Decisions of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court

These decisions are recorded in UPC Litigation Watch, the Unified Patent Court case law database maintained by Dhenne Avocats. Every entry links to the official decision.

1,794 decisions recorded

Inficon v Elitech Technology (CFI, UPC_CFI_137/2025, 6 October 2026)

6 October 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By decision of 6 October 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_137/2025 (infringement) and UPC_CFI_512/2025 (counterclaim for revocation), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed both Inficon's infringement action against Elitech Technology and Elitech UK, directed at the METRUM sniffing leak detector, and the counterclaim…

Micron Technology v Ultron (CFI, UPC_CFI_2660/2026, 2 October 2026)

2 October 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By order of 2 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_2660/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division authorised Micron Technology to serve its statement of claim for infringement (EP 3 574 526) on Lexar Europe, the second defendant, established in the Netherlands, through a Dutch…

Maxell v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 22 September 2026)

22 September 2026 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

The Munich local division revokes the European part of Maxell’s patent for lack of novelty and dismisses the infringement action. The decision confirms that an auxiliary request drawn from the description does not escape an obviousness objection where it merely adds a…

NovaCloud Licensing v Meta Platforms Ireland (CFI, UPC_CFI_1310/2025, 18 September 2026)

18 September 2026 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By decision of 18 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_1310/2025, infringement, and UPC_CFI_1737/2026, counterclaim for revocation; EP 4 024 777), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permitted the mutual withdrawals of NovaCloud Licensing and of Meta Platforms, Edge Network Services and Meta Platforms Ireland,…

OXFORD NANOPORE v MGI TECH (CFI, 17 September 2026)

17 September 2026 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Enriched entry

By order of 15 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_2307/2026), the Munich Local Division granted Oxford Nanopore Technologies' application for provisional measures against MGI TECH GmbH, based on EP 2 422 198 and EP 2 715 343 and directed at the Cyclone sequencing platform (CycloneSEQ…

DivX v Netflix Services Germany (CFI, 15 September 2026)

15 September 2026 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By decision of 15 September 2026, given in the infringement action UPC_CFI_465/2025 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_1121/2025, the Munich Local Division held the Netflix companies' counterclaim unfounded and DivX's infringement action well founded (paragraph 71).

ToolGen v Vertex Pharmaceuticals

15 September 2026 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By order of 15 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_1830/2026), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division dismissed two applications by Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Lonza Netherlands in ToolGen's infringement action based on EP 4 397 760 (genome editing using guide RNA and Cas protein), directed…

CureVac Manufacturing v Moderna (CFI, 14 September 2026)

14 September 2026 CFI / The Hague (NL) Local Division / Infringement Action Enriched entry

By order of 11 September 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division defers Moderna’s preliminary objection on international jurisdiction to the main proceedings, dismisses its Rule 361 request and provisionally grants confidentiality protection limited to the representatives of CureVac Manufacturing GmbH.