Editorial
Jeroen Boelens, Extension of the Battle Zone – Is the UPC Slowly Taking Over?

Article
Christian Holtz, The Doctrine of Equivalents and its First Appearance Before the UPC, including:

• Christian Holtz, The Doctrine of Equivalents in Germany

• Richard Fawcett / William Hillson, The Doctrine of Equivalents in the United Kingdom

• Sandrine Bouvier-Ravon / François Jonquères, The Doctrine of Equivalents in France

• Anna Taruffo, The Doctrine of Equivalents in Italy

• Roeland Grijpink, The Doctrine of Equivalents in the Netherlands and Its Implementation Before the UPC

Case Notes

• Ignacio Pontijas Sánchez / José Calvo, Nexavar®: Barcelona Patent Court Revokes EP’255 on Sorafenib Tosylate and Dismisses Bayer’s Infringement Action, Case Note to ES-Commercial Court No. 1 of Barcelona, 30
  September 2024 – PO 559/2021

• Krister Karlsson, Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) for Combination Drugs, Case Note to CJEU, 19 December 2024 – C-119/22 and C-149/22

• Dr. Thomas Adam, “We’ll Take It from Here” – Calculation of Damages in the
  UPC Based on a National Infringement Decision and “Reach-Back” Damages, Case Note to UPC-CoA, 16 January 2025 – UPC_CoA_30/2024

Decisions

• Spain: Commercial Court No. 1 of Barcelona, 30 September 2024 – PO 559/2021 - Sorafenib TosylateEU: CJEU, Third Chamber, 19 December 2024 – C-119/22; C-149/22 - Teva v Merck Sharp & Dohme; Merck Sharp & Dohme v Clonmel

• UPC Member States: Unified Patent Court, Court of Appeal,
  16 January 2025 – UPC_CoA_30/2024 - Fives ECL v. REEL GmbH

• Germany: Federal Court of Justice, Tenth Civil Panel, 26 November 2024 – X ZR 114/22 - Tending Module (“Servicemodul”)

• UPC Member States: Unified Patent Court, Düsseldorf Local Division,
  28 January 2025 – UPC_CFI_355/2023 - FUJIFILM v. Kodak