Carpmaels & Ransford v Microsoft (CoA, UPC_CoA_156/2026, 26 October 2026)

Date	26 October 2026
Court	CoA
Division	Luxembourg (LU)
Type of action	Generic
Case number(s)	UPC_CoA_156/2026
Registry reference	UPC-COA-0000156/2026
Parties	Carpmaels & Ransford LLP v. Microsoft Corporation; Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy
Language	English

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Summary

In a decision of 26 October 2026 (UPC_CoA_155/2026 and UPC_CoA_156/2026), the Court of Appeal largely grants a London law firm’s request for access to the pleadings and evidence in Suinno’s applications for rehearing against Microsoft (UPC_CoA_883/2025 and UPC_CoA_892/2025), after redaction of personal data. It excludes Exhibit C, which reproduces material declared confidential by the Paris Central Division on 8 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_724/2025, cost reimbursement proceedings); access to it may only be sought by an application under Rule 262.3 RoP. It recalls that a law firm may be a “member of the public” within the meaning of Rule 262.1(b) RoP.

Provisions applied

Rules of Procedure: Rules 262.1(b), 262.2, 262.3 and 262A
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR): Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Case law cited: Ocado (Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_404/2023, 10 April 2024), Abbott v Powell Gilbert (Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_480/2024 and UPC_CoA_481/2024, 9 January 2025), Curio Bioscience v 10x Genomics (Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_101/2024, 28 March 2024).

Related decisions

Court of Appeal, 28 October 2026, UPC_CoA_154/2026, Carpmaels & Ransford v Syngenta and Sumi Agro.

Prepared by Dhenne Avocats from the official decision, consulted on 1 November 2026. The database is updated every week, on Friday. Only the official text is authoritative.

Going further

Lexicon: Confidentiality club, UPC Court of Appeal

Source and translations

Official source: Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
Original language: English from the language of proceedings
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

UPC_CoA_156/2026 official number

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First instance cited in the decision: UPC_CFI_724/2025

Parties

defendantSuinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy23 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantMicrosoft Corporation31 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
claimantCarpmaels & Ransford LLP3 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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What the record states

Nature of the act: Generic
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): La cour d’appel ouvre à un cabinet l’accès aux écritures des procédures de révision Suinno c. Microsoft, après occultation des données personnelles, à l’exception de la pièce C couverte par une ordonnance de confidentialité de première instance non frappée d’appel.
Appeal: Decision of the Court of Appeal (first instance cited: UPC_CFI_724/2025).
Instance: Court of Appeal decision.

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