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In an order of 15 October 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Leap Tools to serve its statement of claim of 13 June 2025 on the second defendant, Wizart LLC, a Delaware company that could not be found at…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 15 October 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Central Division assessed the recoverable costs payable by EOFLOW to Insulet following the decision on the merits of 22 July 2025 (proceedings UPC_CFI_773/2025 and UPC_CFI_774/2025, patent EP 4 201 327).
Read the analysisThe judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permits the withdrawal of Huawei’s infringement action on EP 3 567 731 (UPC_CFI_247/2025) and of MediaTek Germany’s counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_664/2025), each with the other side’s consent, and declares both proceedings closed.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 15 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_115/2024 and UPC_CFI_377/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Hartmann Packaging's infringement action against two Omni-Pac companies and partly allowed their counterclaim for revocation of EP 2 755 901, which concerns a…
Read the analysisIn an order of 14 October 2025, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024 (patent EP 3 605 534), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the application of Beko Germany and Arçelik and after hearing Dolby International, cancelled the oral hearing set for 16…
Read the analysisIn an order of 14 October 2025, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025, the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division upheld the judge-rapporteur's order of 29 August 2025: Wonderland Nurserygoods may extend, in its reply, its equivalence case to features 1.9 and…
Read the analysisIn an order of 14 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the unsolicited submission filed by Ona Patents on 1 September 2025 against Google Ireland and Google Commerce (patent EP…
Read the analysisThe Court of Appeal sets aside the order of the Mannheim Local Division requiring Kodak to pay EUR 100,000 for failing to comply with the information, destruction, recall and removal orders in the decision on the merits of 2 April 2025 (EP…
Read the analysisIn an order of 13 October 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division refused to postpone the deadline for the Vivo companies' statement of defence in the infringement action brought by Sun Patent Trust on EP 3 407 524 (UPC_CFI_362/2025).
Read the analysisIn an order of 13 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024 (patent EP 2 263 098), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Ona Patents' request under Rule 333 for review of the summons to the oral hearing…
Read the analysisThe Munich Local Division revokes claims 1 and 11 of Motorola Mobility’s EP 3 972 309 (split bearer configuration in dual connectivity) for added matter over the parent application, rejects the amendment requests and, as a result, dismisses the infringement action against…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 10 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_114/2024 (infringement action) and UPC_CFI_448/2024 (counterclaim for revocation, application to amend and application under Rule 362), the Munich Local Division considered Heraeus Electronics' patent EP 3 215 288 on a metal…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 9 October 2025, given in infringement action UPC_CFI_132/2024 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_524/2025, the Mannheim Local Division dismissed both claims between Total Semiconductor and three Texas Instruments companies concerning EP 2 746 957, on an intelligent interrupt distributor…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 7 October 2025, given in infringement action UPC_CFI_216/2024 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_556/2024 between Cretes and Hyler (patents EP 3 993 602 and EP 4 284 152), the Brussels Local Division confirmed the parties' settlement, closed both proceedings,…
Read the analysisIn an order of 7 October 2025, the Milan Local Division, on the parties' joint request, found that Hypertherm's infringement action against Tec.Mo. (UPC_CFI_226/2025) had become devoid of purpose following a settlement, held that there was no need to adjudicate and closed…
Read the analysisThe pleas that the Court’s jurisdictional framework is incompatible with EU law, and that the absence of a London section of the Central Division infringes the right to a tribunal established by law, are rejected.
Read the analysisAn offer within the meaning of Article 25(a) UPCA is to be interpreted autonomously and in economic terms: it is sufficient that the presentation enables third parties to make a contractual proposal, without contractual terms or a price being specified.
Read the analysisIn an order of 3 October 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division allowed Corning to withdraw its infringement action on EP 3 296 274 (UPC_CFI_819/2024) against the three LG Electronics companies, and allowed those companies to withdraw their counterclaim for…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_162/2024), the Mannheim Local Division dismissed the separated part of Hurom's infringement action against the Korean company NUC Electronics Co., Ltd concerning the Polish, Spanish and UK parts of EP 2 028 981 (juice extractor).
Read the analysisIn a decision of 2 October 2025, given in German in the joined appeals UPC_CoA_764/2024 and UPC_CoA_774/2024, the Court of Appeal sets aside in its entirety the decision of the Düsseldorf Local Division of 10 October 2024.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_159/2024), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on the separated part of Hurom's infringement action against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK concerning the Polish, Spanish, Turkish and UK parts of EP 2 028 981 (juice extractor).
Read the analysisIn an order of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_636/2025), the Mannheim Local Division, on a request for panel review under Rule 333, confirmed the judge-rapporteur's order of 25 July 2025 refusing to impose penalties on Palo Alto Networks for non-compliance with a saisie…
Read the analysisIn an order of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, of its own motion and under Rule 353, rectified paragraph 6 of the operative part of its decision of 29 September 2025, which contained a clerical error and a calculation…
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_636/2025), the Mannheim Local Division, on Palo Alto Networks' request for review under Rule 197.3, revoked the order to preserve evidence granted without hearing the defendant on 3 June 2025 in favour of Centripetal (EP…
Read the analysisIn an order of 1 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_611/2025), issued in German, the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division rejected the preliminary objections of Grizzly Tools and three Lidl companies challenging the UPC's jurisdiction over the Polish, Spanish and UK parts of EP…
Read the analysisIn an order of 1 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_808/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division set the timetable for the provisional measures proceedings brought on 29 August 2025 by Guardant Health against four Sophia Genetics companies.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 October 2025 (UPC_CoA_681/2025), the Court of Appeal rejects Bruker’s appeal against the order of the Munich Local Division of 16 July 2025 which, following a settlement and the withdrawal of the proceedings, had reimbursed only 60% of the…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 30 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_320/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with Headwater Research's consent, allowed four Samsung companies to withdraw their counterclaim for revocation of EP 3 110 069, declared those proceedings closed and ordered each party to bear its…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 30 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_688/2025), the Hamburg Local Division confirmed, under Rule 365.1, the settlement of 10 September 2025 ending MED-EL's infringement action on EP 4 074 373 against two Nurotron companies.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 29 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Headwater Research to withdraw its infringement action on EP 3 110 072, filed on 6 June 2024 against five Samsung companies, which consented.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 26 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_26/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the consent of the four Samsung defendants, allowed Headwater Research to withdraw its infringement action on EP 3 110 069.
Read the analysisIn an order of 26 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_315/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division summoned Labrador Diagnostics and the six bioMérieux defendants under Rule 108 to the oral hearing of the infringement action on EP 3 756 767, set for 27…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 25 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_323/2025), issued in French, the Paris Central Division confirmed under Rule 365 the settlement concluded on 22 September 2025 between Scantrust and Advanced Track And Trace, ending the revocation action against EP 2 364 485…
Read the analysisIn an order of 25 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_897/2025), the standing judge of The Hague Local Division granted, without hearing the other side, a precautionary seizure of an SD-14010 machine exhibited by the Turkish company Esde Makine at an agricultural trade fair in…
Read the analysisIn an order of 24 September 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal extended by three working days, to 1 October 2025, the time limit for Industriebeteiligungs- und Beratungs and three other companies to file their statement of grounds of appeal…
Read the analysisIn an order of 23 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_342/2025), issued in Italian, the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division organised access to the documents gathered when a seizure to preserve evidence was executed for 3V Sigma against ACEF and AGA.
Read the analysisBy order of 23 September 2025 in the joined appeals UPC_CoA_631/2025 and UPC_CoA_632/2025, the Court of Appeal admits Apple as an intervener in support of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
Read the analysisBy order of 23 September 2025 in the joined appeals UPC_CoA_755/2025 and UPC_CoA_757/2025, the Court of Appeal admits Apple as an intervener in support of SUN PATENT Trust, to the extent that Apple’s confidential information is concerned.
Read the analysisIn an order of 22 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_885/2025), issued in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered, without first hearing the respondent, the inspection of a DLyte PRO500 Automated Cell exhibited by STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE at the EMO trade fair in Hanover, at…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 18 September 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the parties' consent, stayed the infringement actions and revocation counterclaims between Atlas Global and TP-LINK CORPORATION PTE.
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_479/2025, ORD_36945/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Hague Local Division recorded the intention of Washtower IP and Washtower to enforce parts I.B, I.C, II, IV and V of the provisional measures order of 11 September 2025…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, App_36172/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered reimbursement to the Apple companies of 40% of the court fees paid for their revocation counterclaim against Ona Patents and Ekahau (EP 2 263 098), namely…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_297/2025 and UPC_CFI_651/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division decided, with the parties' consent, to hear together InterDigital CE Patent Holdings' infringement action against eleven Disney group companies (EP 2 080 349) and the revocation counterclaim…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_697/2025, ORD_37065/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division limited the length of written pleadings in the provisional measures proceedings brought by Merz Therapeutics, Merz Pharmaceuticals and Merz Pharma France against Viatris Santé (EP 2…
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_247/2025, App_33294/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division partly granted MediaTek Germany's request for production of documents (Rule 190) in Huawei's infringement action (EP 3 567 731).
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2025 (UPC_CoA_796/2025), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Bodycap, CNRS and Université de Rennes against the order of the Milan Central Division of 6 August 2025, which had upheld the…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 15 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, App_36556/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Dolby International to engage, at its own cost, a simultaneous interpreter from German into English for the hearing of 16 October 2025…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_132/2024, App_20197/2025), the Mannheim Local Division dismissed Total Semiconductor's request for panel review (Rule 333) of the judge-rapporteur's order of 11 April 2025 requiring it to provide EUR 600,000 security for costs in its infringement…
Read the analysisBy order of 15 September 2025, common to the four infringement actions brought by Sanofi group companies on European patent EP 2 493 466 (UPC_CFI_145/2024 to UPC_CFI_148/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division summons the two party experts to the oral…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_486/2025, App_36427/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the defendants' consent, allowed Eyesmatch to withdraw its infringement action against Microsoft Corp.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_733/2024 and UPC_CFI_255/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the single pleading filed on 25 August 2025 by TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik in the revocation counterclaim and the amendment proceedings, in its dispute with…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_481/2025, App_34862/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance granted HMD Global's application and changed the language of the proceedings from German to English, the language in which EP 3 667 981 was granted,…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_338/2024 and UPC_CFI_778/2024), the Mannheim Local Division upheld bellissa HAAS's infringement action against Windhager GmbH based on EP 2 223 589 (bed edging made of interlocking sheet-metal strips) and dismissed the revocation counterclaim.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_733/2024 and UPC_CFI_255/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division refused to admit the new auxiliary requests to amend EP 2 624 031 filed late by TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik (Rule 30.2), together with the further pleading…
Read the analysisBy a provisional order of 11 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_247/2025), the presiding judge of the Mannheim Local Division protected under Rule 262A the technical information in MediaTek Germany's Statement of Defence and revocation counterclaim on the operation of certain chips, in Huawei's infringement…
Read the analysisBy an order of 11 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, App_35855/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered reimbursement to Ona Patents of 40% of the court fees paid for its infringement action against the Apple companies (EP 2 263 098), namely EUR 20,000,…
Read the analysisBy an order of 11 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_479/2025), the Hague Local Division largely granted the application for provisional measures brought by Washtower IP and Washtower against IBBH, BEGA Consult, BEGA BBK and NEG Novex, based on unitary patent EP 3 522 755…
Read the analysisBy an additional order of 10 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024, App_35230/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division supplemented, by way of correction, the confidentiality order of 9 September 2025 in Ona Patents v Google Ireland (EP 2 263 098).
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_491/2025, App_35786/2025), the Munich Local Division rejected the application for extension of time limits filed by ECOVACS Europe, second defendant in the infringement action brought by Papst Licensing on European patent EP 3 494 446.
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 September 2025 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024 (App_35230/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Ona Patents' confidentiality request covering its brief of 20 August 2025 and Exhibits KAP 21 to KAP 33, and…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 9 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_240/2023), the Milan Local Division allowed the joint withdrawal of Oerlikon Textile's infringement action against Himson Engineering and of the revocation counterclaim (EP 2 145 848), filed on 22 July 2025, after the hearing of…
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_495/2025, App_34320/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, after consulting the panel of the Hamburg Local Division, granted the application of HMD Global Oy, defendant to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's infringement action on European patent EP…
Read the analysisBy order of 8 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_724/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division restricted to Suinno's managing director and representative access to the lawyers' invoices lodged by Microsoft in the cost proceedings concerning EP 2 671 173.
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_337/2025, App_36126/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division rejected TCL Europe's request for a two-week extension, to 24 September 2025, of the time limit for its reply to the defence to revocation and its…
Read the analysisBy an order of 5 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_629/2025, App_34566/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, changed the language of the proceedings from German to English, the language of grant of European…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 5 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_202/2025, App_30486/2025), the Milan Local Division confirmed the settlement reached between Edwards Lifesciences and Sintec and Value Med in provisional measures proceedings based on European patent EP 3 646 825, and ordered only the redacted…
Read the analysisBy an order of 5 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_551/2025, App_34568/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, after consulting the panel of the Hamburg Local Division, changed the language of the proceedings from German to English, the language of grant of European…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 5 September 2025 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted Ona Patents to withdraw its infringement action against five Apple group companies (EP 2 263 098) and permitted the withdrawal of the counterclaim…
Read the analysisBy an order of 5 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_414/2024 and UPC_CFI_729/2024, App_34668/2025), the Mannheim Local Division rejected Keysight Technologies' application to stay Centripetal's infringement action on European patent EP 3 821 580, and the counterclaim for revocation, pending the outcome of the EPO…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_610/2025), the presiding judge of the Munich Local Division, acting for the judge-rapporteur, granted the request of Xiaomi Technology Germany, the fifth defendant in UERAN Technology's infringement action (EP 2 385 739), to set a…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_552/2025, ORD_36084/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Central Division declared inadmissible the request for a decision by default made by Gilead Sciences in its revocation action against the Academy of Military Medical Sciences' patent EP…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_247/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division ordered Huawei Technologies, claimant in the infringement action on European patent EP 3 567 731, to provide security for costs of EUR 100,000 in favour of MediaTek…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_834/2025, ACT_35974/2025), made without hearing the other side, the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Ecovacs Robotics to carry out an inspection and preserve evidence, at the IFA 2025 trade fair in Berlin, concerning three robot vacuum…
Read the analysisBy order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_801/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division dismissed Belparts' application to have its action for infringement of EP 3 812 870 against IMI Hydronic International and IMI Hydronic Engineering AB heard together with the counterclaim…
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_449/2025, App_33210/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Hewlett-Packard Development provisional measures against Andreas Rentmeister e.K., a German reseller of type 937 ink cartridges, on the basis of European patents EP 2 826 630 and EP…
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_119/2025 and UPC_CFI_401/2025, ORD_35979/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, at the request of parties negotiating a settlement, stayed the Jinko companies' infringement action against the LONGi companies and two other defendants (EP 4…
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