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FUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, 30 January 2025)

30 January 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 30 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023, EP 3 511 174), the presiding judge of the Mannheim Local Division, Judge Tochtermann, acting as judge-rapporteur, refused to treat as costs of the proceedings the simultaneous English to Japanese interpretation requested by FUJIFILM…

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Adeia Guides v The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) (CFI, 30 January 2025)

30 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 30 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_665/2024, ORD_5020/2025, EP 2 793 430), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) granted the request of the three Disney group companies sued by Adeia Guides: their common time limit for the statement…

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C-KORE Systems v NOVAWELL (CFI, 29 January 2025)

29 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application Rop 365 Decision with commentary

By a decision of 29 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_468/2023, ORD_68856/2024, EP 2 265 793), the Paris Local Division (Judges Lignières, presiding and rapporteur, Gillet, Zana and Gaillarde, technically qualified) confirmed under Rule 365 the settlement concluded on 10 December 2024 between C-KORE Systems…

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FUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, 28 January 2025)

28 January 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 28 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_355/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on FUJIFILM’s infringement action against Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications and Kodak Holding over EP 3 594 009 (lithographic printing plate) and on the counterclaim for revocation.

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Qualcomm v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 28 January 2025)

28 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 28 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_421/2024, EP 2 286 325), the Munich Local Division allowed the withdrawal of Qualcomm's infringement action against Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and five other defendants, following a settlement with the former, and declared the proceedings closed.

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Snowpixie v Golf Tech Golfartikel Vertrieb (CFI, 27 January 2025)

27 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 January 2025 in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_244/2024 and UPC_CFI_786/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Pichlmaier) ordered the infringement claimant to provide, by 24 February 2025, security for costs of…

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Lenovo (Singapore) v ASUSTek Computer (CFI, ORD_68771/2024, 27 January 2025)

27 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In a procedural order of 27 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_302/2024), issued in German, the Munich Local Division set the timetable for Lenovo (Singapore)’s infringement action on EP 3 682 587 against ASUSTek Computer, ASUS Computer and ASUSTEK (UK): an interim conference by videoconference…

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Photon Wave v Seoul Viosys (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_238/2024), the full panel of the Paris Local Division, presided over by Judge Lignières, held inadmissible the standalone revocation action brought by Photon Wave against Seoul Viosys's patent EP 3 404 726.

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Zentiva France v Sanofi Mature IP (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Counterclaim for revocation Decision with commentary

In a procedural order of 24 January 2025, the Munich Local Division set the timetable for the proceedings on EP 2 493 466 between the Sanofi companies and Accord Healthcare, STADA, Dr Reddy’s and Zentiva (UPC_CFI_145, 146, 147, 148, 374, 463, 496…

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Heraeus Electronics v Vibrantz (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 24 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_114/2024 and UPC_CFI_448/2024, EP 3 215 288), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) postponed the interim conference, to be held by video, to 28 May 2025 in the infringement action brought…

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Dainese v Alpinestars (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 January 2025 (ORD_68843/2024, UPC_CFI_472/2024), the full panel of the Milan Local Division classified as confidential the settlement between Dainese and the defendant Horizon Moto 95, filed in support of a partial withdrawal (Exhibit 70), together with the…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Amend Document Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_54/2024 and UPC_CFI_396/2024, EP 2 391 947), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) granted Headwater Research leave to amend its requests in its infringement action against three Samsung companies and in the…

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NEC v TCL Deutschland (CFI, 24 January 2025)

24 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_487/2023, EP 2 645 714), Panel 2 of the Munich Local Division permitted, following a settlement and a licence agreement, the withdrawal of four TCL companies' counterclaims for revocation and of TCL Deutschland's counterclaim for…

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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, ORD_3764/2025, 23 January 2025)

23 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 January 2025 (ORD_3764/2025, UPC_CFI_815/2024, EP 3 646 825), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) closed, without ruling on it, the application by Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences to stay the confidentiality proceedings on…

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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, ORD_3866/2025, 23 January 2025)

23 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 January 2025 (ORD_3866/2025, UPC_CFI_815/2024, EP 3 646 825), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) invited Edwards Lifesciences to comment within ten days on the confidentiality of its cost application against Meril GmbH and Meril…

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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, ORD_3774/2025, 23 January 2025)

23 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 January 2025 (ORD_3774/2025, UPC_CFI_815/2024, EP 3 646 825), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) lifted all deadlines relating to Edwards Lifesciences' cost application and to the protection of the confidential information it contains.

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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, ORD_3758/2025, 23 January 2025)

23 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_815/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division dismissed Meril's application for a partial stay of the cost proceedings brought by Edwards Lifesciences (EP 3 646 825) pending the Court of Appeal's decision on Meril's…

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Mammoet Holding v P.T.S. Machinery (CFI, 22 January 2025)

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

By an order of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_16/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (Judge Kokke), sitting alone, granted in part and without hearing the defendant measures to preserve evidence sought by Mammoet Holding against P.T.S.

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Fujifilm v Kodak (CFI, 22 January 2025)

22 January 2025 CFI / Mannheim (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In an order of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division prepared the oral hearing in Fujifilm’s infringement action on EP 3 511 174 against three Kodak companies, which have counterclaimed for revocation.

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NJOY Netherlands v VMR Products (CFI, 22 January 2025)

22 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Revocation Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_310/2023), the Paris Central Division ruled on NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against VMR Products’ EP 3 613 453, which concerns an electronic cigarette with charging contacts.

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Sanofi Winthrop Industrie v Accord Healthcare (CFI, 22 January 2025)

22 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By a common order of 22 January 2025, issued after the preliminary interim conference in Sanofi's four joined infringement actions against Accord, Stada, Reddy and Zentiva (UPC_CFI_145/2024 to UPC_CFI_148/2024, EP 2 493 466, cabazitaxel), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Judge…

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Esko-Graphics Imaging v XSYS Germany (CFI, 21 January 2025)

21 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 15 January 2025, the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, granted the application by the defendants XSYS Germany, XSYS Prepress and XSYS Italia to change the language of proceedings from German to English, the language in…

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NJOY Netherlands v VMR Products (CFI, 21 January 2025)

21 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Revocation Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 21 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_311/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against VMR Products’ EP 3 626 092, which concerns an electronic cigarette whose cartomizer has a translucent portion through which the liquid can be seen,…

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Maxeon Solar v Aiko Energy Germany (CFI, 21 January 2025)

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

By order of 21 January 2025, made in the infringement action and counterclaim for revocation between Maxeon Solar and Aiko Energy Germany and seven other defendants (UPC_CFI_336/2024 and UPC_CFI_605/2024, EP 3 065 184), Presiding Judge Thomas, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf…

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N.J. DIFFUSION v GISELA MAYER (CFI, 20 January 2025)

20 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 20 January 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division, Camille Lignières, dismissed the request by N.J. DIFFUSION, proprietor of EP 2 404 516 and claimant in the infringement action against GISELA MAYER (UPC_CFI_363/2024), to hold the interim conference…

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Abbott Diabetes Care v Dexcom (CFI, 20 January 2025)

20 January 2025 CFI / Nordic Baltic Regional Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 20 January 2025, the full panel of the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (judge-rapporteur Kai Härmand) declared closed the proceedings between Abbott Diabetes Care and Dexcom Inc.

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*** v OrthoApnea (CFI, 17 January 2025)

17 January 2025 CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By decision on the merits of 17 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_376/2023), given in Dutch, the Brussels Local Division dismissed a Belgian orthodontist's action against OrthoApnea and Vivisol B for literal and equivalent infringement of a European patent for a mandibular advancement device.

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NEC v TCL Deutschland (CFI, ORD_2317/2025, 17 January 2025)

17 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 15 January 2025, panel 2 of the Munich Local Division (judge-rapporteur Ulrike Voß) permitted the withdrawal of the infringement action brought by NEC Corporation against TCL Deutschland and six other companies (UPC_CFI_487/2023, EP 2 645 714), with Access…

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NJOY Netherlands v Juul Labs International (CFI, 17 January 2025)

17 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Revocation Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 17 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_316/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked in its entirety Juul Labs International’s EP 3 430 921, which concerns vaporisation devices, for Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, on NJOY Netherlands’ revocation…

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NEC v TCL Deutschland (CFI, ORD_2333/2025, 17 January 2025)

17 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 15 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_498/2023), the Munich Local Division permitted NEC to withdraw its infringement action against several TCL group companies based on EP 3 057 321, the parties having reached an agreement before the close of the written procedure.

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Avago Technologies International Sales v Tesla Germany (CFI, 16 January 2025)

16 January 2025 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 16 January 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division, Dr Schilling, permitted Tesla Germany and Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg to withdraw their application for the determination of costs (UPC_CFI_54/2023) and declared those proceedings closed, after the parties had withdrawn,…

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SWARCO Futurit Verkehrssignalsysteme v STRABAG Infrastructure & Safety Solutions (CFI, 16 January 2025)

16 January 2025 CFI / Vienna (AT) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 15 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_33/2024), issued in German, the Vienna Local Division largely upheld SWARCO Futurit’s infringement action on EP 2 643 717 (colour-mixing collecting optics for LED display panels) against STRABAG Infrastructure & Safety Solutions, joined by the…

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BF exaQC v NVIDIA (CFI, 16 January 2025)

16 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 16 January 2025, the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, dismissed the application by NVIDIA Corporation and NVIDIA GmbH to change the language of proceedings from German to English, the language of grant, in the infringement…

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Daedalus Prime v Xiaomi Communications (CFI, 16 January 2025)

16 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 16 January 2025, the Hamburg Local Division (presiding judge Sabine Klepsch, judge-rapporteur Stefan Schilling) referred to the Paris Central Division the counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_436/2024) lodged in Daedalus Prime's infringement action against Xiaomi Communications and four other defendants, including…

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Dainese v Alpinestars (CFI, 15 January 2025)

15 January 2025 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 15 January 2025, the Milan Local Division (judge-rapporteur Alima Zana) extended to 27 February 2025 the time limit for Alpinestars, first defendant in Dainese's infringement action (UPC_CFI_472/2024, EP 4 072 364 and EP 3 498 117), to file its…

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Abbott Diabetes Care v Dexcom (CFI, 15 January 2025)

15 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 10 January 2025, panel 2 of the Munich Local Division (judge-rapporteur Ulrike Voß) allowed the withdrawal of Abbott Diabetes Care's infringement action against Dexcom Inc., Dexcom Deutschland and Dexcom International (UPC_CFI_402/2023, EP 4 087 195), including its application…

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Bentley Motors v Network Systems Technologies (CFI, 14 January 2025)

14 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 14 January 2025, panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (presiding judge and judge-rapporteur Paolo Catallozzi) permitted the withdrawal of the revocation action brought by Bentley Motors against Network Systems Technologies concerning EP 1 552 399 (ACT_19132/2024).

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Sanofi Mature IP v Accord Healthcare (CFI, 14 January 2025)

14 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 14 January 2025, Presiding Judge Matthias Zigann, acting as judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Munich Local Division, ruled on Sanofi's application to protect the witness statement filed as Exhibit D.4 in its infringement actions on EP 2 493…

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Mammut Sports Group v Ortovox Sportartikel (CFI, 14 January 2025)

14 January 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Counterclaim for revocation Decision with commentary

In a decision of 14 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_16/2024), given in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division upholds Ortovox Sportartikel's EP 3 466 498 (avalanche transceiver), dismisses the counterclaim for revocation of Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH and finds that…

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10x Genomics v NanoString Technologies (CFI, 13 January 2025)

13 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

By a revised order of 13 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_298/2023), panel 1 of the Munich Local Division, on the application of President and Fellows of Harvard College (claimant 2, alongside 10x Genomics, against NanoString Technologies), modified the judge-rapporteur's order of 14 October 2024.

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Huawei Technologies v Netgear (CFI, 13 January 2025)

13 January 2025 CFI Decision with commentary

By order of 13 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_791/2024, ACT_65376/2024), the single judge of the Munich Local Division permitted Huawei to withdraw its application for provisional measures against three Netgear companies (referred to in the order as "AASI und AAEI"), concerning EP 3 611…

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Valeo Electrification v Magna PT (CFI, ORD_68626/2024, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_459/2024 and UPC_CFI_657/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed the withdrawal of Valeo Electrification's infringement action against Magna PT and two other Magna companies, based on EP 3 320 602, and of the revocation counterclaim, each…

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Huawei Technologies v Netgear Deutschland (CFI, ORD_1830/2025, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By an order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_9/2023), the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann, rapporteur) granted the parties' concurring applications for leave to withdraw Huawei's infringement action against Netgear, based on EP 3 611 989, and the three revocation counterclaims, together with…

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Valeo Electrification v Magna PT (CFI, ORD_68629/2024, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_460/2024 and UPC_CFI_658/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed, on each side's application and with the other's consent, the withdrawal of Valeo Electrification's infringement action against three Magna companies on EP 3 320 604, and of the…

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Netgear Deutschland v Huawei Technologies (CFI, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By an order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_152/2024), the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann, rapporteur) granted Netgear Deutschland, Netgear Inc. and Netgear International leave to withdraw their action for a declaration of non-infringement against Huawei concerning EP 3 678 321 and EP…

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Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_249/2023, ORD_4627/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division fixed at EUR 244,000 the costs that Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences must reimburse to Edwards Lifesciences following provisional measures proceedings, an amount the parties had…

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Hewlett-Packard Development v Lama France (CFI, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_358/2023), the Paris Local Division, on cross-applications for costs by Hewlett-Packard Development Company and Lama France following the decision on the merits of 13 November 2024, refused to raise the ceiling on representation costs by 50%…

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Dexcom v Abbott Laboratories (CFI, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 8 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_396/2023), the Munich Local Division (panel 2) allowed the withdrawal of Dexcom's infringement action against Abbott Laboratories and twelve other Abbott companies, based on EP 4 111 949, of the application to amend the patent…

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Huawei Technologies v Netgear Deutschland (CFI, ORD_1780/2025, 10 January 2025)

10 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 10 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_168/2024, ACT_18917/2024 and CC_20512/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division granted, on cross-applications and with the other side's consent, the withdrawal of Huawei's infringement action against three Netgear companies on EP 3 678 321 and…

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ITCiCo Spain v Bayerische Motoren Werke (CFI, 9 January 2025)

9 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 9 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_412/2023), the Paris Central Division (panel 2, Judge Catallozzi as judge-rapporteur) dismissed ITCiCo Spain's application to set aside the decision by default of 16 September 2024 given in the revocation action between it and Bayerische…

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ArcelorMittal v XPENG (CFI, 9 January 2025)

9 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 9 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_583/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (Judge Butin), after consulting the panel, granted the application of XPENG and sixteen other defendants to switch to English, the language in which EP 3290200 was…

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Meril Italy v SWAT Medical (CFI, 8 January 2025)

8 January 2025 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 8 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_189/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (Judge Catallozzi) dismissed the application by Meril Italy, Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences for an order that SWAT Medical pay EUR 15,000 in costs for the…

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Sanofi Mature IP v Accord Healthcare (CFI, 7 January 2025)

7 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Application Rop305 Decision with commentary

By an order of 7 January 2025, made in the parallel infringement actions on EP 2 493 466 (UPC_CFI_145/2024 to UPC_CFI_148/2024, against Accord Healthcare, STADA, Reddy and Zentiva), Judge Zigann, judge-rapporteur at the Munich Local Division, substituted Sanofi Winthrop Industrie for Sanofi-Aventis…

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Dyson Technology v SharkNinja Europe (CFI, 7 January 2025)

7 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 7 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_322/2024), Judge Zigann, judge-rapporteur of panel 1 of the Munich Local Division, stayed Dyson Technology's infringement action against SharkNinja Europe and SharkNinja Germany, based on EP 2 043 492, and the counterclaim, on Dyson's application…

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DexCom v Abbott Laboratories (CFI, 7 January 2025)

7 January 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 7 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_499/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division, before the written procedure closed, allowed the withdrawal of DexCom's infringement action against thirteen Abbott companies (EP 4 026 488), together with the application to amend the patent, and of…

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NanoString Technologies Europe v President and Fellows of Harvard College (CFI, 3 January 2025)

3 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Central Division - Section / Application RoP262.1 (b) Decision with commentary

By an order of 3 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_252/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division (Judge Kupecz) granted Berggren Oy access to the written pleadings and evidence in NanoString Technologies Europe's revocation action against President and Fellows of Harvard College (EP2794928), which…

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Huawei v Netgear International (CFI, 2 January 2025)

2 January 2025 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 2 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_168/2024), panel 1 of the Munich Local Division decided, at both parties' request, to hear together Huawei's infringement action against Netgear Deutschland, Netgear Inc.

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Huawei v NETGEAR Deutschland (CFI, 30 December 2024)

30 December 2024 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 30 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_168/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, in Huawei's action against three Netgear companies for infringement of EP 3 678 321 and the counterclaim for revocation, asked the President of the Court of First Instance…

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Insulet v Eoflow (CFI, 30 December 2024)

30 December 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 30 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, ORD_60558/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division (Judge Zana) dismissed Insulet's application for a costs decision against Eoflow, whose application to intervene in support of A.

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Nera Innovations v Xiaomi Communications (CFI, 30 December 2024)

30 December 2024 CFI / Hamburg (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 30 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_173/2024 and UPC_CFI_424/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (Judge Schilling) declined to rule during the written procedure on the admissibility of Nera Innovations' auxiliary requests to amend EP 2 642 632, and of…

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Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing v Microsoft (CFI, 27 December 2024)

27 December 2024 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ORD_62910/2024), the Paris Central Division (Judge Catallozzi presiding and acting as judge-rapporteur) rejected Suinno's request to reduce from EUR 300,000 to EUR 100,000 the security for costs ordered on 27 September 2024 (ORD_45914/2024) in…

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Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 27 December 2024)

27 December 2024 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_100/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thom as judge-rapporteur, Judges Thomas and Kokke) ordered Ona Patents, claimant in an action for infringement of EP 2 263 098 against Google Ireland and Google Commerce, to provide…

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Microsoft v Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing (CFI, 27 December 2024)

27 December 2024 CFI / Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ORD_63208/2024), the Paris Central Division (Judge Catallozzi presiding and acting as judge-rapporteur) rejected Microsoft's request to raise to at least EUR 500,000 the security for costs of EUR 300,000 already imposed on Suinno in…

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Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 27 December 2024)

27 December 2024 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 27 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_99/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thomas as judge-rapporteur, Judges Thom and Kokke) ordered Ona Patents, alleged proprietor of EP 2 263 098 and claimant in an infringement action against five Apple companies, to provide…

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Snowpixie v Golf Tech Golfartikel Vertriebs (CFI, 24 December 2024)

24 December 2024 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_244/2024 and UPC_CFI_609/2024), Judge Zigann, on behalf of the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, extended to 27 December 2024 Snowpixie's time limits to file its reply in its action for infringement of EP 3…

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Panasonic v Xiaomi (CFI, 24 December 2024)

24 December 2024 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By an order of 24 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_213/2023, UPC_CFI_220/2023 and UPC_CFI_224/2023), the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) permitted, following a settlement, the withdrawal of Panasonic's three infringement actions against ten companies including Xiaomi and of the defendants' counterclaims, and declared the proceedings…

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TIRU v VALINEA ENERGIE (CFI, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_814/2024, ORD_67654/2024), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a single judge (Judge Lignières), authorised TIRU, without hearing the defendant, to have a detailed description, seizures and an inspection carried out at VALINEA ENERGIE's site in…

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Maxeon Solar v Aiko Energy Germany (CFI, ORD_60319/2024, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_336/2024), Presiding Judge Thomas, as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, classified as confidential, in Maxeon Solar's action for infringement of EP 3 065 184, the revenue, profit and sales figures of PowerDeal and Coenergia…

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Panasonic v Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications (CFI, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Munich (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024, the Munich Local Division (Judge Zigann) permitted, following a settlement, the withdrawal of Panasonic's three infringement actions against Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and OROPE Germany (ACT_545535/2023, ACT_545620/2023 and ACT_546122/2023) and of the defendants' counterclaims, and…

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Insulet v A. Menarini Diagnostics (CFI, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Milan (IT) Central Division- Section / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024, ORD_59988/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Central Division (Judge Postiglione) ordered A. Menarini Diagnostics to pay Insulet EUR 1,764 for the costs of opposing its application to intervene, refused on 1 October 2024, in…

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TIRU v MAGUIN (CFI, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_813/2024, ORD_67655/2024), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a single judge (Judge Lignières), authorised TIRU, without hearing the defendant, to carry out measures to preserve evidence and an inspection at MAGUIN's premises in Charmes, on…

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Maxeon Solar v Aiko Energy Germany (CFI, ORD_57608/2024, 23 December 2024)

23 December 2024 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_336/2024 and UPC_CFI_605/2024), Presiding Judge Thomas, as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, ruled on confidentiality in Maxeon Solar's action for infringement of EP 3 065 184 against eight defendants, three Aiko companies among them…

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