8 October 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 8 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_1332/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division set the terms on which the detailed description prepared by the court-appointed expert, following the inspection and preservation of evidence proceedings brought by fiskaly against Swissbit, may be released.
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4 August 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 4 August 2026, published on the register on 13 October 2026, the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered, without hearing the defendants, the inspection and preservation of evidence concerning the BioCapture SDK and the T3K BioCapture application, at the request…
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22 June 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order of 22 June 2026, following a hearing on 9 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_1103/2026), the single judge of The Hague Local Division, on WEPA Nederland's request for review (Rule 197.3 RoP), confirms the ex parte order of 17 April 2026 that…
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4 May 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order delivered on 30 April 2026 and reasoned in writing on 4 May 2026, in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_2028/2025 and UPC_CFI_2031/2025, the single judge of The Hague Local Division dismisses Krahn Chemie Benelux's request for review (Rule 197.3 RoP) of the…
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4 May 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
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17 April 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 17 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1103/2026), made without hearing the defendant, the single judge of The Hague Local Division authorises Essity Hygiene and Health to carry out, at WEPA Nederland's premises, a detailed description, the taking of samples and the…
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23 February 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
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23 February 2026
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
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5 December 2025
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order dated 4 December 2025 and lodged on 5 December, the Milan Local Division dismissed the request by A.G.A. and A.C.E.F. to review the ex parte order for preservation of evidence of 19 May 2025 granted to 3V Sigma, which…
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5 December 2025
CFI / Copenhagen (DK) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order of 5 December 2025, given by the full panel after remittal by the Court of Appeal, the Copenhagen Local Division ordered HGSystem ApS, HGSystem Holding ApS, Infotech Concept ApS and Infotech Holding ApS jointly to pay the Court a…
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18 November 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order of 18 November 2025, made without hearing the other side, the Düsseldorf Local Division granted LiNA Medical measures to preserve evidence and for inspection concerning the "disposable morcellator" exhibited by Tonglu Qianyan Medtech at its MEDICA trade fair booth,…
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18 November 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 18 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_1598/2025), made without hearing the defendant the day after the application was filed, the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, rapporteur, Thom and Gillet) ordered an inspection and preservation of evidence at Schultz Medical (UK)'s booth at…
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12 November 2025
CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 12 November 2025, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_407/2025 (preservation of evidence) and UPC_CFI_408/2025 (inspection), the Brussels Local Division largely dismissed the request for review filed by Organon Heist and N.V.
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27 October 2025
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By a panel order of 27 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_127/2025, proceedings in Italian), the Milan Local Division dismissed Xelom's request to revoke the ex parte order of 18 March 2025, which had granted Prinoth a description of evidence and the seizure of a…
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25 September 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
In an order of 25 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_897/2025), the standing judge of The Hague Local Division granted, without hearing the other side, a precautionary seizure of an SD-14010 machine exhibited by the Turkish company Esde Makine at an agricultural trade fair in…
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13 August 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_736/2025), the single judge of The Hague Local Division authorised CJ CheilJedang, without hearing the defendants, to seize three bags of Daesang's powdered L‑lysine and copies of commercial and technical documents at a Dutch warehouse in…
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13 August 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_739/2025), The Hague Local Division, sitting as a single judge and without hearing the defendants, allowed CJ CheilJedang to carry out a seizure of evidence at a Dutch warehouse storing liquid L-lysine made by the Daesang…
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30 May 2025
CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order issued on 30 May 2025 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_407/2025 (preservation of evidence) and UPC_CFI_408/2025 (inspection), the Brussels Local Division largely granted, without hearing the defendants, the applications by Genentech and F.
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19 May 2025
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 19 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_342/2025), made without hearing the other side, the Milan Local Division granted 3V Sigma, in part, measures to preserve evidence and inspect premises under EP 3 275 872 and EP 3 275 426 (UV filters for…
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18 March 2025
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 18 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_127/2025, ORD_11002/2025), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding, A.
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18 March 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_554/2024, ACT_53296/2024, ORD_53411/2024), made for the Hague Local Division by P.
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3 March 2025
CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 3 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_142/2025), the Mannheim Local Division, through Judge Tochtermann acting as presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, rejected an application for an order to preserve evidence and inspect premises filed, before any action on the merits, by the proprietor…
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3 March 2025
CFI / Copenhagen (DK) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 3 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_492/2024, ACT_47484/2024, ORD_10371/2025), the single judge of the Copenhagen Local Division (P.
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19 February 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 19 February 2025 (ORD_7979/2025, UPC_CFI_16/2025), Judge Margot Kokke, judge rapporteur in The Hague Local Division, granted four employees of Mammoet Holding B.V.
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19 February 2025
CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 19 February 2025 (UPC_CFI_156/2024, ORD_24915/2024), the Munich Local Division (Judges Zigann, presiding and rapporteur, Mlakar and Pichlmaier) dismissed as moot the application for preservation of evidence brought by SWARCO FUTURIT Verkehrssignalsysteme against Yunex under EP 2 643 717.
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17 February 2025
CFI / Nordic Baltic Regional Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 17 February 2025 (ORD_68981/2024, UPC_CFI_527/2024), Judge Stefan Johansson, sitting alone in the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division, closed the evidence preservation proceedings brought by Imbox Protection A/S against Brunngård Group AB and Footbridge Group AB in respect of EP 2…
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22 January 2025
CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_16/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (Judge Kokke), sitting alone, granted in part and without hearing the defendant measures to preserve evidence sought by Mammoet Holding against P.T.S.
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11 September 2024
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 11 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_337/2024, ACT_36483/2024, ORD_51269/2024), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding and judge-rapporteur, A.
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26 August 2024
CFI / Copenhagen (DK) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
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14 November 2023
CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By an order of 14 November 2023 (UPC_CFI_397/2023, App_583867/2023), the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, C.
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25 September 2023
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 25 September 2023, made on two identical joined applications (UPC_CFI_286/2023 and UPC_CFI_287/2023), the Milan Local Division allowed Progress Maschinen & Automation (PMA), without hearing the defendants, to carry out a simultaneous inspection and preservation of evidence at the premises…
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21 September 2023
CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By order of 21 September 2023 (UPC_CFI_329/2023, application 574133/2023), the Brussels Local Division, sitting as a single standing judge (Rule 194.4 RoP), allowed without hearing the defendant the seizure, at a symposium in Knokke-Heist on 22 and 23 September 2023, of OrthoApnea's…
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14 June 2023
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
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