TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 1 December 2025)

Date	1 December 2025
Court	CFI
Division	Munich (DE) Central Division - Section
Type of action	Revocation Action
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_337/2025
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_337/2025
Parties	TCL EUROPE SAS v. Corning Incorporated

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

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Case timeline

24 February 2026 : TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 24 February 2026) UPC_CFI_337/2025

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Official source: Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
Original language: not recorded
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Proceedings

UPC_CFI_337/2025 official number

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Parties

defendantCorning Incorporated11 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
claimantTCL EUROPE SAS4 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

1 December 2025 TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 1 December 2025) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_337/2025
24 February 2026 TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 24 February 2026) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_337/2025
La division centrale rejette l'action en nullité contre EP 3 296 274 B1 : extension, insuffisance, défaut de nouveauté et défaut d'activité inventive sont écartés, et TCL Europe supporte les frais de Corning.
7 October 2026 TCL Europe v Corning (CoA, 7 October 2026) Appeal · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
Le juge rapporteur de la cour d’appel refuse de tenir une conférence intermédiaire dans l’appel de TCL Europe contre Corning, clôt la procédure écrite et fixe l’audience au 28 janvier 2027.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Revocation Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): La valeur du litige est fixée à 6 250 000 euros, des écritures complémentaires limitées sont autorisées et l'audience est fixée au 3 février 2026.
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 3 296 274 B1 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 24 February 2026) cited in this record
Amgen v Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (CoA, 25 November 2025) cited in this record
Amgen v Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland (CoA, 25 November 2025) cited in this record
Meril Italy v Edwards Lifesciences (CoA, 25 November 2025) cited in this record
TCL Europe v Corning (CoA, 7 October 2026) cites this decision

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 296 274 B1` Fining of boroalumino silicate glasses recorded proprietor: Corning Inc	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 12 other decision(s): TCL EUROPE v Corning (CFI, 24 February 2026) · Corning v TCL Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_819/2024, 16 April 2026) · Corning v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 18 February 2026) · Corning v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 3 October 2025) · TCL Europe v Corning (CFI, 8 September 2025) · Corning v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 2 July 2025) · TCL Europe v Corning (CFI, 13 June 2025) · TCL Deutschland v Corning (CoA, 14 May 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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