Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 26 September 2025)

Date	26 September 2025
Court	CFI
Division	Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Procedural Order
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_315/2024
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_315/2024
Parties	Labrador Diagnostics LLC v. bioMérieux SA a.o.

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

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Case timeline

28 January 2026 : Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026) UPC_CFI_315/2024

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Source and translations

Official source: Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
Original language: not recorded
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Date checked: not recorded

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Proceedings

UPC_CFI_315/2024 official number

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Parties

claimantLabrador Diagnostics LLC4 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantbioMérieux SA a.o2 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

26 September 2025 Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 26 September 2025) Procedural Order · UPC_CFI_315/2024
28 January 2026 Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_315/2024
L'action en contrefaçon est rejetée : l'instrument VIDAS 3 ne reçoit pas un dispositif dont les unités de réactifs et l'unité d'échantillon sont reliées dans l'espace, au sens de la revendication 1 telle que modifiée par la division centrale de Milan.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Procedural Order
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): Le juge-rapporteur convoque les parties à l'audience du 27 novembre 2025 et fixe la clôture de la procédure écrite au 7 novembre 2025, sans conférence intermédiaire.
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.

Patents mentioned

EP 3 756 767 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026) cited in this record

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 756 767`	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 5 other decision(s): bioMérieux UK v Labrador Diagnostics (CoA, 17 February 2026) · Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026) · bioMérieux UK v Labrador Diagnostics (CFI, 23 October 2025) · bioMérieux v Labrador Diagnostics (CFI, 18 July 2025) · Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 23 April 2025)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet links not checked mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis

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