Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 25 August 2026)

Date	25 August 2026
Court	CFI
Division	Paris (FR) Local Division
Type of action	Infringement Action
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_362/2025
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_362/2025
Parties	Sun Patent Trust v. Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., Vivo Tech GmbH, Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia SL

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

Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry

Case timeline

13 October 2025 : Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 13 October 2025) UPC_CFI_362/2025
30 October 2025 : Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 October 2025) UPC_CFI_362/2025
22 May 2026 : Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 22 May 2026) UPC_CFI_362/2025
30 July 2026 : Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 July 2026) UPC_CFI_362/2025

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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_362/2025 official number

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Parties

claimantSun Patent Trust25 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantVivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.21 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantVivo Tech GmbH21 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantVivo Mobile Communication Iberia SL20 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

13 October 2025 Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 13 October 2025) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_362/2025
La demande de report du délai du mémoire en défense est rejetée : l'exception préliminaire d'incompétence sur la question FRAND ne justifie pas de déroger à la règle 19.6.
30 October 2025 Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 October 2025) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_362/2025
La division locale de Paris rejette l'exception préliminaire de Vivo, retient sa compétence au titre du lieu de la contrefaçon et renvoie au fond la recevabilité de la demande FRAND de Sun Patent Trust.
16 March 2026 Vivo Mobile Communication v Sun Patent Trust (CoA, 16 March 2026) Appeal RoP220.2 · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
Les appels de Vivo sont rejetés : la formation pouvait renvoyer au fond l'exception d'incompétence visant la demande de détermination FRAND, ce renvoi relevant d'un usage non abusif du pouvoir de gestion de l'instance.
22 May 2026 Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 22 May 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_362/2025
La juge rapporteure de la division locale de Paris fixe l'audience aux 9, 10 et 11 septembre 2026 et impose une note de synthèse de 50 pages au plus avant le 21 juillet 2026.
30 July 2026 Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 July 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_362/2025
La juge rapporteure de la division locale de Paris fixe la valeur du litige à 10 millions d'euros et organise une audience publique sur les questions techniques suivie d'une journée à huis clos sur les questions FRAND.
25 August 2026 Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 25 August 2026) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_362/2025

What the record states

Nature of the act: Infringement Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): La division locale de Paris autorise le désistement de l'action en contrefaçon de Sun Patent Trust et de la demande reconventionnelle en nullité de Vivo, clôt les procédures et annule l'audience.
Appeal: An appeal is documented in the corpus (see above).
Instance: First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Patents mentioned

EP 3 407 524 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 July 2026) cited in this record
Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 22 May 2026) cited in this record
Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 30 October 2025) cited in this record
Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 13 October 2025) cited in this record

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 407 524` Wireless communication terminal device, wireless communication base station device, and resource region setting method recorded proprietor: Sun Patent Trust Inc	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 14 other decision(s): Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 3 · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_361/2025, 3 · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/ · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication Iberia (CFI, UPC_CFI_361/ · Vivo Mobile Communication v Sun Patent Trust (CoA, 16 March 2026) · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_361/2025, 3 · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, UPC_CFI_362/2025, 3 · Sun Patent Trust v Vivo Mobile Communication (CFI, 13 October 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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