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By order of 27 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023, ACT_578697/2023, ORD_48649/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières) granted Hewlett-Packard Development Company's request to hear, at the oral hearing of 2 October 2024, a witness employed by the HP…
Read the analysisBy order of 26 August 2024 (UPC_CoA_328/2024, APL_36389/2024, App_45255/2024), the Court of Appeal (Kalden, Simonsson, Rombach, Faget, Papa) ordered Ballinno, appellant against orders of the Hamburg Local Division dismissing its application for provisional measures on EP 1 944 067, to provide security…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_317/2024, ACT_35572/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Lisbon Local Division (R. Lopes) allowed Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, in its application for provisional measures on EP 2 819 131 against ASUSTek Computer, Digital River Ireland and Arvato Netherlands, to…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_336/2024, ACT_36426/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, granted the request of Aiko Energy Germany, Solarlab Aiko Europe and five other defendants to…
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CoA_354/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal rejected the reply filed by the Apple companies, appellants against the order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 18 June 2024 refusing…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CoA_469/2024, APL_45142/2024, App_47039/2024), standing judge I.
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_230/2024, ACT_27358/2024, ORD_43896/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (M. Haedicke) dismissed the request of Ballinno, proprietor of EP 1 944 067 and defendant to the revocation action brought by Kinexon Sports & Media, to…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2023, ACT_582093/2023, ORD_14940/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (Johansson, Härmand, Bessaud, Wilhelm) dismissed the request of Meril Life Sciences and five other defendants for Edwards Lifesciences, based in the United States, to provide security of EUR 800,000…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2023, ACT_582093/2023, ORD_16663/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (Johansson, Härmand, Bessaud, Wilhelm) dismissed the request of Meril Life Sciences and five other defendants to stay the infringement action on EP 3 769 722 brought by Edwards Lifesciences…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_8/2023, ACT_459769/2023, ORD_44404/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division set the timetable for resuming Edwards Lifesciences' infringement action on EP 2 628 464 against Meril Lifesciences and other defendants, together with the counterclaims for revocation.
Read the analysisBy decision of 13 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023, ACT_597691/2023, ORD_39075/2024), the Munich Local Division permitted Network System Technologies to withdraw its infringement action on EP 1 552 669 against Texas Instruments Incorporated and Texas Instruments Deutschland, following a settlement.
Read the analysisBy decision of 6 August 2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permits Seoul Semiconductor to withdraw its infringement action against Amazon Services Europe concerning EP 3 339 920 B1, following a settlement between the parties.
Read the analysisIn an order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CoA_335/2024), the Court of Appeal, sitting in a panel different from the one that had ruled, rejected as inadmissible the application for rehearing filed by 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College against…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_67/2024, ACT_8805/2024, CC_28486/2024, ORD_40041/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß) dismissed the request by Manfred Sauer GmbH and Mr Manfred Sauer, defendants in Qufora's infringement action on EP 2 911 727, to be…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_327/2024, ACT_36388/2024, ORD_45347/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (E. Brinkman), in Winnow Solutions' infringement action on EP 3 198 245 against Orbisk, extended to 6 September 2024 Orbisk's time to reply to the request…
Read the analysisBy decision of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_87/2024, ACT_10738/2024, App_44884/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the defendant's consent, permitted Seoul Semiconductor to withdraw its infringement action on EP 2 402 415 against Amazon Services Europe following a settlement, and closed the proceedings.
Read the analysisBy order of 31 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_330/2024, ACT_36396/2024, ORD_44601/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division held that the steps already taken to bring Panasonic Holdings' Statement of Claim to the attention of Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 August 2024 (ORD_44656/2024, UPC_CFI_335/2024, ACT_36422/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division treated as good service on Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisBy order of 31 July 2024 (ORD_44597/2024, UPC_CFI_332/2024, ACT_36410/2024), the presiding judge, acting as judge-rapporteur, of the Mannheim Local Division treated as good service on Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 30 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_405/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected Alexion’s request to expedite its appeal against the Hamburg Local Division’s order refusing provisional measures against nine Amgen group companies under EP 3 167 888.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_402/2024, APL_40470/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected Alexion Pharmaceuticals' request to expedite its appeal against the Hamburg Local Division's dismissal of its application for provisional measures against Samsung Bioepis NL on EP 3 167 888.
Read the analysisBy order of 29 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_1/2024, APL_8/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal referred to the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division the application for the determination of costs filed by the Hanshow companies following the Court of Appeal's order…
Read the analysisIn an order of 26 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_382/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Second Panel of the Court of Appeal rejected Abbott Diabetes Care’s requests to revisit an order of 23 July 2024.
Read the analysisBy order of 25 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_169/2024, ACT_19012/2024, ORD_43090/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (Schilling) rejected the application of Xiaomi Technology Netherlands and Xiaomi Technology Germany, defendants in Daedalus Prime's infringement action on EP 2 792 100, for a two-week…
Read the analysisBy order of 25 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_159/2024, ORD_43151/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Böttcher), on the application of NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK, defendants in Hurom's infringement action on EP 2 028 981, allowed them to file on USB stick…
Read the analysisBy order of 25 July 2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division (A. Kupecz) refused to admit a further written submission dated 22 July 2024 and two expert reports (BP25 and BP26) filed by President and Fellows of Harvard College, defendant…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 July 2024, the Munich Central Division (U. Voß, presiding, A. Kupecz, rapporteur, P.
Read the analysisBy order of 12 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_363/2023, ACT_579244/2023, App_40855/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas), on the application of Seoul Viosys, claimant in the infringement action on EP 3 926 698 against expert e-Commerce and expert klein, refused to arrange…
Read the analysisBy order of 11 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_181/2023, ACT_528357/2023, ORD_41109/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding and rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisIn an order of 11 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_354/2024), given in German, the Court of Appeal rejected Apple’s request to expedite its appeal against the order of the President of the Court of First Instance of 18 June 2024 refusing to change the…
Read the analysisBy order of 10 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_221/2023, ACT_545620/2023, ORD_40297/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding and rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023, App_39329/2024 and 39331/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann), in proceedings on Panasonic's EP 2 568 724 involving a FRAND counterclaim, extended from 17 July to 14 August 2024 the defendant's time…
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_376/2023, ACT_581538/2023, ORD_37783/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division (S. Granata), in an infringement action on EP 2 331 036 conducted in Dutch against OrthoApnea S.L.
Read the analysisBy an order of 7 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_301/2024, APL_33746/2024, App_40131/2024), the second panel of the Court of Appeal (R. Kalden, presiding and judge-rapporteur, I.
Read the analysisBy order of 5 July 2024 (UPC_CoA_234/2024), the Court of Appeal permitted 10x Genomics to withdraw its appeal against the order of the Düsseldorf Local Division which had partly rejected its application for provisional measures against Curio Bioscience (EP 2 697 391),…
Read the analysisBy order of 4 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_220/2023, ACT_545619/2023), the Munich Local Division held, in Panasonic's action against Xiaomi Inc. and nine other group companies for infringement of EP 3 024 163, that the period for the rejoinder runs only from service on…
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_133/2024, ACT_15000/2024, App_39459/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, at the parties' joint request (Rule 365.1 RoP), confirmed the settlement reached at the oral hearing in the provisional measures proceedings brought by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_484/2023, ACT_595045/2023, ORD_33370/2024, App_26882/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Paris Central Division (M.
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024, ORD_33379/2024, App_28103/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 27 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_454/2023, ACT_589997/2023, ORD_38198/2024, App_37868/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 24 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_456/2023, ACT_590109/2023, CC_21152/2024), presiding judge Thomas, acting for the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in Dolby International AB's infringement action on EP 3 490 258 B1 against ASUS Computer GmbH and three other companies,…
Read the analysisBy an order of 25 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_195/2024, ACT_23163/2024, App_35134/2024, ORD_35405/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (M. Kokke), in provisional measures proceedings brought by Amycel LLC, proprietor of EP 1 993 350, against Szymon Spyra, rejected the request for court-arranged…
Read the analysisBy an order of 19 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_301/2024, APL_33746/2024, App_35055/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected ICPillar LLC's application for suspensive effect against the Paris Local Division's order of 21 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_495/2023) requiring it to provide EUR 400,000 as security for costs…
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_99/2024, APP_26610/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, dismissed the application by Apple Retail Germany B.V.
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_100/2024, APP_26544/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, dismissed the application by Google Ireland Ltd and Google Commerce Ltd, defendants in Ona Patents SL's infringement action on EP 2 263 098…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_221/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allowed Audi to lodge an additional written pleading in its appeal against the Munich Local Division's refusal to order Network System Technologies (NST) to provide…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_218/2024, APL_25922/2024, App_34189/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal, Rian Kalden, allowed Volkswagen AG to lodge an additional written pleading in its appeal against the Munich Local Division's refusal (UPC_CFI_514/2023) to order Network System…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_220/2024, APL_25924/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allowed Volkswagen AG, appellant against a Munich Local Division order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2023, EP 1 552 399) refusing it security for costs against Network System…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_217/2024, APL_25919/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allowed Audi AG, appellant against a Munich Local Division order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_514/2023, EP 1 875 683) refusing it security for costs against Network System…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_219/2024, APL_25923/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allowed Audi AG, appellant against a Munich Local Division order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2023, EP 1 552 399) refusing it security for costs against Network System…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_222/2024, APL_25928/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allowed Volkswagen AG, appellant against a Munich Local Division order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023, EP 1 552 669) refusing it security for costs against Network System…
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_35009/2024 and App_35013/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, Dr Tochtermann, in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 568 724 against Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH and other companies,…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_201/2024, App_34029/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, Matthias Zigann, in Syngenta Limited's provisional measures proceedings based on EP 2 152 073 against Sumi Agro Limited and Sumi Agro Europe Limited, moved the oral…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_54/2024, ACT_29928/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, granted the application by Samsung Electronics GmbH, Samsung Electronics France S.A.S.
Read the analysisBy order of 4 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_183/2024), the Court of Appeal refused Daedalus Prime's application to withdraw its appeal in relation to Xiaomi Technology Netherlands and Xiaomi Technology Germany only.
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 June 2024 (UPC_CoA_205/2024, APL_24585/2024, App_31209/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected Nera Innovations Ltd's request to withdraw its appeal in part, as against Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 27 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_498/2023, ACT_596658/2023, App_24843/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, in NEC Corporation's infringement action against several TCL group companies, extended to 8 July 2024 the time limit for Defendants 1), 3), 4) and 6) to…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_218/2024, APL_25922/2024, App_29005/2024), the Court of Appeal (second panel) rejected Volkswagen's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's order of 23 April 2024 dismissing its application for security for costs in Network System…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_221/2024), the Court of Appeal rejected Audi's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's refusal to order Network System Technologies (NST) to provide security for legal costs (EP 1 552 669).
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_220/2024, APL_25924/2024, App_28999/2024), the Court of Appeal (second panel) rejected Volkswagen's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2023), which had dismissed its application for security for costs…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_222/2024, APL_25928/2024, App_28997/2024), the Court of Appeal (second panel) rejected Volkswagen's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023), which had dismissed its application for security for costs…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_219/2024, APL_25923/2024, App_29007/2024), the Court of Appeal (second panel) rejected Audi's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2023), which had dismissed its application for security for costs…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_217/2024, APL_25919/2024, App_29006/2024), the Court of Appeal (second panel) rejected Audi's request to expedite its appeal against the Munich Local Division's order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_514/2023), which had dismissed its application for security for costs…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_495/2023), the Paris Local Division ordered ICPillar, proprietor of EP 3 000 239 and claimant in an infringement action against several Arm group companies, to provide security for costs of EUR 400,000 within six weeks.
Read the analysisBy order of 14 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_151/2024, ORD_23557/2024, ORD_23558/2024 and ORD_23559/2024), the Hamburg Local Division, seised by Ballinno B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 15 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_127/2024, ACT_14859/2024, ORD_26476/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, in Headwater Research's infringement action on EP 3 110 072, extended to 17 May 2024 the time limit for Motorola Mobility Germany and Digital River Ireland…
Read the analysisBy order of 10 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_367/2023, ACT_580198/2023, ORD_24708/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division refused to order simultaneous interpretation as part of the procedural costs at the request of CEAD B.V.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 9 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_498/2023, ACT_596658/2023, ORD_26426/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, in NEC Corporation's infringement action on EP 3 057 321, ordered NEC to amend its Statement of Claim within ten days so as to file…
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023, ACT_597691/2023), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, T. Pichlmaier, P.
Read the analysisBy order of 8 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_514/2023, ACT_597692/2023), the Munich Local Division largely dismissed the preliminary objections (Rule 19 RoP) and the applications to dismiss as manifestly unfounded (Rule 361 RoP) lodged by Volkswagen, Audi, Texas Instruments Incorporated and Texas Instruments Deutschland…
Read the analysisBy order of 8 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_9/2023, ACT_459771/2023, App_22295/2024), the Munich Local Division, in Huawei's infringement action against three Netgear group companies on EP 3 611 989, said to be essential to the Wi-Fi 6 standard, confirmed the preliminary production and confidentiality…
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 May 2024 (UPC_CoA_177/2024, APL_20002/2024, App_20143/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal (P. Blok) granted suspensive effect to the appeal brought by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG against the order of the Milan Local Division of 8…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 1 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_379/2023, ACT_581723/2023, App_12133/2024), the Hague Local Division recorded, following a settlement, the withdrawal by Keestrack N.V.
Read the analysisBy an order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_14390/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_255/2023, ACT_551308/2023, App_19959/2024 and App_23242/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_223/2023, App_14308/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_218/2023, App_14035/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 29 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_140/2024, ACT_15774/2024, App_22293/2024 and App_22330/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, in the infringement action on EP 2 697 391 brought by 10x Genomics, Inc.
Read the analysisBy an order of 25 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_361/2023, ACT_579176/2023, App_18259/2024, ORD_18484/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (M. Haedicke) rejected the request by Neo Wireless GmbH & Co.
Read the analysisBy order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_514/2023, ACT_597692/2023, App_11434/2024, 11453/2024 and 11833/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding, T.
Read the analysisBy an order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_514/2023, ACT_597692/2023, App_11434/2024, App_11453/2024 and App_11833/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, T. Pichlmaier, P.
Read the analysisBy order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023, ACT_597691/2023, App_11431/2024, 11444/2024 and 11835/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisBy order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2023, ACT_597693/2023, App_11454/2024, 11456/2024 and 11732/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisBy an order of 11 April 2024 (UPC_CoA_79/2024, APL_9578/2024, App_17551/2024), the Court of Appeal (Kalden, presiding and judge-rapporteur, Simonsson, Rombach) rejected Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA's request for a decision by default against the appeal of Neo Wireless GmbH & Co KG.
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