Decisions of the Unified Patent Court recorded under "Revocation Action" in UPC Litigation Watch, the case law database maintained by Dhenne Avocats.
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In a procedural order issued in French and dated 26 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_2296/2025, EP 1 740 740), the Munich Central Division, sitting as a full panel, rejects Fives ECL’s request to hear the parties’ legal experts in person in the revocation action…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 October 2026, the Milan section of the Central Division rules on Novo Nordisk A/S’s preliminary objection to three ancillary requests in the revocation action brought by Sandoz AG against unitary patent EP 3 689 365, on once-weekly semaglutide.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 9 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_1587/2025), the Milan section of the Central Division dismissed Biogaran’s revocation action against EP 4 223 296, held by H.
Read the analysisBy decision of 2 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_523/2025), the Munich Central Division, on Wittenstein's stand-alone revocation action, revoked Vestas Wind Systems' European patent with unitary effect EP 4 226 039 (wind turbine power transmission system) in respect of claims 21 and 22 only,…
Read the analysisBy order of 26 August 2026, made in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_2020/2025 (revocation action) and UPC_CFI_2034/2025 (action for a declaration of non-infringement) brought by SprintRay against the proprietors of EP 3 762 212, the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division ruled on…
Read the analysisBy order of 17 August 2026, made in proceedings UPC_CFI_2020/2025 (revocation action) and UPC_CFI_2034/2025 (action for a declaration of non-infringement) brought by SprintRay against the two Liechtenstein-resident proprietors of EP 3 762 212, the panel of the Paris Central Division refused to…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 19 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_860/2025), the Milan Central Division rules on LS9 GmbH's revocation action against Bellissa HAAS GmbH's EP 2 223 589 (a bed edging with a lockable sheet-metal strip), limited to Germany, Austria and Luxembourg.
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 27 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_894/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division takes note of SYPOX's withdrawal of the unredacted version of an investment agreement (exhibit D36), filed to show its SME status in the action for revocation…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 23 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_999/2025), the Paris Central Division allows the withdrawal of ALD France's action for revocation of Nanoval's patent EP 3 083 107, declares the case closed and grants the claimant a refund of only 50% of…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 21 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_714/2025), the Munich Central Division partially revokes BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners' European patent with unitary effect EP 4 283 140, relating to a wooden fastening element, on the revocation action of Raimund Beck Nageltechnik: claim 1…
Read the analysisBy decision of 25 June 2026, the Paris Central Division rules on the revocation action (UPC_CFI_425/2025) against SWARCO Futurit Verkehrssignalsysteme GmbH’s EP 2 643 717, which concerns colour-mixing collecting optics for signalling.
Read the analysisIn an order of 22 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_830/2024), the Munich Central Division resumes the revocation action brought by UPM-Kymmene against International N&H Denmark, which had been stayed pending the EPO proceedings, and disposes of it as devoid of purpose (Rule 360 RoP):…
Read the analysisBy a Rule 105 RoP order of 27 May 2026, made after the interim conference of 13 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_860/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Central Division, in LS 9 GmbH's revocation action against Bellissa HAAS GmbH's EP 2223589, prepared the oral…
Read the analysisBy decision of 20 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_2286/2025), the Central Division (Paris seat) recorded Ambaflex International's withdrawal of its revocation action against EP 2 743 216, declared the proceedings closed and ordered entry in the register.
Read the analysisBy order of 19 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_927/2025), the panel of the Milan Central Division ruled on the confidentiality application by La Siddhi Consultancy, claimant in the revocation action against unitary patent EP 3 592 333 brought against Athena Pharmaceutiques and Substipharm, concerning…
Read the analysisBy decision of 18 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1039/2025), the Paris Central Division permitted the withdrawal of the action for revocation of EP 1 903 733 brought on 6 October 2025 by Automobile Dacia S.A.
Read the analysisThe Paris Central Division permits Nissan Deutschland GmbH to withdraw its revocation action against EP 1 903 733, held by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisThe Paris Central Division permits Automobile Dacia S.A. to withdraw its revocation action UPC_CFI_2282/2025 against EP 1 770 912, held by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_552/2025), the Milan Central Division grants Gilead Sciences' revocation action and revokes in its entirety the Academy of Military Medical Sciences' unitary patent EP 3 854 403, which claimed the use of remdesivir to treat…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_461/2025), the Paris Central Division, ruling on the revocation action brought by Huntsman (Europe) and Huntsman Holland against BASF's EP 1 516 720, on a composite element containing a polyurethane adhesion promoter, holds that the…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 8 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_280/2025), the Munich Central Division dismisses the revocation action brought by WIRPLAST Więcek Spółka Jawna against VILPE's EP 2 649 380 B1, concerning an accessory for an exhaust ventilation pipe with an integrated circular spirit…
Read the analysisBy decision of 30 March 2026, the Paris Central Division grants Emporia UK and Ireland’s revocation action against Seoul Viosys and revokes EP 3 926 698 B1, concerning a light-emitting diode, to the extent of claims 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 and…
Read the analysisIn an order of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2296/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division rejects the preliminary objection of Fives ECL, proprietor of EP 1 740 740, which argued lack of standing and res judicata based on German decisions against REEL…
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_927/2025), the Milan Central Division, ordered La Siddhi Consultancy, the UK claimant in the revocation action against unitary patent EP 3 592 333, to provide within six weeks security of EUR 75,000 for the costs…
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_722/2025), the Milan Central Division found that Neurocrine Biosciences' revocation action against Spruce Biosciences' unitary patent EP 3 784 233 had become devoid of purpose following the final revocation of the patent by the EPO,…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 24 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_337/2025), the Munich Central Division held unfounded TCL Europe's revocation action against Corning's EP 3 296 274 B1, which concerns a downdraw process for alkali-free glass sheets fined with tin, in force in France and…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 24 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_829/2024), the Munich Central Division revoked in its entirety International N&H Denmark's EP 2 611 800, which concerns a xylose-rich sugar composition, for Austria, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, at the request of…
Read the analysisBy an order of 26 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_999/2025), the panel of the Paris Central Division upheld on review the dismissal of Nanoval's preliminary objection to ALD France's revocation action against EP 3 083 107.
Read the analysisBy an order of 15 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_480/2025), the Milan Central Division refused to admit auxiliary requests 2A to 13A, filed "as a mere precaution" by Flexicare, proprietor of EP 4 185 356, in its rejoinder in Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's revocation…
Read the analysisBy a default decision of 12 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_350/2025), the Paris Central Division, at the request of WhiteWater West Industries, partially revoked American Wave Machines' EP 2 728 089 to the extent of claim 1.
Read the analysisIn an order of 9 December 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division dismissed Nanoval's preliminary objection to ALD France's revocation action against EP 3 083 107 B1, together with its request for a stay.
Read the analysisIn a Rule 105.5 order of 1 December 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division recorded the decisions taken at the interim conference of 28 November 2025 in TCL Europe's revocation action against Corning concerning EP 3 296 274.
Read the analysisBy decision of 27 November 2025, the Milan Central Division, hearing Pari Pharma’s revocation action against Koninklijke Philips’ EP 3 397 329 B1 (air-flow in a nebulizer head), holds claim 1 as granted to lack novelty but maintains the patent as amended…
Read the analysisIn an order of 21 November 2025 made after the interim conference, Judge-rapporteur Kupecz of the Munich Central Division set the framework for the hearing in revocation action UPC_CFI_829/2024 brought by UPM-Kymmene Oyj against International N&H Denmark ApS, substituted for Virdia Inc.,…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 20 November 2025, the Munich Central Division ruled on BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners' revocation action against EP 4 019 790, a unitary patent held by Raimund Beck Nageltechnik for a nail made predominantly of lignocellulosic material for use in…
Read the analysisBy an order of 31 October 2025, given in revocation action UPC_CFI_104/2025 and counterclaim for infringement UPC_CFI_364/2025, the Paris Central Division declined, despite the agreement of all parties, to apply Rule 340.1 to join that counterclaim with the infringement action pending before…
Read the analysisBy decision of 23 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_497/2024, revocation action, and UPC_CFI_571/2024, revocation counterclaim), the Milan Central Division ruled on the validity of Labrador Diagnostics' EP 3 756 767, concerning modular point-of-care devices, challenged by bioMérieux UK and several bioMérieux group companies.
Read the analysisThe Paris Central Division dismisses Meril’s revocation action against Edwards Lifesciences’ EP 4 151 181 (prosthetic heart valve and delivery assembly), maintains the patent as amended by Auxiliary Request 2 and grants the counterclaim for infringement against the Octacor and Octapro systems.
Read the analysisBy decision of 28 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_239/2024), the Paris Central Division (Presiding Judge Catallozzi as judge-rapporteur, Judge Zhilova and technically qualified Judge Elmeros) dismissed a revocation action brought by an anonymised claimant against Essetre Holding's EP 2 875 923 B1, which concerns…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_597/2024), given both on EOFLOW’s revocation action and on Insulet’s counterclaim for infringement, the Milan Central Division dismissed by default the revocation action against unitary patent EP 4 201 327, EOFLOW having refused to provide…
Read the analysisBy decision of 21 July 2025, the Paris Central Division dismisses the revocation action brought by Sibio Technology against Abbott Diabetes Care’s European patent EP 3 831 283 B1, which concerns an on-body glucose monitoring device, and maintains the patent as granted.
Read the analysisBy order of 14 July 2025 following the interim conference of 11 July (UPC_CFI_836/2024), the judge rapporteur Kupecz (Munich Central Division) prepared the oral hearing in the revocation action against EP 4 019 790 brought by BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners against Raimund Beck…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 27 June 2025, the judge rapporteur Kupecz (Munich Central Division) summoned BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners and Raimund Beck Nageltechnik to an interim conference by videoconference on 11 July 2025, in the revocation action against claims 1 to 4 and…
Read the analysisBy decision of 29 May 2025, the Paris Central Division dismissed Lindal Dispenser's revocation action against Rocep-Lusol's EP 3 655 346 and maintained the patent as amended by the first auxiliary request (UPC_CFI_202/2024).
Read the analysisBy decision of 28 May 2025, the Paris Central Division, seised by AYLO PREMIUM of a revocation action directed only at the German part of DISH Technologies’ EP 3 822 805 B1 (adaptive rate streaming of content), revokes that German part for…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2025, the judge rapporteur of the Munich Central Division stayed, with effect from 21 May 2025 and at the joint request of the parties, who are negotiating a settlement, the revocation action brought by Kunststoff KG Nehl…
Read the analysisBy order of 11 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_597/2024), the Milan Central Division rules on three issues in EOFLOW’s revocation action against Insulet’s EP 4201327, in which Insulet has counterclaimed for infringement.
Read the analysisBy decision of 28 February 2025, the Paris Central Division, ruling on NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against Juul Labs International’s EP 3 504 989 (“Vaporization device systems”), holds that claim 1 as granted contains added matter, but maintains the patent as amended…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_310/2023), the Paris Central Division ruled on NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against VMR Products’ EP 3 613 453, which concerns an electronic cigarette with charging contacts.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 21 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_311/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against VMR Products’ EP 3 626 092, which concerns an electronic cigarette whose cartomizer has a translucent portion through which the liquid can be seen,…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 17 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_316/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked in its entirety Juul Labs International’s EP 3 430 921, which concerns vaporisation devices, for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, on NJOY Netherlands’ revocation…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 18 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_454/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed Tandem Diabetes Care’s revocation action against Roche Diabetes Care’s EP 2 196 231, which concerns a system for ambulatory drug infusion, and maintained the patent as granted.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 29 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_307/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands' revocation action against VMR Products' EP 2 875 740 (a vaporizer whose cartomizer is held by two magnets of opposite polarity), which was maintained as granted for…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 27 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_308/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked in its entirety VMR Products’ European patent EP 3 456 214, which concerns a vaporiser (electronic cigarette) with a window through which part of the cartomizer receiving chamber can…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_315/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against Juul Labs International’s EP 3 504 991, which concerns a cartridge for a vaporisation device, and upheld the patent as granted.
Read the analysisBy decision of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_309/2023, ACT_571669/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked Juul Labs International's EP 3 498 115, which concerns a cartridge for a vaporisation device, for all the states concerned, at the request of NJOY Netherlands.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 17 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_252/2023), the Munich Central Division upheld NanoString Technologies Europe’s revocation action against EP 2 794 928 of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, which concerns a method of detecting multiple analytes through successive hybridisations…
Read the analysisBy decision of 9 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_122/2024, ACT_13835/2024, App_39077/2024), the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi, presiding, T.
Read the analysisBy decision of 29 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_263/2023, ACT_555899/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed BITZER Electronics' revocation action against claim 1 of Carrier Corporation's EP 3 414 708, which concerns cold chain monitoring of perishable goods, and maintained the patent as amended by…
Read the analysisIn a decision on the merits of 19 July 2024, the Paris Central Division dismissed Meril Italy Srl’s revocation action (UPC_CFI_255/2023) and the counterclaims for revocation of Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, which had been referred by the Munich…
Read the analysisIn a decision on the merits of 16 July 2024, the Munich Central Division ruled on the revocation action brought by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Sanofi-Aventis Groupe and Sanofi Winthrop Industrie S.A.
Read the analysisBy order of 16 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_372/2023, ACT_580824/2023), the Paris Central Division held that Stäubli TecSystems' revocation action against EP 3 170 639 had become devoid of purpose, the (anonymised) proprietors having acknowledged the claim and surrendered the patent with retroactive effect…
Read the analysisBy an order of 5 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_263/2023, ACT_555899/2023), judge-rapporteur Catallozzi of the Paris Central Division recorded the decisions taken at the interim conference of 2 April 2024 in the revocation action brought by BITZER Electronics A/S against Carrier Corporation over EP…
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 March 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_75/2023, ACT_464985/2023, order no. 598255), the judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Munich Central Division (A.
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 March 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_80/2023, ACT_465342/2023, order no. 598256), the judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Munich Central Division (A.
Read the analysisBy order of 27 February 2024 (ORD_10396/2024 and ORD_10398/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division decided, with the agreement of all parties, to deal jointly with Sanofi's revocation action against Amgen's EP 3 666 797 (UPC_CFI_1/2023, ACT_459505/2023) and Regeneron's counterclaim for…
Read the analysisBy order of 24 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_1/2023, ORD_2233/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division admitted into Sanofi's revocation action against Amgen's EP 3 666 797 a six-page letter and expert declarations responding to points first raised in the rejoinder, and refused…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_308/2023, App_159/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division declared that VMR Products' defence to revocation was served on NJOY on 13 December 2023, the date on which the Registry sent the corrected version.
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_263/2023, ACT_555899/2023, App_590707/2023), the Paris Central Division (F. Thomas, P. Catallozzi, U.
Read the analysisBy an order of 20 November 2023 (UPC_CFI_80/2023, ACT_465342/2023, App_577540/2023), panel 1 of the Munich Central Division (U. Voß, presiding, A. Kupecz, judge-rapporteur, P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 November 2023 (UPC_CFI_80/2023, ACT_465342/2023, App_584332/2023), the judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Munich Central Division (A. Kupecz) ruled on the request of Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, claimant in the revocation action against EP 3 056 564,…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 October 2023 (UPC_CFI_252/2023, ORD_574057/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division ordered NanoString Technologies Europe, claimant in the revocation action against President and Fellows of Harvard College's EP 2 794 928, to provide security for costs of EUR…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 11 October 2023 (UPC_CFI_75/2023, ACT_464985/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich section of the Central Division, in Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine's revocation action against EP 3 056 563 held by Healios, Riken and Osaka University, ruled that the…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 11 October 2023 (UPC_CFI_80/2023, ORD_579545/2023, ACT_465342/2023), the judge-rapporteur of Panel 1 of the Munich Central Division (A. Kupecz), in Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine's revocation action against EP 3 056 564 held by Healios K.K and Osaka University,…
Read the analysisBy order of 4 October 2023 (UPC_CFI_252/2023, ACT_551180/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division informed the parties that the preliminary objection lodged by President and Fellows of Harvard College, defendant to NanoString Technologies Europe's revocation action against EP 2 794 928…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 5 July 2023 (PR_ACT_536477/2023), the standing judge of the Paris Central Division, to whom the Registry had referred the matter under Rule 16.5 RoP in BITZER Electronics' revocation action against Carrier's EP 3 414 708, sent the proceedings…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 29 June 2023, the Munich section of the Central Division admitted as exhibits to the statement for revocation the documents filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland, Sanofi-Aventis Groupe and Sanofi Winthrop Industrie by way of a generic procedural application (No.
Read the analysisBy order of 16 June 2023 (UPC_CFI_75/2023, ACT_464985/2023), the presiding judge of panel 1 of the Paris Central Division referred to the Munich section the revocation action brought on 1 June 2023 by Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine against EP 3 056…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 June 2023, the presiding judge of panel 1 of the Paris Central Division referred to the Munich section the revocation action brought on 1 June 2023 by Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine against EP 3 056 564 B1,…
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