Infringement Action
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 13 May 2026)
In the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_1568/2025, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 (EP 2 712 236, EP 3 836 631 and EP 3 245 744), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division refuses the Transsion defendants an extension of the deadline for their non-technical statement of…
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1791/2025, 13 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAvient Protective Materials v Xingi (CFI, 11 May 2026)
In an order of 11 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_478/2025 and UPC_CFI_585/2026), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division partly grants Avient Protective Materials' application for production of evidence (Rule 190 RoP) against the Xingi Group, in an infringement action on EP 2 791…
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1793/2025, 8 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_11568/2025, 8 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 8 May 2026)
Following the case management hearing of 5 March 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division directs, in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_1568/2025, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 between Ericsson and Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co.
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna Netherlands (CFI, UPC_CFI_616/2025, 7 May 2026)
In the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_616/2025 and UPC_CFI_1439/2025 concerning EP 2 590 626, held by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division dismisses two applications: GSK's request for five party experts to be heard in person, and Moderna's third request…
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna Netherlands (CFI, UPC_CFI_1439/2025, 7 May 2026)
Read the French analysisSILIMED Indústria de Implantes Ltda v Polytech Health & Aesthetics (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In an order of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_481/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division upholds the defendants' preliminary objections and dismisses as inadmissible SILIMED's infringement action against Polytech Health & Aesthetics and seven other defendants, since the UPC lacks competence over…
Read the analysisHorl 1993 v Magna-Tec e.K (CFI, 6 May 2026)
In a decision of 6 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_388/2025), the Hamburg Local Division rules on Horl 1993's infringement action against Magna-Tec concerning the 'Trinity-S' knife sharpener, under the unitary patent EP 4 117 857 B1 (roller sharpener).
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v ASUSTek Computer (CFI, UPC_CFI_757/2024, 6 May 2026)
In a decision of 6 May 2026 given in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_757/2024 and UPC_CFI_539/2025), the Lisbon Local Division held that ASUSTek Computer infringed Ericsson’s EP 2 819 131 (an inductor arrangement reducing oscillator coupling), which expired…
Read the analysisMaxell v Samsung Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_196/2025, 5 May 2026)
Following the interim conference of 30 April 2026 in infringement action UPC_CFI_196/2025 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_665/2025 concerning EP 2 403 266, held by Maxell, Ltd., the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division sets the value of the proceedings and organises the…
Read the analysisHurom v NUC Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_159/2024, 5 May 2026)
In an order of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_159/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permits Hurom to withdraw its requests for penalty payments against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK (EP 2 028 981), made in enforcement proceedings (Rule 354.4 RoP) that…
Read the analysisAgathon v Intercom (CFI, 5 May 2026)
In a decision of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_727/2024 and UPC_CFI_493/2025), the Milan Local Division rules on Agathon's infringement action against Intercom (manufacturer) and Knarr Vertriebs (distributor) on EP 2 363 263 B1 (centring device for a forming tool), and on Intercom's counterclaim…
Read the analysisHurom Co v NUC Electronics Co (CFI, 5 May 2026)
By order of 5 May 2026 the Mannheim Local Division permits Hurom to withdraw its request for penalty payments against NUC Electronics, after the Court of Appeal had set aside the infringement decision concerning EP 2 028 981, declares the enforcement proceedings…
Read the analysisDyson Technology v Dreame International (Hongkong) (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_851/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division refuses, for the time being, to stay Dyson's infringement action against Dreame and five other defendants (EP 3 119 235), whether pending the Court of Appeal's preliminary…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026)
At the defendants' request, and with no objection from Dolby International AB or the intervener Vectis IP Ltd., the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division corrects an obvious error in the order of 1 May 2026 in proceedings UPC_CFI_1536/2025, UPC_CFI_982/2026 and UPC_CFI_1168/2026…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026, doc. 2)
By order of 8 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_1536/2025, UPC_CFI_982/2026 and UPC_CFI_1168/2026), the panel of The Hague Local Division dismissed the request for review under Rule 333 RoP of the judge-rapporteur's order of 1 May 2026, which had held admissible Acer's counterclaim for rate-setting…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026, doc. 3)
Read the French analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, 30 April 2026)
By procedural order of 30 April 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division records the exchanges at the case management hearing held online and behind closed doors on 23 February 2026 in the infringement action brought by Dolby International AB against…
Read the analysisCanon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, UPC_CFI_351/2024, 30 April 2026)
In an order of 30 April 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_351/2024 and UPC_CFI_595/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses the confidentiality application filed by Katun and General Plastic after the decision on the merits of 11 February 2026, concerning…
Read the analysisAvago Technologies International Sales v Telefónica Germany (CFI, 30 April 2026)
The Düsseldorf Local Division orders that 50% of the court fees paid in infringement action UPC_CFI_1648/2025 (EP 1 954 091), namely EUR 7,500, be reimbursed to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisIQIP v TMS Technical & Maritime Supplies (CFI, UPC_CFI_721/2025, 29 April 2026)
In an order of 29 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_721/2025 and the counterclaim UPC_CFI_1695/2025, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division partly grants TMS's request for production of evidence under Rule 190 RoP.
Read the analysisIQIP v TMS Technical & Maritime Supplies (CFI, UPC_CFI_1695/2025, 29 April 2026)
Read the French analysisAIM Sport Development v TGI Sport Suomi (CFI, UPC_CFI_214/2023, 29 April 2026)
By decision of 29 April 2026, given in infringement action UPC_CFI_214/2023 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_403/2025, the Helsinki Local Division dismisses both: AIM Sport Development AG’s patent EP 3 295 663 is upheld as granted, but TGI Sport’s SVB System infringes it…
Read the analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_52/2025, 28 April 2026)
Read the French analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_47/2025, 28 April 2026)
In a procedural order of 28 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_47/2025 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_68/2025 (EP 3 281 569), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division sets out, under Rule 332 RoP, how CUP&CINO and ALPINA must restructure…
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 27 April 2026)
By order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_140/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division orders the release of the EUR 200,000 security that Curio Bioscience Inc. deposited in the UPC security account under the order of 3 December 2024.
Read the analysisElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In a decision of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_716/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division corrects of its own motion, under Rule 353 RoP, section V of the operative part of its decision of 16 February 2026 in the dispute between ETRI and Hisense Gorenje…
Read the analysisCardo Systems v Shenzhen Ziwu Chuangxin Technology (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In an order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1902/2025), the Milan Local Division dismisses Cardo Systems' application for an alternative method of service (Rule 275 RoP) of its statement of claim on Shenzhen Ziwu Chuangxin Technology and Resosport, based in mainland China and…
Read the analysisTeleflex Life Sciences II v Speed Care Mineral (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In a decision of 27 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_685/2024 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_157/2025, the Hamburg Local Division holds that Speed Care Mineral's counterclaim succeeds and that Teleflex Life Sciences II's action against the SpeedM haemostatic dressing must…
Read the analysisIn(k)control v Esko-Software (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In an order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_871/2026), the President of the Court of First Instance dismisses the application by Esko-Software and Esko-Graphics to change the language of the infringement action brought against them by In(k)control before the Brussels Local Division from…
Read the analysisQUANTIFICARE v Canfield Scientific (CFI, UPC_CFI_559/2024, 23 April 2026)
In a decision pronounced on 23 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_559/2024 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_106/2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division holds that the counterclaim is unfounded and that Quantificare's action against Canfield Scientific and others, directed at the "Vectra…
Read the analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, 23 April 2026)
By order of 19 May 2026, Panel 2 of the Munich Local Division corrects, on the ground of clerical error, its order of 23 April 2026 in the infringement action brought by Advanced Standard Communication LLC against XIAOMI Inc.
Read the analysis3V Sigma v A.C.E.F (CFI, 22 April 2026)
By order of 22 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2052/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division stayed, at MFCI's request and with the express consent of all other parties, the infringement action brought by 3V Sigma and 3V Chimica Porto Marghera against A.G.A., A.C.E.F.
Read the analysisDainese v Alpinestars (CFI, 21 April 2026)
In a decision of 21 April 2026, the Milan Local Division ruled on Dainese's infringement action against Alpinestars S.p.A., Alpinestars Research and Motocard Bike, and on the counterclaims for revocation, concerning EP 4 072 364 (an inflatable protective device of the airbag…
Read the analysisCompagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin v Goodyear France (CFI, 16 April 2026)
In a decision of 16 April 2026 in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_138/2025) and the counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_522/2025), the Paris Local Division revokes in its entirety, for France, Michelin's EP 2 323 858 B1 on a variable surface area tyre tread, and…
Read the analysisBrita v Wessper (CFI, 16 April 2026)
In a decision on the merits delivered on 16 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_779/2024), in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Brita's indirect infringement action against Wessper, a Polish maker of 'AquaMax' filter cartridges for Brita's 'PerfectFit' jugs, under EP 1 748 830…
Read the analysisPrinoth v Xelom (CFI, 16 April 2026)
By an order of 16 April 2026, issued in Italian in proceedings UPC_CFI_703/2025 and UPC_CFI_1757/2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division grants Prinoth a thirty-day extension, to 27 May 2026, of the time limit for its next written pleading in its…
Read the analysisCorning v TCL Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_819/2024, 16 April 2026)
In a decision of 16 April 2026 in the joined infringement action (UPC_CFI_819/2024) and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_414/2025), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Corning's EP 3 296 274 B1, concerning a downdraw process for producing alkali-free glass sheets for LCD substrates.
Read the analysisUmicore NV/SA v Elemental Benelux (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By an order of 14 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1612/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division classifies as confidential technical information on a defendant's process, contained in the statement of defence and exhibit ES5, in Umicore's infringement action on EP 4 087 952…
Read the analysis1. GC AESTHETICS PARENTCO (CFI, 14 April 2026)
Read the French analysisKoninklijke KPN v Oleading (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By order of 13 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2246/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division grants the parties’ joint request in the infringement action brought by Koninklijke KPN N.V.
Read the analysisBMS Innovations v BYD Company (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By an order of 14 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2070/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division rules on the preliminary objection to international jurisdiction raised by three BYD group companies in BMS Innovations' infringement action on EP 2 937 706.
Read the analysisEstablishment Labs v GC Aesthetics Parentco (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By an order of 14 April 2026 in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_1357/2025) and the counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_629/2026), the Brussels Local Division orders the proprietor, Establishment Labs, to produce in part evidence on its own earlier 'Motiva SilkSurface' breast implant, which the…
Read the analysisBoehringer Ingelheim International v Zentiva Portugal (CFI, 10 April 2026)
By an order of 10 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_858/2025), the Lisbon Local Division finds under Rule 360 that Boehringer Ingelheim's main action against Zentiva Portugal, brought after provisional measures were granted on appeal against a generic nintedanib product, has become devoid of purpose…
Read the analysisMaxell v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 10 April 2026)
By order of 10 April 2026, issued after the interim conference (Rule 105.5), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division prepares the oral hearing in Maxell’s infringement action against four Samsung companies on EP 2 061 230 and in the counterclaim for…
Read the analysisOrange v HMD Global (CFI, 10 April 2026)
By an order of 10 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_301/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division allows Orange to file a further written response on the FRAND defence set out by HMD Global in the second part of its rejoinder, in the infringement…
Read the analysisKoninklijke Philips v TCL Industries (CFI, 9 April 2026)
Read the French analysisShenzhen Transsion Holdings v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (CFI, 7 April 2026)
By order of 7 April 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Lisbon Local Division grants the request of the four Ericsson defendants to align their time limits in the infringement action brought by Shenzhen Transsion Holdings on EP 4 123 910 (UPC_CFI_850/2026).
Read the analysisGuangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications v Koninklijke KPN (CFI, 7 April 2026)
By order of 7 April 2026, the President of the Court of First Instance grants the application of Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and Orope Germany, defendants in the infringement action brought by Koninklijke KPN on EP 3 349 412 before the Düsseldorf…
Read the analysisLaitram v ScanBelt Modular Conveyor Systems (CFI, 2 April 2026)
In an order of 2 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_642/2025), the full panel of the Munich Local Division rejects ScanBelt's second application to postpone the oral hearing set for 8 December 2026 in Laitram's infringement action (EP 3 251 983), and refuses leave to…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, 2 April 2026)
By a so-called preliminary order dated 2 April 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division sets out his proposed summary of the case management hearing of 23 February 2026 in Dolby International’s infringement action on EP 3 079 153 against CPYou…
Read the analysisbiolitec Holding v Light Guide Optics Germany (CFI, 2 April 2026)
In an order of 2 April 2026, issued in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_714/2024 and UPC_CFI_155/2025, the Munich Local Division refuses to stay the case pending the opposition against EP 3 685 783, even though the EPO Opposition Division revoked the patent after…
Read the analysisIllumina v Element Biosciences (CFI, 1 April 2026)
In an order of 1 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1920/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Lisbon Local Division refuses to dismiss at the outset, under Rule 361 RoP, Illumina's infringement action against Element Biosciences (EP 3 714 978), whose Statement of claim had omitted the…
Read the analysisNixu FL IP Protection v Infoblox (CFI, 31 March 2026)
In an order of 31 March 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division sets 11 June 2026 as the single deadline for all three defendants to file their Statement of defence and any counterclaim for revocation in Nixu FL IP Protection's…
Read the analysisNokia Technologies v VIMN Germany (CFI, 27 March 2026)
By decision of 27 March 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permits the withdrawal, agreed by both sides before the close of the written procedure, of Nokia Technologies’ infringement action on EP 4 250 732 against VIMN Germany and eight…
Read the analysisF. Hoffmann-La Roche v A. Menarini Diagnostics (CFI, 25 March 2026)
In a decision of 25 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2107/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Roche Diabetes Care GmbH to withdraw their infringement action against A.
Read the analysis3V Sigma v A.C.E.F (CFI, 24 March 2026)
By order of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2052/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division extended to 15 June 2026, for all defendants, the Rule 23 RoP time limit for filing the statement of defence in the infringement action brought by 3V Sigma…
Read the analysis3V Sigma v A.G.A (CFI, 24 March 2026)
In an order of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2052/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division sets 15 June 2026 as the Rule 23 RoP deadline for all three defendants to file their Statement of defence and any counterclaim for revocation.
Read the analysisBTL Medizintechnik v Lexter Microelectronic Engineering Systems (CFI, 24 March 2026)
In an order of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_1049/2025), the Hamburg Local Division orders a refund to BTL Medizintechnik of 60% of the court fees for its infringement action against Lexter (EP 4 426 414), the withdrawal of which had been permitted on…
Read the analysisVersah v Argimiro Antonio Hernandez Suarez (CFI, 23 March 2026)
In a decision of 23 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_649/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division permits, with the defendant's consent, the withdrawal of Versah's infringement action against Argimiro Antonio Hernandez Suarez (EP 2 919 672), declares the proceedings closed, makes no costs decision following a…
Read the analysisValeo Systèmes d’Essuyage v Robert Bosch d.o.o. Beograd (CFI, 23 March 2026)
In an order of 23 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_1963/2025, EP 4 144 599), the panel of the Paris Local Division refused the request by Robert Bosch d.o.o. Beograd and five other Bosch group companies to review the judge-rapporteur's order of 17 February 2026,…
Read the analysisPirelli Tyre v Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber (CFI, 19 March 2026)
By an order of 19 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_770/2024 and UPC_CFI_556/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division, after consulting the panel, revisited the adversarial examination of the seized tyre samples planned for the oral hearing: the tyres will be examined without being…
Read the analysisNEC v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 19 March 2026)
In a decision of 19 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_717/2025), the Mannheim Local Division, acting through the judge-rapporteur, permitted NEC Corporation to withdraw its infringement action on EP 3 057 321 against Hisense Gorenje Germany and five other companies, which consented, and declared the…
Read the analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, 18 March 2026)
In a decision of 18 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_519/2024, with counterclaim UPC_CFI_64/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division held that ALPINA Coffee Systems infringes claim 2 of CUP&CINO's EP 3 398 487 (producing milk froth at adjustable temperature) with the 'ALPINA Latte Perfetto Duo' frother,…
Read the analysisDolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 18 March 2026)
In a decision of 18 March 2026, given in German in UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division upholds Dolby International AB's EP 3 605 534, presented as essential to the Opus audio codec, and finds it infringed by the Grundig smart…
Read the analysisTRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik v IPG Laser (CFI, 16 March 2026)
In a decision of 16 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_733/2024 and UPC_CFI_255/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik's infringement action against IPG Laser concerning the 'YLS-AMB' fibre lasers, and on the counterclaim for revocation of claims 1 to 3 of…
Read the analysisBiopsafe v Kaltek (CFI, 12 March 2026)
By an order of 12 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2216/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division extended to 25 May 2026 Kaltek's time limit for lodging its statement of defence and any counterclaim for revocation, in Biopsafe's action based on three patents.
Read the analysisNetwork System Technologies v Qualcomm (CFI, UPC_CFI_64/2024, 11 March 2026)
By decision of 11 March 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_64/2024 and UPC_CFI_450/2024, the Munich Local Division dismissed both Network System Technologies' infringement action against three Qualcomm companies, based on EP 1 875 683 concerning an integrated circuit with an on-chip communication…
Read the analysisNetwork System v Qualcomm (CFI, UPC_CFI_63/2024, 11 March 2026)
Read the French analysisBFexaQC v NVIDIA (CFI, UPC_CFI_180/2025, 11 March 2026)
Read the French analysisNetwork System v Qualcomm (CFI, UPC_CFI_65/2024, 11 March 2026)
Read the French analysisHologic v Siemens Healthineers (CFI, 9 March 2026)
By an order of 9 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_758/2024 and UPC_CFI_259/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division refused Hologic's request under Rule 36 RoP to file, by 13 March 2026, brief formal comments on Siemens Healthineers' submissions dated 24 September 2025 and…
Read the analysisKeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) v PR Medical (CFI, 6 March 2026)
By an order of 6 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_141/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division dismissed PR Medical's preliminary objection seeking to have KeyMed's infringement action (EP 2 575 590, 'Detecto.' accessory for diagnostic devices) conducted in Italian rather than English.
Read the analysisAdvanced Brain Monitoring v Koninklijke Philips (CFI, 3 March 2026)
Read the French analysisIrdeto v SZ DJI (CFI, 27 February 2026)
In an order of 27 February 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division invited SZ DJI Technology, first defendant in Irdeto's infringement action based on EP 2 831 787 (UPC_CFI_344/2025), to pay the fee for its counterclaim for revocation within fourteen…
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Pfizer (CFI, 25 February 2026)
Read the French analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna (CFI, 25 February 2026)
Read the French analysisTRUMPF Laser UK v IPG Laser (CFI, 24 February 2026)
In a decision of 24 February 2026, given in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_735/2024) and the joined counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_224/2025), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on TRUMPF Laser UK's EP 2 951 625 B1, which concerns a fibre optic laser combiner, asserted…
Read the analysisUERAN v Xiaomi (CFI, 24 February 2026)
Open the entryMesserle v Sabert Corporation Europe (CFI, 19 February 2026)
In a decision of 19 February 2026, given in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_26/2025 and UPC_CFI_375/2025), the Vienna Local Division dismissed both Messerle's action and Sabert Corporation Europe's counterclaim concerning EP 3 705 415 B1, which relates to…
Read the analysisLeap Tools v Wizart (CFI, 19 February 2026)
In an order of 19 February 2026, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_541/2025 and UPC_CFI_1313/2025 concerning EP 3 859 566, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Wizart's request that Leap Tools, a Canadian company with no presence in the UPC territory, provide EUR 300,000 as…
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna (CFI, 18 February 2026)
By order of 18 February 2026 in proceedings UPC_CFI_616/2025 and UPC_CFI_1439/2025 (EP 2 590 626), the judge-rapporteur of the Hague Local Division allowed GSK to extend its action against Moderna to the mNEXSPIKE product, dismissed Moderna's application to strike material from the…
Read the analysisMalikie Innovations v Xiaomi (CFI, 17 February 2026)
Open the entryVALEO SYSTEMES D’ESSUYAGE v ROBERT BOSCH DOO Beograd (CFI, 17 February 2026)
By order of 17 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_1963/2025, EP 4 144 599), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division dismissed the preliminary objections of six Bosch group companies, sued for infringement by Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage, which challenged the Division's internal competence under Article…
Read the analysisPirelli Tyre v Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber (CFI, 13 February 2026)
In an order of 13 February 2026, made in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_770/2024) and the revocation counterclaim (UPC_CFI_556/2025) between Pirelli Tyre s.p.a.
Read the analysisKoninklijke Philips v Belkin International (CFI, 11 February 2026)
The Munich Local Division upholds the infringement action brought by Koninklijke Philips N.V. against Belkin International, Inc., Belkin B.V.
Read the analysisCanon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, 11 February 2026)
In a decision on the merits of 11 February 2026, given in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_351/2024) and the joined revocation counterclaim (UPC_CFI_595/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division held Canon Kabushiki Kaisha's EP 3 686 683, on a developer replenishing container, valid and infringed…
Read the analysisBostic v Henkel France (CFI, 4 February 2026)
Open the entryKEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 4 February 2026)
In an order of 4 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_530/2025), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a full panel, dismissed the request by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd and Adobe Inc.
Read the analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, 30 January 2026)
Read the French analysisLabrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026)
By a decision of 28 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_315/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Labrador Diagnostics' infringement action against six bioMérieux group companies, based on unitary patent EP 3 756 767 on modular point-of-care devices and directed at the VIDAS 3 instrument and…
Read the analysisAgathon v Intercom (CFI, 28 January 2026)
By an order of 28 January 2026 issued after the interim conference (UPC_CFI_727/2024 and UPC_CFI_493/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division set the framework for the oral hearing in Agathon v Intercom and KNARR Vertriebs.
Read the analysisBobst Manchester v Nordmeccanica (CFI, 26 January 2026)
By an order of 26 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_1064/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance granted the request of Nordmeccanica, defendant to Bobst Manchester's infringement action before the Munich Local Division (EP 3 067 437, vacuum coating method), and changed the…
Read the analysisInterDigital Madison Patent Holdings v Amazon.com (CFI, 26 January 2026)
By an order of 26 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_2045/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance granted the request of six Amazon companies, defendants to InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings' infringement action before the Mannheim Local Division (EP 2 803 191, image coding),…
Read the analysisNagravision v Pinterest Germany (CFI, 20 January 2026)
By an order of 20 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_1506/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance changed the language of Nagravision's infringement action against three Pinterest companies before the Munich Local Division from German to English, the language of EP 3 965…
Read the analysisBTL Medizintechnik v Lexter Microelectronic Engineering Systems (CFI, 16 January 2026)
By a decision of 16 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_1048/2025), The Hague Local Division allowed BTL Medizintechnik to withdraw its action for infringement of EP 4 146 335 against Lexter Microelectronic Engineering Systems following a settlement, and declared the proceedings closed.
Read the analysisIMC Créations v Mul-T-Lock France (CFI, 16 January 2026)
In its decision of 16 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_702/2024 and UPC_CFI_369/2025), the Paris Local Division upholds, as limited, IMC Créations’ unitary patent EP 4 153 830 (lock with a slider and a base plate with a recess), dismisses Mul-T-Lock France’s counterclaim for revocation…
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