Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, UPC_CoA_42/2026, 26 October 2026)

Date	26 October 2026
Court	CoA
Division	Luxembourg (LU)
Type of action	Generic
Case number(s)	UPC_CoA_42/2026
Registry reference	UPC-COA-0000042/2026
Parties	Fives ECL v. REEL GmbH
Language	English

Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry

Case timeline

17 June 2026 : Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 June 2026) UPC-COA-42/2026
17 July 2026 : Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 July 2026) UPC-COA-0000042/2026
14 October 2026 : Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 14 October 2026) UPC-COA-0000042/2026

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Dhenne Avocats · 1 November 2026

Our analysis

Summary

In an order of 26 October 2026 (UPC_CoA_42/2026), in Fives’ appeal against the Hamburg Local Division’s decision of 11 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_274/2023, EP 1 740 740), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal declares confidential the information highlighted in REEL’s statement of response of 8 October 2026 and its exhibits marked “strictly confidential”, and restricts access to Fives’ UPC representatives, their assistants, experts and team members, and to designated individuals within the Fives group. Fives did not object. In case of culpable breach, the Court may impose a penalty set according to the circumstances (REEL had proposed a cap of EUR 250,000 per breach, not taken up in the operative part).

Provisions applied

UPC Agreement: Article 58
Rules of Procedure: Rules 262.2 and 262A
Case law cited: Daedalus v Xiaomi (Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_621/2024, 12 February 2025), SharkNinja v SEB (Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_61/2026, 22 May 2026).

Related decisions

Court of Appeal, 14 October 2026, UPC_CoA_42/2026, Fives ECL v REEL: order inviting Fives to comment.
Hamburg Local Division, 11 February 2026, UPC_CFI_274/2023, Fives ECL v REEL.

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, Penalty payment

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_42/2026 official number

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First instance cited in the decision: UPC_CFI_274/2023

Parties

claimantFives ECL7 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantREEL GmbH8 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

Exact name as it appears in the record, group affiliation only where sourced and dated.

Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

17 November 2023 Fives ECL v REEL (CFI, 17 November 2023) Determination of damages and compensation · UPC_CFI_274/2023
La JUB se déclare incompétente pour fixer les dommages et intérêts découlant d'un jugement national définitif de contrefaçon, dont la reconnaissance au titre du règlement Bruxelles I bis est refusée.
11 February 2026 Fives ECL v REEL (CFI, 11 February 2026) Determination of damages and compensation · UPC_CFI_274/2023
La division locale de Hambourg applique le droit allemand aux faits antérieurs au 1er juin 2023 et rejette la demande de 6 500 000 euros, le manque à gagner et le lien de causalité n'étant pas établis, solution identique au regard de l'article 68 de l'Accord.
17 June 2026 Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 June 2026) Appeal RoP220.1 · UPC_CoA_42/2026
L’accès aux informations désignées comme confidentielles est provisoirement réservé aux représentants de REEL, sous astreinte, et REEL est invitée à présenter ses observations sous cinq jours.
17 July 2026 Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 July 2026) Generic Order · UPC_CoA_42/2026
Un ancien salarié est admis au cercle de confidentialité sous condition d'un accord de confidentialité assorti d'une clause pénale. L'ordonnance de première instance vaut en appel et l'anglais devient la langue de la procédure.
14 October 2026 Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 14 October 2026) Generic · UPC_CoA_42/2026 · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
Saisie par REEL d’une demande fondée sur la règle 262A, la juge-rapporteure de la cour d’appel réserve à titre provisoire l’accès aux informations litigieuses aux représentants de Fives, dans l’attente de sa décision et après avoir invité Fives à présenter ses observations.
26 October 2026 Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, UPC_CoA_42/2026, 26 October 2026) Generic · UPC_CoA_42/2026 · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision

What the record states

Nature of the act: Generic
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): La juge-rapporteure de la cour d’appel fait droit, sans opposition de Fives, à la demande de REEL de limiter l’accès aux informations confidentielles de son mémoire en réponse aux représentants de Fives et à des personnes nommément désignées du groupe Fives.
Appeal: Decision of the Court of Appeal (first instance cited: UPC_CFI_274/2023).
Instance: Court of Appeal decision.

Patents mentioned

EP 1 740 740 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Fives ECL v REEL (CFI, 11 February 2026) cited in this record
Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 14 October 2026) cited in this record
REEL International v Fives ECL (CFI, UPC_CFI_2296/2025, 26 October 2026) cites this decision

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 1 740 740` Compact service module which is intended for electrolytic aluminium production plants recorded proprietor: Fives ECL SAS	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 10 other decision(s): Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 July 2026) · Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 17 June 2026) · REEL International v Fives ECL (CFI, 24 March 2026) · Fives ECL v REEL (CFI, 11 February 2026) · Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 16 January 2025) · Fives ECL v REEl (CFI, 25 January 2024) · Fives ECL v REEL (CFI, 17 November 2023) · Fives ECL v REEL (CoA, 14 October 2026)	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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