Koninklijke Philips v Quectel (CFI, UPC_CFI_2244/2025, 23 September 2026)

Dhenne Avocats · 17 October 2026

Our analysis

Summary

By an order of 23 September 2026, published on 16 October 2026, Judge-rapporteur Edger Brinkman of The Hague Local Division set the next steps in Koninklijke Philips’s infringement actions against Quectel Wireless Solutions and eight other companies (UPC_CFI_2244/2025 and UPC_CFI_2245/2025, counterclaims UPC_CFI_1450/2026 and UPC_CFI_1453/2026), concerning EP 2 274 861 and EP 3 103 116.

Question

Following the case management hearing, how does the judge-rapporteur deal with late evidence, costs, confidentiality and a mediation proposed while the proceedings are pending?

Decision

Made under Rule 104 RoP after the case management hearing of 8 September 2026, the order endorses the parties’ joint request of 16 September 2026. The late exhibits and expert reports remain on file, save for the Rodermund report. Philips may file observations of no more than 35 pages, with an expert report of reasonable length, and Quectel may reply in 16 pages. The values in dispute are unchanged. Statements of costs are to be filed before the oral hearing, the parties being invited to agree on them and, failing agreement, to exchange them one or two weeks beforehand. The confidentiality regime agreed on 25 February 2026 and approved on 4 March 2026 is extended to third-party technical information produced by Quectel on its envisaged design-around, for EP 3 103 116 only. Finally, the mediation proposed by Quectel may run in parallel, without the hearing dates being moved unless the parties jointly so request.

Key points for practice

• A joint request made after the case management hearing allows the parties to settle in advance the fate of late evidence and the format of further written submissions.
• Mediation does not suspend the timetable absent a joint request, and third-party information on a design-around may be brought within an existing confidentiality regime.

Provisions applied

Rules of Procedure

Rule 104 RoP

Related decisions

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Prepared by Dhenne Avocats from the official decision, consulted on 17 October 2026. The database is updated every week, on Friday. Only the official text is authoritative.