United Kingdom Patent Decisions Overview 2025

Journal article

This report highlights a selection of the most important UK patent decisions from 2025, including: seven Court of Appeal judgments (three relating to interim and anti-suit relief in the context of standard essential patent licensing disputes, one concerning the applicability of FRAND obligations to patent platforms, one appeal of a FRAND licence determination, and two appeals relating to the validity of life science patents and SPCs), and six Patents Court judgments (including three FRAND disputes, two life science infringement claims and one decision relating to the formalities of obtaining an SPC waiver).

Authors: Trigg, R; Bluteau-Tait, S

• Alternative title: United Kingdom Patent Decisions Overview 2025
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 488-523
• Publication date: 2026-03-17
• DOI: 10.1007/s40319-026-01698-6
• EISSN: 2195-0237
• ISSN: 0018-9855
• Language: English
• Keywords: Doctrine of equivalence; SPC waiver; RAND; SPCs; Anti-suit injunction; FRAND; Jurisdiction; Life sciences; Interim licence declaration; Comity; Obviousness; SEPs