29 August 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By an order of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025, App_28536/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division denied Wonderland Nurserygoods' application for leave to change its claim in its action for infringement by equivalence of EP 1 905 615 against Cybex…
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4 August 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
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6 June 2025
CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
In Sunstar Engineering Europe's action against CeraCon for indirect infringement of EP 4 108 413, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division read the request for a declaration of liability for damages broadly: it already covers sales of CeraPUR sealing material…
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6 June 2025
CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
The judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division refused CeraCon leave to add to its counterclaim for revocation of EP 4 108 413 a lack of novelty attack based on prior art found later (EP 3 868 480).
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14 May 2025
CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By an order of 14 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_132/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division deferred to the oral hearing of 22 and 23 July 2025 the decision on TOTAL SEMICONDUCTOR's application, filed on 16 April 2025 under Rule 263, to extend…
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14 April 2025
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 14 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_566/2024 and UPC_CFI_39/2025, ORD_16126/2025), the Munich Local Division (Judges Zigann, presiding and rapporteur, Schober, Pichlmaier and Dorland-Galliot) granted Syngenta leave to extend its infringement action on EP 2 152 073 against Sumi Agro and Sumi Agro…
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7 April 2025
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 7 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_472/2024, ORD_10964/2025), the Milan Local Division (Judges Perrotti, presiding, Zana, rapporteur, Klein and Ashley, technically qualified) granted Dainese S.p.A.
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31 March 2025
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
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28 February 2025
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 28 February 2025 (UPC_CFI_483/2024, ACT_46804/2024, App_2829/2025), the Munich Local Division (Presiding Judge Voß, acting as judge-rapporteur) refused Esko-Graphics Imaging leave to extend its infringement action on EP 3 742 231 against XSYS Germany and two other group companies to…
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24 January 2025
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By an order of 24 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_54/2024 and UPC_CFI_396/2024, EP 2 391 947), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) granted Headwater Research leave to amend its requests in its infringement action against three Samsung companies and in the…
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26 November 2024
CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 26 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024, ORD_62739/2024), the Paris Central Division (panel presided over by P. Catallozzi) granted Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 671 173 against Microsoft, leave to reduce its…
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11 October 2024
CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_395/2023, ACT_583778/2023, ORD_53788/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières) dismissed the application by the Abbott companies, defendants in DexCom's infringement action on EP 3 831 282, to amend their case to take account…
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25 September 2024
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By a procedural order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_114/2024, UPC_CFI_448/2024, ACT_13227/2024, ORD_36668/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division partly admitted the amendment of claim sought by Heraeus Electronics GmbH & Co.
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24 September 2024
CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By a procedural order of 24 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_494/2023, ACT_596431/2023, ORD_52883/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division held that Rule 263 did not apply to the auxiliary requests amended by Unilever France, the defendant in the action brought by I.G.B.
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17 September 2024
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
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17 September 2024
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By a procedural order of 17 September 2024 (ACT_586899/2023, ORD_52140/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (E. Brinkman) granted Dexcom leave to amend its counterclaim for revocation of EP 4 070 727 B1 by adding a request for a declaration of…
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6 August 2024
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_41/2024, ACT_5324/2024, ORD_25797/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, P.
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6 August 2024
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 6 August 2024 (ORD_27411/2024, UPC_CFI_42/2024, ACT_5326/2024), the Munich Local Division refused Motorola Mobility leave to change its claims, in its action for infringement of EP 3 342 086 against Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Ericsson GmbH, so as to add…
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26 July 2024
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
By order of 26 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_42088/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Valeo Electrification leave under Rule 263 RoP to change the claim in its application for provisional measures of 1 July 2024 against three Magna group…
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14 May 2024
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Amend Document
Decision with commentary
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