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KEEEX v ADOBE (CFI, 29 July 2026)

Date29 July 2026
CourtCFI
DivisionParis (FR) Local Division
Type of actionInfringement Action
Case number(s)UPC_CFI_530/2025
Registry referenceUPC_CFI_530/2025
PartiesKEEEX SAS v. ADOBE INC., ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND LIMITED, OPEN AI OPCO LLC, OPEN AI IRELAND LTD, TRUEPIC INC., JOINT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDA…

Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry

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Dhenne Avocats · 10 October 2026

Our analysis

Summary

In an order of 29 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_530/2025), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a full panel, dismisses the applications for review (Rule 333 RoP) filed by KEEEX and by Adobe against the judge-rapporteur’s order of 25 June 2026, in the action for infringement of EP 2 949 070 against Adobe, OpenAI and Truepic among others. The order thus upholds the refusal of a further application to amend the patent, the inadmissibility of the late addition of Truepic products and the partial exclusion of a brief. It applies strictly the requirement of exceptional circumstances for a late amendment of the patent.

Question

Could a further application to amend the patent (Rule 30.2 RoP), the extension of the action to new products (Rule 263 RoP) and infringement arguments inserted in a brief on validity (Rule 9.2 RoP) be admitted in the course of the proceedings?

Decision

No. The judge-rapporteur correctly applied the Court of Appeal test: leave for a subsequent request to amend requires objective exceptional circumstances, which KEEEX does not show, since the prior art relied on by the defendants could have been addressed in its brief of 5 June 2026. The addition of the « Truepic Lens » and « Script Truepic Display » products is not justified by new material, as KEEEX already had the relevant exhibits (exhibits 7.4 and 7.6) when it filed its statement of claim. Sections V and VI of that brief, on infringement, fall outside the exchange on validity, the defendant having the last word on infringement. The exceptions admitted under Rule 36 RoP stand, and Adobe’s challenge to mere summary tables is rejected. KEEEX’s request for leave to file a supplementary brief is also dismissed.

Key points for practice

Provisions applied

Rules of Procedure
Rules 9.2, 29(e), 30, 32.3, 36, 220.2, 263 and 333
Case law cited
Meril v Edwards, Court of Appeal, 25 November 2025, TRUMPF Laser v IPG Laser, Düsseldorf Local Division, 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_733/2024), relied on by KEEEX

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

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Original language
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Translation available
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Proceedings

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Parties

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

  1. 27 November 2025 KEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 27 November 2025) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

    Toutes les exceptions préliminaires sont rejetées : la compétence repose sur l'article 7, point 2, de Bruxelles I bis, s'étend aux parties nationales hors JUB selon l'arrêt BSH, et la division de Paris est compétente.

  2. 4 February 2026 KEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 4 February 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

    La division locale de Paris refuse de rendre une décision par défaut contre KEEEX, qui a justifié dans le délai du blocage des fonds puis produit la garantie dans la forme précisée, les objections d'Adobe étant purement formelles.

  3. 1 June 2026 KEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 1 June 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

    La demande de réexamen de l’ordonnance du 24 avril 2026 est rejetée, la demande de provision sur dommages-intérêts restant dans le débat. L’autorisation d’appel est refusée.

  4. 25 June 2026 KEEEX v Adobe Systems Software Ireland (CFI, 25 June 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

    La nouvelle demande de modification du brevet est rejetée, l’ajout de deux produits Truepic est un changement de demande irrecevable et les éléments nouveaux tardifs sont écartés, sauf trois points admis au titre de la règle 36.

  5. 10 July 2026 Adobe v KEEEX (CoA, 10 July 2026) Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision

    La demande de révision discrétionnaire d’Adobe est rejetée : la demande de provision de Keeex ne viole pas l’engagement procédural, n’est pas tardive et sera examinée au fond.

  6. 20 July 2026 KEEEX v ADOBE (CFI, 20 July 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

    La garantie pour frais de 200 000 euros imposée à KEEEX est augmentée de 100 000 euros, à fournir sous forme de garantie bancaire dans un délai d'un mois.

  7. 29 July 2026 KEEEX v ADOBE (CFI, 29 July 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_530/2025

What the record states

Nature of the act
Infringement Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary)
Les demandes de révision de KEEEX et d'Adobe sont rejetées : la nouvelle demande de modification du brevet, l'ajout de produits Truepic et les développements tardifs sur la contrefaçon restent écartés.
Appeal
An appeal is documented in the corpus (see above).
Instance
First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Patents mentioned

Related decisions cited in the analyses

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Patents and standards

PublicationRole in the disputeFamilyStandard and declarationPoolSources
EP 2 949 070
Verification process of the integrity of numerical data bloc
recorded proprietor: Aix-Marseille Université et Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique		Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified)
Also mentioned in 8 other decision(s): Adobe v Keeex (CoA, 13 March 2026) · Adobe v KEEEX (CoA, 10 July 2026) · KEEEX v Adobe Systems Software Ireland (CFI, 25 June 2026) · KEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 1 June 2026) · ADOBE v KEEEX (CoA, 8 May 2026) · Adobe v KEEEX (CoA, 30 April 2026) · KEEEX v ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND (CFI, 27 November 2025) · KEEEX v Adobe Systems Software Ireland (CFI, 8 September 2025)		not recordednot recordednot recordedEspacenet · 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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