Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 1 August 2025)
| Date | 1 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Court | CFI |
| Division | Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division |
| Type of action | Generic Order |
| Registry reference | ORD_34168/2025 |
| Parties | Ona Patents SL v. Apple Retail Germany B.V. & Co. KG, Apple Distribution International Ltd., Apple Retail France EURL, Apple Inc., Apple GmbH |
Summary pending review. Official UPC registry metadata imported on 24 September 2026.
Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry
Dhenne Avocats represents claimants and defendants in European patent disputes before the Unified Patent Court, including the Paris divisions.
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Source and translations
- Official source
- Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
- Original language
- not recorded
- 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
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Parties
- claimantOna Patents SL16 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- defendantApple Retail France EURL10 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- defendantApple Inc.15 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- defendantApple GmbH10 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- defendantApple Retail Germany B.V. & Co. KG11 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
- defendantApple Distribution International Ltd.11 decisions in the corpusFollow this party
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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals
No other decision in the corpus bears the same case number, and no appeal is documented in the corpus to date.
What the record states
- Nature of the act
- Generic Order
- Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary)
- La demanderesse est invitée à clarifier la chaîne des cessions du brevet et à produire les actes correspondants avant la clôture de la procédure écrite.
- 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 2 263 098mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent
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Patents and standards
| Publication | Role in the dispute | Family | Standard and declaration | Pool | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EP 2 263 098Positioning of mobile objects based on mutually transmitted signals recorded proprietor: Ekahau Oy | Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 21 other decision(s): Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 15 January 2026) · Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 14 October 2025) · Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 13 October 2025) · Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 17 September 2025) · Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 11 September 2025) · Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 10 September 2025) · Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 5 September 2025) · Ona Patents v Google Commerce (CFI, 1 August 2025) | 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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