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The UPC Court of Appeal has issued its first referral to the CJEU in Dyson v. Dreame, addressing important questions concerning the UPC’s long arm jurisdiction and intermediary liability.

Unlock the full journey of a patent with “Life of a Patent”, the comprehensive online course designed to prepare future patent professionals for real‑world practice before the European Patent Office (EPO).
This distance learning course starting on 1 April is intended for beginners in the profession but also for any patent practitioners/patent engineers that would like to refresh their EPC knowledge and skills.

Every year, the European Patent Office revises its EPC Guidelines, PCT-EPO Guidelines, and UP Guidelines — and every year, European Patent system users have the opportunity to influence that process.
As part of the revision cycle, epi is collecting feedback from its members until 22 March 2026 to submit as a consolidated response.

Thank you to everyone who voted for the epi Council!

The results are in: the 139 council seats have been allocated, giving each EPC member state 2, 4, or 6 representatives, depending on its number of epi members.

The overview of the newly elected Council members is available here:

Oral proceedings before the Enlarged Board of Appeal will take place on 8 May 2026 at 10:00 hrs (Munich). The proceedings will be open to the public via livestream, and the access link will be published on the EPO website from 30 April 2026.