Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 October 2025)

Date	14 October 2025
Court	CFI
Division	Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Generic Order
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_135/2024;UPC_CFI_477/2024
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_135/2024 · UPC_CFI_477/2024
Parties	Dolby International AB v. Beko Germany GmbH a. o.

Summary pending review. Official UPC registry metadata imported on 24 September 2026.

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Case timeline

18 March 2026 : Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 18 March 2026) UPC_CFI_135/2024 · UPC_CFI_477/2024

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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

UPC_CFI_135/2024 official number
UPC_CFI_477/2024 official number

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Parties

claimantDolby International AB35 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantBeko Germany GmbH a. o2 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

14 October 2025 Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 October 2025) Generic Order · UPC_CFI_135/2024, UPC_CFI_477/2024
18 March 2026 Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 18 March 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_135/2024, UPC_CFI_477/2024
Le brevet EP 3 605 534 est valable et contrefait par les téléviseurs Grundig mettant en œuvre Opus. L'épuisement et l'objection FRAND, faute de volonté de prendre une licence, sont écartés, et l'interdiction est prononcée pour quatre États avec rappel, destruction et dommages et intérêts.
9 October 2026 Beko Germany v Dolby International (CoA, UPC_CoA_77/2026, 9 October 2026) Appeal · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
La cour d'appel autorise les désistements de l'action en contrefaçon et de la demande reconventionnelle, clôt la procédure sans décision sur les frais et ordonne le remboursement de 50 % des frais de justice de chaque appel.
9 October 2026 Beko Germany v Dolby International (CoA, UPC_CoA_78/2026, 9 October 2026) Appeal · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
La cour d’appel autorise les désistements, clôt la procédure, dit n’y avoir lieu à décision sur les frais et ordonne le remboursement de la moitié des frais de justice de chaque appel, le retrait étant intervenu pendant la phase écrite.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Generic Order
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): L'audience du 16 octobre 2025 est annulée à la demande des défenderesses, une nouvelle date étant envisagée le 4 février 2026.
Appeal: An appeal is documented in the corpus (see above).
Instance: First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Patents mentioned

EP 3 605 534 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 18 March 2026) cited in this record

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 605 534` Audio decoding with selective post-filtering recorded proprietor: Dolby International AB	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 11 other decision(s): Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 18 March 2026) · Dolby International v Optoma Deutschland (CFI, 28 July 2026) · Beko Germany v Dolby International (CoA, UPC_CoA_77/2026, 28 July 2026 · Vereenigde Octrooibureaux v Dolby International (CFI, 24 July 2026) · Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 15 September 2025) · Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 August 2025) · Dolby International v Epson France (CFI, 27 May 2025) · Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 9 April 2025)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet · European Patent Register existence and title of the publication checked on 30 October 2026 (Google Patents, Espacenet and Register links are not checked automatically) mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis

The statuses “asserted in litigation”, “declared essential”, “listed by a pool” and “essentiality examined by a court” are distinct and may coexist. Validity, infringement and technical essentiality are different questions. Scope: patents cited in the decisions of the Dhenne Avocats corpus, with no essentiality score or prediction.

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