Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 3 November 2025)
| Date | 3 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Court | CFI |
| Division | The Hague (NL) Local Division |
| Type of action | Infringement Action |
| Case number(s) | UPC_CFI_666/2024 |
| Registry reference | UPC_CFI_666/2024 |
| Parties | Adeia Guides Inc. v. The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V. |
Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry
Case timeline
- 5 February 2026 : Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 5 February 2026) UPC_CFI_666/2024 · UPC_CFI_199/2025
Dhenne Avocats represents claimants and defendants in European patent disputes before the Unified Patent Court, including the Paris divisions.
Dhenne Avocats · 10 October 2026
Our analysis
Summary
By order of 3 November 2025, made after the interim conference (Rule 105.5) in Adeia Guides’ infringement action against three Disney group companies concerning EP 1 969 839 and in the counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_666/2024 and UPC_CFI_199/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division sets the value of the main claim and the counterclaim at €12,000,000 and grants Disney’s confidentiality request. The question of the enforcement security sought by the defendants is left to the panel. The order is mainly a case management measure, of interest for the weight of the value of the dispute on court fees.
Question
What value should be set for the claim and the counterclaim, and how should the end of the written procedure be organised ahead of the hearing on 29 January 2026?
Decision
The judge-rapporteur follows the defendants on this point and sets the value at €12,000,000, Adeia must pay the additional court fee for the main claim within ten days of service (Rule 371.4). Each party is to file a cost estimate two weeks before the hearing, with comments on the other side’s estimate limited to five pages. The late-filed prior art D8 and D9 is admitted in respect of the amended claims. For the claims as granted, the decision is deferred to the oral hearing. Enforcement security is a matter for the panel. Parallel proceedings before the Munich Local Division and the German, US and Brazilian courts are recorded under Rule 104(d).
Key points for practice
- The value set at the interim conference applies to both the claim and the counterclaim and triggers an immediate additional court fee payable by the claimant.
Provisions applied
- Rules of Procedure
- Rules 104, 105.5 and 371.4
Related decisions
Prepared by Dhenne Avocats from the official decision, consulted on 10 October 2026. The database is updated every week, on Friday. Only the official text is authoritative.
Decisions in the same proceedings
Going further
Lexicon: Patent infringement action.
Publications by Matthieu Dhenne: Pleading the Long Arm: What a UPC Statement of Claim Must Carry Beyond Jurisdiction (Kluwer Patent Blog).
Source and translations
- Official source
- Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
- Original language
- not recorded
- Translation available
- no translation recorded the firm’s French record is a summary, not a translation
- Date checked
- not recorded
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Proceedings, related decisions, appeals, parties and patents as recorded in the registry and in the Dhenne Avocats corpus. Each link states its source.
Parties
- defendantThe Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V.12 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- claimantAdeia Guides Inc.6 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals
- 3 November 2025 Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 3 November 2025) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_666/2024
- 5 February 2026 Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 5 February 2026) Withdrawal (RoP265) · UPC_CFI_666/2024
La division locale de La Haye autorise les désistements et clôt les deux procédures, mais limite le remboursement des frais de justice à 20 %, l'ordonnance de la règle 105.5 valant information implicite de l'ouverture de la procédure orale.
What the record states
- Nature of the act
- Infringement Action
- Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary)
- Le juge-rapporteur fixe à 12 000 000 € la valeur de l’action en contrefaçon et de la demande reconventionnelle, accorde la confidentialité demandée par Disney et renvoie la garantie d’exécution à la formation.
- Appeal
- No appeal documented in the corpus, this does not mean that no appeal was lodged.
- Instance
- First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.
Patents mentioned
EP 1 969 839mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent
Related decisions cited in the analyses
- Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 5 February 2026) cited in this record
Patents and standards
| Publication | Role in the dispute | Family | Standard and declaration | Pool | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EP 1 969 839 | Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 2 other decision(s): Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 5 February 2026 · Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 19 August 2025) | not recorded | not recorded | not recorded | Espacenet links not checked mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis |
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