This week at the UPC: Oct. 16-22
By MLex Staff ( October 22, 2026, 21:42 GMT | Insight) -- This week at the Unified Patent Court, Align Technology won an injunction covering 17 UPC countries, while Gucci and Alpina Coffee Systems defeated infringement claims and largely secured patent revocations. Other rulings addressed the wording of UK injunctions and limits on late patent amendments.Patent owners saw mixed results at the Unified Patent Court this week, with the Paris Local Division granting the US-based maker of the Invisalign product line injunctive relief in 17 EU countries in its patent clash with Chinese rival Angelalign. Gucci and Alpina Coffee Systems defeated infringement claims and largely invalidated the patents asserted against them in the UPC Court of Appeal and Dusseldorf Local Division, respectively....
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