Claim Construction – The Core Of Patent Law (2025) (Video)

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It's been two years since the UPC opened its doors. You have probably heard a lot about procedural issues – like the service of Statements of Claims with Chinese defendants, court competences, deadline regime, opting-out, preliminary measures and others. These are interesting questions that are paving the way to justice, of course – but they are still not the core of patent law. The core of each patent litigation is the patent itself, and more precisely: claim construction.

This is where most patent cases are actually decided. This is why patent lawyers love what they do.