal guidance on declarations of non-infringement filed before grant, competence based on the Statement of Claim and opt-outs filed too late. 📄Validity, Case Management & Entitlement Evidence: Key decisions examine interim conference preparation, claim interpretation, aggregation of features, the notional skilled person, and R. 190 requirements for entitlement evidence. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 39, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  2. Sep 21

    Week 38 — FRAND Value, Late Evidence & UPC Procedural Discipline

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on SEP and FRAND claims, court-fee reimbursement, late-filed evidence, procedural flexibility, declarations of non-infringement, stays, res judicata, and substantive infringement and revocation strategy. In this episode, we cover: 📡 SEP Settlements, FRAND Claims & Court Fees: Key decisions address FRAND-specific claims, the value of SEP proceedings, rate-setting issues and reduced reimbursement of court fees where cases required substantial court work. ⚖️ Late Evidence, R. 190 & Front-Loaded Procedure: The week highlights late technical reports, R. 190 evidence requests and R. 361 clear-cut dismissal requests. 🧩 DNI Actions, Stays & Substantive Defences: Several cases examine declarations of non-infringement, preliminary objections, stays after EPO developments, res judicata, prior use rights, intermediate generalisation, inventive step, and infringement in non-UPC territories. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 38, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: UPC Decisions & Expert Commentary | UPC Intelligence Platform Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  3. Sep 14

    Week 37 — Evidentiary Seizures, PI Standards, & Defence Deadlines

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on consolidated defence deadlines, ex parte seizures, preliminary injunction practice, late legal arguments and settlement-related fee reimbursement. In this episode, we cover: 📅 Defence Deadlines & Procedural Efficiency: The week highlights consolidated defence dates for related defendants, the balance between efficiency and fairness, and the risk that strict alignment may create unintended procedural incentives. 🔍 Evidentiary Seizures & Protective Letters: Key guidance addresses ex parte seizure review, the need for plausible infringement, necessity, proportionality and evidence risks. ⚖️ PI Practice, Sufficiency & Late Arguments: The commentary also focuses on preliminary injunction proceedings, functional claim features, sufficiency of disclosure and the tension between legal correctness and front-loaded UPC procedure. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 37, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  4. Sep 7

    Week 36 — Enforcement Risk, Intermediary Liability & Procedural Control

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a focus on enforcement pending appeal, penalty sums, suspensive effect, intermediary liability, evidentiary seizures, late arguments, security for costs, and access to court documents. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Enforcement, Penalty Sums & Suspensive Effect: Key decisions address withdrawal of penalty requests, rehearing applications, enforcement risk after appeal, repayment of penalties, and the UPC’s strict approach to suspensive effect. 🌍 Intermediaries, Jurisdiction & Infringement Strategy: The week highlights intermediary liability, UK-related infringement, auxiliary requests, revocation strategy, and the consequences of litigating around non-EU actors. 🔍 Evidence, Access & Procedural Discipline: Several cases examine evidentiary seizures, employee questioning, late arguments, R. 190 evidence requests, security for costs, interpreters, and the need for timely and well-substantiated procedural applications. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 36, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  5. Aug 31

    Week 35 — SEP Litigation, UPC Jurisdiction & Procedural Timing

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a broad set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on SEP enforcement, FRAND defences, declarations of non-infringement, language of proceedings, confidentiality, settlements, evidence production, and the timing discipline required in UPC litigation. In this episode, we cover: 📡 SEP Enforcement, FRAND & Exhaustion: Key decisions address pool licensing, implementer willingness, security, exhaustion, FRAND offers, SEP injunctions, and the strategic role of licence negotiations. ⚖️ Jurisdiction, Language & Procedural Gatekeeping: The week highlights declarations of non-infringement before grant, opt-outs, language rules, preliminary objections and international infringement claims outside UPC territory. 🔍 Confidentiality, Evidence & Litigation Discipline: Several cases examine confidentiality, R. 190 evidence requests, public and private access to information, settlements, reimbursement of fees and the UPC’s insistence on timely, well-substantiated procedural requests. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 35, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  6. Aug 25

    Week 34 — Procedural Discipline, Conditional Revocation & Claim Construction

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a wide-ranging set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on procedural discipline, conditional counterclaims for revocation, claim construction, confidentiality, preliminary injunctions and the consequences of failing to comply strictly with UPC orders and filing requirements. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Claim Construction, Infringement & Validity: Key decisions examine narrower claim interpretations, the principle that identical claim terms generally have the same meaning, the use of the patent description as its own lexicon, and why compliance with a technical standard does not by itself establish infringement. ⏱️ Appeals, Amendments & Front-Loading: The Court of Appeal reinforces strict appeal deadlines, electronic-signature requirements and the need to challenge first-instance findings precisely. Other decisions address late submissions, auxiliary requests, evidence applications and coordination between EPO opposition and UPC litigation. 🔄 Conditional Revocation & Costs: The Court of Appeal confirms that a counterclaim for revocation may be made conditional on a finding of infringement and provides practical guidance for preserving it on appeal. The decisions also reveal continuing disagreement over who should bear the costs of a conditional counterclaim. 🔐 Confidentiality, Compliance & PIs: The week also brings important rulings on confidentiality clubs, attorneys’-eyes-only restrictions, penalties for non-compliance with injunctions, simultaneous interpretation and the reversal of a decision refusing a preliminary injunction. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 34, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ Disclaimer: This description and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  7. Aug 17

    Week 33 — Added Matter, Damages & Cost Discipline

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on added matter, intermediate generalisation, preliminary injunctions, inventive step, damages, stays, settlements, language of proceedings, and the practical consequences of UPC cost practice. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Added Matter, Claim Scope & Inventive Step: Key decisions address added matter, intermediate generalisation, limited claims in PI proceedings, aggregation of obvious features and the UPC’s developing approach to claim interpretation. ⏱️ PIs, Stays & Damages: The week highlights preliminary injunction strategy, urgency after grant, stays pending EPO proceedings, FRAND-related settlement appeals, and difficult questions around damages for non-infringing substitute products. 💰 Costs, Fees & Procedural Choices: Several cases examine settlement withdrawals, reimbursement of court fees, confidentiality of invoices, stays of proceedings, language changes, and the importance of making cost and procedural requests at the right time. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 33, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

  8. Aug 10

    Week 32 — Enforcement Risks, FRAND Rate-Setting & Settlement Strategy

    This week, our AI hosts break down Prof. Willem Hoyng’s expert commentary on a focused set of new Unified Patent Court decisions, with a strong focus on enforcement pending appeal, penalty sums, suspensive effect, FRAND rate-setting, settlements, confidentiality, costs, and the practical consequences of UPC case management. In this episode, we cover: ⚖️ Enforcement, Penalty Sums & Suspensive Effect: Key decisions examine the risks of enforcing first-instance decisions pending appeal, penalty payments after reversal, cost enforcement, and the UPC’s strict approach to suspensive effect. 📡 FRAND Rate-Setting & Interveners: The week highlights rate-setting counterclaims, interveners, SEP pool licensing, admissibility of appeals, and refused stays. 🤝 Settlements, Costs & Case Management: Several cases address settlements under R. 265 and R. 365 RoP, court-fee returns, confidentiality, interim conference preparation, language issues, and recoverable-cost ceilings. 📖 Read the full written analysis here: ⁠HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER: UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 32, 2026 🔍 Explore the case law and Unfiltered Commentary on our UPC Intelligence Platform: ⁠https://upcintelligence.hoyngrokhmonegier.com/ ⁠ Disclaimer: This post and the podcast are AI-generated. The commentary reflects Prof. Willem Hoyng’s personal views.

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Welcome to "Willem Hoyng's UPC UNFILTERED AI Podcast" – your weekly, AI-generated source for Willem Hoyng’s commentary on UPC case law. In each episode, our AI hosts break down the latest UPC decisions, delivering Willem’s concise insights to help patent professionals stay ahead of the curve. Our AI podcasters are powered by cutting-edge AI and guided by human experts. While our voices are digital, our insights are very real. However, details might occasionally be off and names may be mispronounced. For Willem's "Unfiltered" in written form, visit our website. Subscribe now and stay informed

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