Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 29 October 2026)

Date29 October 2026
CourtCFI
DivisionBrussels (BE) Local Division
Type of actionInfringement Action
Case number(s)UPC_CFI_1357/2025
Registry referenceUPC-CFI-0001357/2025
PartiesEstablishment Labs S.A. v. GC Aesthetics Parentco Limited et 12 autres sociétés (Nagor Limited, GC Aesthetics Management Limited, GC Aesthetics (Distribution) Limited, GC Aesthetics (France) SAS, Eurosilicone SAS, GC Aesthetics Italy S.r.l., GC Aesthetics GmbH, GC Aesthetics Spain S.L.U., Global Consolidated Aesthetics (UK) Limited, GC Aesthetics Holdings Limited, GC Aesthetics Finance Limited, Romed N.V.)
LanguageEnglish

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Summary

In an order of 29 October 2026 under Rule 353 RoP (UPC_CFI_1357/2025 and UPC_CFI_629/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division, seized the same day by the defendants with Establishment Labs’ agreement, rectifies para. 11 of the order of 28 October 2026: it was Establishment Labs, not the defendants, that stated that the Cereform product was not used by the defendants in the UK, and it is Establishment Labs that maintains its confidentiality argument before the UPC (not a no-confidentiality argument).

Provisions applied

Rules of Procedure
Rules 105 and 353

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Lexicon: Confidentiality club

Source and translations

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Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
Original language
English from the language of proceedings
Translation available
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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

  1. 18 March 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics Parentco (CFI, 18 March 2026) Generic Order · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

    Establishment Labs doit fournir sous 21 jours une garantie de 600 000 euros, soit la moitié du plafond provisoire des frais remboursables calculé sur la valeur cumulée de l'action et de la demande reconventionnelle, la difficulté d'exécution au Costa Rica n'étant pas établie mais sa situation financière justifiant une …

  2. 14 April 2026 1. GC AESTHETICS PARENTCO (CFI, 14 April 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025
  3. 4 June 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics ParentCo (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 4 June 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

    La limitation de l'action est accordée sans valoir désistement au sens de la règle 265, les deux défenderesses visées par aucune demande subsistante restent parties pour les seuls frais, et les restrictions pour l'avenir sont refusées.

  4. 26 June 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics ParentCo (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 26 June 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

    La division refuse un échantillon supplémentaire et ordonne la production de trois catégories de documents, dans le périmètre et le délai de 28 jours convenus devant la juridiction britannique.

  5. 14 August 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics ParentCo (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 14 August 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

    Les sections « Infringement » et « Relief » de la duplique sont écartées, sauf sur la garantie, tandis que les sections « Acts of Infringement » et « Jurisdiction » sont admises au titre de la règle 36, les défenderesses pouvant y répondre jusqu’au 7 septembre 2026.

  6. 28 October 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 28 October 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

    À l’issue de la conférence intermédiaire, le juge-rapporteur de la division locale de Bruxelles fixe la valeur du litige et le plafond des frais, organise la clarification des positions sur l’interprétation des revendications et la confidentialité de l’audience, et prend acte des points de compétence et de validité à d…

  7. 29 October 2026 Establishment Labs v GC Aesthetics (CFI, UPC_CFI_1357/2025, 29 October 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_1357/2025

What the record states

Nature of the act
Infringement Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary)
Le juge-rapporteur rectifie le point 11 de son ordonnance du 28 octobre 2026 : les déclarations sur la confidentialité des implants SilkSurface/SmoothSilk émanaient d’Establishment Labs, qui maintient son argument de confidentialité devant la JUB.
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.

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