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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril Life Sciences (CFI, 2 September 2025)

2 September 2025 CFI / Nordic Baltic Regional Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 2 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_380/2023), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division dismissed the requests for rectification filed by Meril Life Sciences and five other defendants against the decision on the merits of 21 July 2025 in favour of Edwards Lifesciences (EP…

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CeraCon v Sunstar Engineering (CoA, 2 September 2025)

2 September 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By an order of 2 September 2025 (UPC_CoA_807/2025, APL_35616/2025), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal denied CeraCon's request for discretionary review of the Mannheim Local Division's order of 8 August 2025, which had refused it leave to add a new…

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Centripetal v Keysight Technologies (CoA, 1 September 2025)

1 September 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By an order of 1 September 2025 (UPC_CoA_805/2025, APL_35593/2025), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal denied Centripetal's request for discretionary review of the Mannheim Local Division's order of 20 August 2025, which, without granting leave to appeal, had refused a…

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Seoul Viosys v Emporia UK (CFI, 1 September 2025)

1 September 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Preliminary objection Decision with commentary

By an order of 1 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_258/2025, ORD_32540/2025), the Paris Central Division dismissed Seoul Viosys' preliminary objection to the revocation action brought by Emporia UK and Ireland against EP 3 926 698.

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Cilag GmbH International v RiVOLUTiON (CFI, 29 August 2025)

29 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By an order of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_374/2025, ORD_32992/2025), the Hague Local Division dismissed the application for provisional measures brought by Cilag GmbH International and Ethicon against RiVOLUTiON on the unitary patent EP 3 689 262 for surgical staple cartridges.

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Faro Technologies v PMT Technologies (Suzhou) (CFI, 29 August 2025)

29 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Application Rop 360 Decision with commentary

By an order of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_500/2025, ORD_33879/2025), the Mannheim Local Division declared terminated, following Blankenhorn's cease-and-desist undertaking and nil disclosure, the provisional measures proceedings Faro Technologies had brought against it on EP 4 001 835, and ordered it to bear…

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Wonderland Nurserygoods v Cybex (CFI, 29 August 2025)

29 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Amend Document Decision with commentary

By an order of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025, App_28536/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division denied Wonderland Nurserygoods' application for leave to change its claim in its action for infringement by equivalence of EP 1 905 615 against Cybex…

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City Glass and Glazing v Maars Holding (CFI, 29 August 2025)

29 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_455/2024 and UPC_CFI_684/2024), the Hague Local Division dismissed both City Glass and Glazing Private Limited's infringement action against four Maars group companies and their counterclaim for revocation concerning EP 1 651 838, a glazing system…

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Faro Technologies v PMT Technologies (Suzhou) (CFI, 28 August 2025)

28 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 28 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_500/2025, ORD_35704/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division refused Faro Technologies reimbursement of 60% of the court fees attributable to its application for provisional measures (EP 4 001 835), withdrawn on 26 August 2025…

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Eyesmatch v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 27 August 2025)

27 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_453/2025, ORD_35458/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, with the parties' agreement, harmonised the time limits in Eyesmatch's infringement action against five Samsung companies (EP 2 936 439).

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Decathlon v OWIM (CFI, 27 August 2025)

27 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_521/2024, ORD_35195/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, at Decathlon's request, disregarded the part of the rejoinder filed by the defendants OWIM, Lidl and Kaufland in the application to amend proceedings that addressed the…

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Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development v LONGi Solar Technologie (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_559/2025, ORD_35509/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, on the joint application of Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development and the LONGi and Energy3000 companies, which are negotiating a settlement, stayed the infringement action on…

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Hologic v Siemens Healthcare (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_758/2024 and UPC_CFI_259/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with no objection from Hologic, granted the Siemens defendants' confidentiality application in the infringement action on EP 2 352 431 B1 and the counterclaim for revocation: information on…

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Dainese v Alpinestars (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_472/2024, ORD_33090/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division classified as confidential the information on Dainese's financial situation filed in the security for costs application brought by the defendants, including Alpinestars.

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Taylor Wessing v NEC (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262.1 (b) Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (ORD_33611/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division granted the law firm Taylor Wessing, acting as a member of the public, access in redacted form to six pleadings in NEC's infringement action against TCL (UPC_CFI_487/2023,…

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Huawei Technologies v MediaTek (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_248/2025, ORD_33901/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division ordered Huawei Technologies, a claimant established in China, to provide MediaTek Germany with security for costs of EUR 150,000 within six weeks in the infringement action…

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Qualcomm Germany v Network System (CFI, 25 August 2025)

25 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Preliminary objection Decision with commentary

By an order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_64/2024, application No. 22894/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Voß) rejected the preliminary objection lodged by Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies and Qualcomm Germany in Network System Technologies' infringement action concerning EP 1…

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Qualcomm v Network System (CFI, 25 August 2025)

25 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Preliminary objection Decision with commentary

By an order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_65/2024, application No. 22897/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Voß) rejected the preliminary objection lodged by Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies and Qualcomm Germany in Network System Technologies' infringement action concerning EP 1…

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Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CoA, 25 August 2025)

25 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 223 Decision with commentary

By an order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_758/2025, App_34971/2025), the Court of Appeal rejected Sun Patent Trust's application for suspensive effect against the Paris Local Division's order of 31 July 2025 which, in its infringement action against the Vivo companies on EP…

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Network System v Qualcomm (CFI, 25 August 2025)

25 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Preliminary objection Decision with commentary

By an order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_63/2024, application No. 22885/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Voß) rejected the preliminary objection lodged by Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies and Qualcomm Germany in Network System Technologies' infringement action concerning EP 1…

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Vivo Tech v Sun Patent Trust (CoA, 25 August 2025)

25 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 223 Decision with commentary

By an order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_759/2025), the Court of Appeal rejected Sun Patent Trust's application for suspensive effect against the Paris Local Division's order of 31 July 2025 which, in its infringement action against Vivo (EP 3 852 468), gave…

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Tridonic v CUPOWER Shenzhen Xiezhen Electronics (CFI, 22 August 2025)

22 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 22 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_459/2023, App_35225/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the agreement of all parties, stayed the proceedings on Inventronics' application for access to the file under Rule 262.1(b) in the case between Tridonic and CUPOWER Shenzhen…

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Brita v AQUASHIELD DACH (CFI, 22 August 2025)

22 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 22 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_248/2024 and, for the counterclaim for revocation, UPC_CFI_564/2024), the Munich Local Division largely revoked Brita's EP 2 387 547 (a valve actuating device for a filter jug), maintaining it as amended by auxiliary request 16,…

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Huawei v MediaTek Germany (CFI, ORD_35006/2025, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_248/2025, ORD_35006/2025), the presiding judge and rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge U. Voß) largely granted the confidentiality application lodged by Huawei on 15 August 2025 in its infringement action against MediaTek concerning…

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Tridonic v Inventronics (CFI, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_580/2025, App_35159/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the parties' joint application, stayed Tridonic's infringement action against Inventronics concerning EP 2 011 218 in view of ongoing settlement discussions.

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HL Display v Black Sheep Retail Products (CFI, ORD_35239/2025, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_386/2024 and UPC_CFI_610/2024, ORD_35239/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (Judge Brinkman) rejected Black Sheep Retail Products' application to deposit two physical objects (exhibits BB38) in HL Display's infringement action concerning EP 2…

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Brodrene Hartmann v Omni-Pac Verpackungsmittel (CFI, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_115/2024 and UPC_CFI_377/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division closed the interim procedure in Hartmann Packaging's action against Omni-Pac Ekco and Omni-Pac for infringement of EP 2 755 901 (moulded fibre egg packaging) and in…

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Seoul Viosys v expert klein (CoA, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

In an order of 21 August 2025, issued in appeal proceedings UPC_CoA_764/2024 and UPC_CoA_774/2024 between Seoul Viosys and expert klein and expert e-Commerce (EP 3 926 698), the Court of Appeal disregarded a brief lodged by Seoul Viosys after the oral hearing…

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Kodak v Fujifilm (CoA, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 21 August 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal dismisses, without examining their substance, the confidentiality requests (Rule 262A RoP) filed by Kodak with its statements of grounds of appeal (UPC_CoA_312/2025 and UPC_CoA_333/2025) against the decisions of the…

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Barco v Yealink (Xiamen) Network Technology (CoA, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 21 August 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal refuses Yealink’s request for simultaneous interpretation from English into Mandarin Chinese at the hearing of 22 September 2025 in the appeal and cross-appeal (UPC_CoA_317/2025 and UPC_CoA_376/2025) against the provisional…

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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft v HMD Global (CFI, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_494/2025, ORD_34789/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (Judge Schilling) rejected HMD Global's application for a one-month extension of the time limit for its statement of defence in Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's infringement action concerning EP 2…

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LIFE 365 v Hewlett-Packard Development (CoA, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop313 Decision with commentary

By an order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_23/2025, App_33358/2025), the Court of Appeal (Judges Grabinski, presiding, Gougé, rapporteur, and Blok) allowed the withdrawal of the application to intervene lodged by LIFE 365 and LIFE 365 Italy in support of LAMA France in…

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expert klein v Seoul Viosys (CoA, 20 August 2025)

20 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application to leave to appeal a cost decision (RoP221) Decision with commentary

In an order of 20 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_380/2025), a single judge of the Court of Appeal refused expert e-Commerce and expert klein leave to appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division’s decision holding their application for a cost decision against Seoul Viosys to…

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OrthoApnea (CFI, 19 August 2025)

19 August 2025 CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 19 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_131/2025, ORD_35065/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division (Judge Granata), on the application of OrthoApnea and Vivisol B, corrected a calculation error in the total of the costs decision of 25 July 2025.

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Wilus Institute of Standards v ASUSTeK Computer (CFI, 19 August 2025)

19 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 19 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_452/2025, ORD_34904/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Böttcher) extended to 30 September 2025 the time limit for the statement of defence of five ASUS group companies, defendants to Wilus Institute of Standards…

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Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 19 August 2025)

19 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 19 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_666/2024 and UPC_CFI_199/2025, ORD_34921/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (Judge Brinkman), with no objection from the Walt Disney group defendants, granted Adeia Guides' application of 5 August 2025, made because exhibits 8…

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RiVOLUTiON v Cilag International (CoA, 15 August 2025)

15 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 223 Decision with commentary

By order of 15 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_737/2025), Judge Rombach, standing judge of the Court of Appeal, rejected RiVOLUTiON's application for suspensive effect against the provisional measures ordered by the Munich Local Division on 6 August 2025 in favour of Cilag GmbH International…

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HL Display v Black Sheep Retail Products (CFI, 15 August 2025)

15 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By order of 15 August 2025 under Rule 105.5 RoP, following the interim conference of 17 June 2025, Judge Brinkman, judge rapporteur of The Hague Local Division, set the oral hearing in HL Display's action for infringement of EP 2 432 351…

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Ballinno v Kinexon Sports & Media (CoA, 15 August 2025)

15 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 15 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_328/2024), Judge Simonsson, judge rapporteur at the Court of Appeal, ordered the release and full transfer to Kinexon Sports' bank account of the EUR 25,000 deposited by Ballinno on 30 August 2024 as security for the…

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Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 August 2025)

14 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 14 August 2025, issued in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation concerning EP 3 605 534 (UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, App_4256/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Dolby International to file a further written pleading on the FRAND…

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Kinexon Sports & Media v Ballinno (CFI, 14 August 2025)

14 August 2025 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 14 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_151/2024, App_44034/2024), Judge Schilling, judge rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division, released to UEFA, Kinexon and Kinexon Sports & Media the EUR 56,000 security provided by Ballinno under Rule 158 RoP, ordered its transfer to Kinexon's…

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Barco v Yealink (CoA, 14 August 2025)

14 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

In Barco’s appeal against the order of the Brussels Local Division of 21 March 2025, which had dismissed its application for provisional measures against Yealink (EP 3 732 827) for lack of urgency, the Court of Appeal, by order of 14 August…

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Dyson Technology v Dreame International (Hongkong) (CFI, 14 August 2025)

14 August 2025 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By order of 14 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_387/2025, ACT_20368/2025), issued after an inter partes hearing, the Hamburg Local Division (Presiding Judge Klepsch, Judge Schilling as judge rapporteur, and Judge Johansson) partly granted Dyson Technology's application for provisional measures based on EP 3 119…

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Genevant Sciences v Moderna (CFI, 13 August 2025)

13 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 13 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_191/2025, App_34218/2025 and App_34202/2025), the judge rapporteur of The Hague Local Division partly granted the applications by Genevant Sciences and Arbutus Biopharma for an extension of time in their action for infringement of EP 2…

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CJ CheilJedang v Daesang Europe (CFI, UPC_CFI_736/2025, 13 August 2025)

13 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 Decision with commentary

By order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_736/2025), the single judge of The Hague Local Division authorised CJ CheilJedang, without hearing the defendants, to seize three bags of Daesang's powdered L‑lysine and copies of commercial and technical documents at a Dutch warehouse in…

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Winnow Solutions v Orbisk (CFI, 13 August 2025)

13 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By decision of 13 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_327/2024, ACT_36388/2024 and CC_53523/2024), The Hague Local Division (Presiding Judge Brinkman as judge rapporteur, Judges Rinkinen and Kokke and Technical Judge Sanchini) dismissed Winnow Solutions' infringement action against Orbisk and, on the counterclaim, revoked EP 3…

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CJ CheilJedang v Daesang Europe (CFI, UPC_CFI_739/2025, 13 August 2025)

13 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 Decision with commentary

By order of 25 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_739/2025), The Hague Local Division, sitting as a single judge and without hearing the defendants, allowed CJ CheilJedang to carry out a seizure of evidence at a Dutch warehouse storing liquid L-lysine made by the Daesang…

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Lionra Technologies v Cisco Systems (CoA, 12 August 2025)

12 August 2025 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 12 August 2025 (UPC_CoA_360/2025, App_33761/2025), Judge Blok, judge rapporteur at the Court of Appeal, extended to 3 October 2025 the time limit for Cisco Systems to respond to Lionra Technologies' appeal and to lodge a cross-appeal, in the dispute…

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American Wave Machines v Surftown (CFI, 12 August 2025)

12 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 12 August 2025, issued in American Wave Machines' action for infringement of EP 2 728 089 against Surftown, WhiteWater Era, WhiteWater West Industries and Endless Surf and in the joined counterclaims for revocation (UPC_CFI_837/2024, UPC_CFI_349/2025 and UPC_CFI_394/2025), the…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 12 August 2025)

12 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 12 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025, ACT_26508/2025, App_34519/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the joint application of Headwater Research and the five defendant Samsung Electronics companies, replaced German with English, the language in which EP 3 110 072 was granted,…

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Syntorr v Arthrex (CFI, ORD_20895/2025, 11 August 2025)

11 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 11 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_114/2025, ACT_7504/2025), Judge Pichlmaier, judge rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, ordered Syntorr, a Cypriot company and claimant in the action for infringement of EP 3 835 470, to provide security for costs of EUR…

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Syntorr v Arthrex (CFI, ORD_25293/2025, 11 August 2025)

11 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 11 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_358/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division ordered Syntorr, claimant in an infringement action against three Arthrex companies (EP 2 670 898), to provide security for the defendants' costs of EUR 2,000,000 in total…

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DISH Technologies v AYLO PREMIUM (CFI, 6 August 2025)

6 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 6 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, App_66435/2024), the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Böttcher) dismissed the AYLO defendants' application to fix the lawyers' fees incurred in responding to the appeal, eventually withdrawn, that DISH Technologies and Sling…

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Bodycap v EPO (CFI, 6 August 2025)

6 August 2025 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Action against the decision of the EPO (RoP97) Decision with commentary

By order of 6 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_628/2025), the standing judge of the Milan Central Division (Judge Postiglione, sitting alone under Rule 97.4 RoP and Article 19 of the Statute) dismissed the action brought by Bodycap, CNRS and Université de Rennes against the…

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Wonderland Nurserygoods v Cybex (CFI, 5 August 2025)

5 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 5 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Presiding Judge Thomas, Judge Schumacher as judge rapporteur, Judge Bessaud and technically qualified Judge Roselinger) decided, with the parties' consent, to hear both Wonderland Nurserygoods' infringement action against Cybex…

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Imusyn v BAG Diagnostics (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_550/2025, ACT_29036/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, through its presiding judge and judge rapporteur, Judge Thomas, asked the President of the Court of First Instance, with the parties' consent, to add to the panel a technically qualified…

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Hurom v NUC Electronics (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_162/2024, ACT_17365/2024, App_33935/2025), the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Böttcher) extended to 20 August 2025 the time allowed to NUC Electronics to comment on Hurom's request for a penalty payment, which alleges insufficient…

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UPM-Kymmene v International N&H Denmark (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Central Division - Section / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_829/2024, ACT_67479/2024), the judge rapporteur of the Munich Central Division (Judge Kupecz) refused UPM-Kymmene, claimant in the revocation action against International N&H Denmark concerning EP 2 611 800, a further exchange of written pleadings after the…

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10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_140/2024 and UPC_CFI_658/2025, App_33044/2025), Judge Thomas, presiding judge and judge rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, classified as confidential the information highlighted in the application for a costs decision filed on 16 July 2025 by 10x…

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Genevant Sciences v Moderna (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_191/2025 and UPC_CFI_617/2025, ACT_10280/2025 and CC_32138/2025), the judge rapporteur of The Hague Local Division confirmed, on two applications by Moderna under Rule 262A RoP, the confidentiality regime agreed with Genevant Sciences and Arbutus Biopharma in the…

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Huawei v MediaTek (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_254/2025, ACT_14180/2025, ORD_33620/2025), Judge Voß, presiding judge and judge rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, classified as confidential the information on licence negotiations between Huawei and the MediaTek group contained in MediaTek Germany's request for production…

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N.J DIFFUSION v GISELA MAYER (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_363/2024), the Paris Local Division (Judges Lignières, presiding and judge-rapporteur, Gillet and Schilling) dismissed N.J Diffusion's action for literal and equivalent infringement against Gisela Mayer based on EP 2 404 516, concerning a wig.

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Huawei v MediaTek Germany (CFI, ORD_33626/2025, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_254/2025, ACT_14180/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division granted the confidentiality application of MediaTek Germany, defendant in Huawei Technologies' infringement action (EP 4 142 215).

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Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis NL (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a decision of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_123/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division fixed the costs recoverable by Samsung Bioepis NL from Alexion Pharmaceuticals for the provisional measures proceedings dismissed on 26 June 2024 (EP 3 167 888, Epysqli).

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Centripetal v Keysight Technologies (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_414/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division dismissed Centripetal's request of 25 July 2025 under Rule 36 for leave to file a further written pleading in its infringement action against Keysight Technologies, Inc.

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_54/2024 and UPC_CFI_396/2024), the Munich Local Division revoked Headwater Research’s EP 2 391 947 in part, to the extent of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 10 and 35, with effect in Germany and France, and…

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Powermat Technologies v Anker Innovations Technology (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_197/2025, App_33539/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division postponed until after the oral hearing the decision on the conditional request for a stay filed by Anker Innovations Technology and the other defendants in Powermat…

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