Orange v HMD Global (CFI, UPC_CFI_301/2025, 16 June 2026)

Date	16 June 2026
Court	CFI
Division	Paris (FR) Local Division
Type of action	Infringement Action
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_301/2025
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_301/2025
Parties	Orange SA v. HMD Global Oy

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

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Case timeline

10 April 2026 : Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 10 April 2026) UPC_CFI_301/2025
19 August 2026 : Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 19 August 2026) UPC_CFI_301/2025

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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

UPC_CFI_301/2025 official number

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Parties

defendantHMD Global Oy15 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
claimantOrange SA4 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

10 April 2026 Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 10 April 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_301/2025
La juge rapporteure autorise Orange à répondre par écrit à la défense FRAND exposée dans la duplique de HMD et rejette la demande subsidiaire de HMD de répliquer à son tour.
16 June 2026 Orange v HMD Global (CFI, UPC_CFI_301/2025, 16 June 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_301/2025
19 August 2026 Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 19 August 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_301/2025
The Paris local division dismisses Orange infringement action: the USAC standard does not establish that the claimed decoding method is carried out.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Infringement Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): La valeur du litige est fixée à 3 millions d’euros et les parties doivent déposer, avant le 30 juin 2026, leurs demandes consolidées et leur accord sur les frais récupérables.
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 2 345 029 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 19 August 2026) cited in this record
Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 10 April 2026) cited in this record
Orange v HMD Global (CFI, UPC_CFI_713/2025, 16 June 2026) cites this decision

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 2 345 029`	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 1 other decision(s): Orange v HMD Global (CFI, 10 April 2026)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet links not checked 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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