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.
UPC decisions and orders since 1 June 2023. “Decision with commentary” means the entry contains an analysis by Dhenne Avocats. “Summary available” identifies a summary; “Reference” identifies a record without a detailed case note. Open the entry for the source and, where available, the facts, reasoning and practical implications. The official decision is authoritative.
Combinable filters, search within the records or the full text of the decisions, copy reference, selection and export. The keyword and reference search above remains available.
1,845 decisions recorded
In an order of 20 December 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_501/2023), the Munich Local Division, acting through its judge-rapporteur, allowed Edwards Lifesciences to extend its infringement action on EP 3 669 828 to Romania and allowed the Meril companies to extend…
Read the analysisBy an order of 19 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023, ORD_66525/2024), the Paris Local Division, seized by LAMA FRANCE after its decision on the merits of 13 November 2024 in favour of HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (HPDC), held that it had no power to stay…
Read the analysisBy order of 19 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_492/2024), given in Danish, the single judge of the Copenhagen Local Division confirmed on review the ex parte order of 26 August 2024 that had allowed Hybridgenerator to preserve evidence at the premises of HGSystem and…
Read the analysisBy an order of 19 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_499/2024, ACT_48877/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division held that Amycel LLC's statement of claim (EP 1993350) had been validly served on a defendant based in Poland, whose name is redacted, by alternative means…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_390/2023, App_60589/2024), the Munich Local Division imposed a penalty payment of EUR 46,000 on Belkin International, Belkin GmbH and Belkin Limited, at the request of Koninklijke Philips, for late and incomplete compliance with the order…
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_525/2024, ACT_51510/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division dismissed the preliminary objection raised by Yves Prevoo, managing director of the defendant Easee B.V., and by Easee Holding B.V., its parent company, in Visibly Inc.'s…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 18 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_454/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed Tandem Diabetes Care’s revocation action against Roche Diabetes Care’s EP 2 196 231, which concerns a system for ambulatory drug infusion, and maintained the patent as granted.
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_252/2023, ACT_551180/2023), the Munich Central Division rejected NanoString Technologies Europe Limited's request to release the EUR 300,000 security for costs it had provided in its action for revocation of EP 2 794 928 against President…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 17 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_240/2023, ACT_549550/2023), issued after the interim conference, the Milan Local Division organised the close of the interim procedure in Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co KG's action for infringement of EP 2145848 against Himson Engineering…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 13 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_495/2023, ACT_596432/2023), the Paris Local Division permitted the withdrawal of ICPillar LLC's action for infringement of EP3000239 against ARM Limited and nine other companies, and of the counterclaims for revocation, following a confidential agreement reached…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_201/2024, ORD_65555/2024), the presiding judge of panel 1 of the Munich Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, dismissed Syngenta Limited's application to revoke order ORD 47657/2024 made in favour of Sumi Agro Limited and Sumi Agro…
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024), the Paris Central Division refused Microsoft Corporation leave to appeal the order of 26 November 2024 that had allowed Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy to amend its claim (EP 2 671…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 11 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_395/2023, ACT_583778/2023), the Paris Local Division revoked in its entirety DexCom, Inc.'s EP 3 831 282, on remote monitoring of analyte measurements, on the counterclaim of fourteen Abbott group companies, and accordingly dismissed the infringement…
Read the analysisBy an order of 11 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_457/2023, ACT_590145/2023, CC_21620/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, following a settlement, permitted the withdrawal of Dolby International AB's action for infringement of EP 3 490 258 against HP Deutschland GmbH and fourteen other HP group companies,…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 11 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2023, ACT_582093/2023), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division, reconsidering the matter after remittal by the Court of Appeal, dismissed the request by Meril Life Sciences Pvt Limited and five other defendants to stay Edwards Lifesciences Corporation's…
Read the analysisBy an order of 11 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_791/2024, ACT_65376/2024), the presiding judge of panel 1 of the Munich Local Division, sitting as single judge, prohibited Netgear Inc., Netgear International Limited and Netgear Deutschland GmbH, without hearing them, from pursuing the anti-suit and…
Read the analysisIn an order of 10 December 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_380/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division managed the infringement action on unitary patent EP 3 769 722 brought by Edwards Lifesciences against Meril Life Sciences and five other companies,…
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_509/2023, ACT_597615/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division held that the steps already taken to bring air up group GmbH's application for provisional measures (EP 3 897 305) to the attention of Guangzhou Aiyun…
Read the analysisBy an ex parte order of 9 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_755/2024, ACT_63549/2024), panel 2 of the Munich Local Division prohibited Realtek Semiconductor Corporation from pursuing, before the Delaware courts, its anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunction requests against Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_508/2023, ACT_597609/2023, App_64018/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division treated as good service the steps taken to serve air up group's application for provisional measures on Guangzhou Aiyun Yanwu Technology, a Chinese company, where transmission…
Read the analysisBy order of 3 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_140/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered Curio Bioscience, the defendant in 10x Genomics' infringement action based on EP 2 697 391, to provide security for costs of EUR 200,000 in favour of the claimant.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_476/2024, ACT_45928/2024, ORD_58802/2024), the Milan Central Division dismissed GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals' preliminary objection to Pfizer's revocation action against EP 4 183 412.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_114/2024 and UPC_CFI_448/2024, ACT_13227/2024, CC_43919/2024), the Munich Local Division, on Heraeus Electronics' application for panel review under Rule 333, set aside the judge-rapporteur's order of 25 September 2024: extending the infringement action on EP 3 215…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 29 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_307/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands' revocation action against VMR Products' EP 2 875 740 (a vaporizer whose cartomizer is held by two magnets of opposite polarity), which was maintained as granted for…
Read the analysisBy order of 28 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_460/2024, ACT_44736/2024, App_60286/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thomas), in Valeo Electrification's infringement action on EP 3 320 604 B1 against Magna PT B.V.
Read the analysisBy procedural order dated 27 November 2024 in its heading (UPC_CFI_240/2023, ACT_549550/2023, ORD_63173/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division (A.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 27 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_308/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked in its entirety VMR Products’ European patent EP 3 456 214, which concerns a vaporiser (electronic cigarette) with a window through which part of the cartomizer receiving chamber can…
Read the analysisBy order of 26 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_468/2023, ACT_592899/2023), made after the interim conference of 22 November 2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C.
Read the analysisBy order of 26 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_437/2024, ACT_43382/2024, ORD_59602/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß), in GXD-Bio Corporation's infringement action on EP 3 346 403 against Myriad International GmbH and eight other defendants, ordered the claimant to provide security…
Read the analysisBy order of 26 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024, ORD_62739/2024), the Paris Central Division (panel presided over by P. Catallozzi) granted Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 671 173 against Microsoft, leave to reduce its…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 25 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_240/2023, ACT_549550/2023, ORD_62633/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division (A.
Read the analysisBy order of 25 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_355/2023, ACT_578607/2023, App_61143/2024), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division (presided over by R.
Read the analysisBy order of 25 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_443/2024), made after the hearing of 14 November 2024, the Munich Local Division (panel 2, presided over by U. Voß) ruled on Häfele SE & Co KG's application for provisional measures against Kunststoff KG Nehl &…
Read the analysisBy order of 25 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_395/2023, ACT_583778/2023, ORD_62696/2024), the presiding judge of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières), in DexCom's infringement action on EP 3 831 282 against Abbott Logistics B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, App_40442/2024), made after the hearing of 15 October 2024, the Milan Local Division (panel presided over by P. Perrotti) dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for provisional measures against A.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Panasonic Holdings Corporation’s infringement action against Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and OROPE Germany, based on EP 2 568 724 (allocation of sounding reference signals, SRS, in the LTE…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024), made after the hearing of 16 October 2024, the Milan Central Division (panel presided over by A. Postiglione) dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for provisional measures against EOFLOW Co., Ltd.
Read the analysisBy order of 21 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_550/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (T. Pichlmaier), in Collomix's infringement action against Lidl Digital Deutschland, Lidl Dienstleistung and Delta-Sport Handelskontor, ordered the claimant to lodge with the Court a sample of the "PARKSIDE®…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_59991/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, rapporteur, Thom and Bessaud, and technically qualified judge Sanchini) dismissed the application for rectification filed by Magna PT B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 20 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_499/2023, App_60996/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division extended to 11 December 2024, over the objection of Abbott Laboratories and the other defendants, DexCom's time limits for its Rejoinder to the counterclaim for revocation of…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_368/2024, App_59992/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the application for rectification filed by Magna PT B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 19 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_169/2024, ACT_19012/2024, ORD_53958/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (S.
Read the analysisBy order of 18 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_555/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division, in Malikie Innovations' infringement action against Nintendo based on EP 2 579 551, replaced the designation "Nintendo of Europe AG" with "Nintendo of Europe SE", which had succeeded…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 15 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_15/2023), the Munich Local Division held that Meril’s Myval Octacor transcatheter heart valve and Navigator delivery systems literally infringe claims 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Edwards Lifesciences’ EP 3 646 825, as maintained in…
Read the analysisBy order of 15 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_15/2023, ACT_459987/2023), the Munich Local Division rejected the requests of Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences, defendants to Edwards Lifesciences' infringement action on EP 3 646 825, for the Division to ask the European Commission about…
Read the analysisBy order of 15 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_515/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division ordered the reimbursement to Koninklijke Philips of 60% of the court fees, namely EUR 6,600 out of EUR 11,000, after it withdrew its ex parte application for provisional…
Read the analysisBy order of 14 November 2024, issued in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_114/2024 and UPC_CFI_448/2024, the Munich Local Division ruled on the confidentiality applications of Vibrantz, the defendant in the infringement action brought by Heraeus Electronics and Heraeus Precious Metals on EP 3…
Read the analysisIn a decision on the merits of 13 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023), the Paris Local Division ruled on Hewlett-Packard Development Company’s (HPDC) infringement action against LAMA France, based on two inkjet printhead patents, EP 2 089 230 and EP 1 737 669, and…
Read the analysisBy order of 12 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_54/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, in Headwater Research's infringement action against Samsung Electronics based on EP 2 391 947, ordered Qualcomm, a third party, to produce within seven days an electronic copy of…
Read the analysisBy order of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_643/2024, ACT_59213/2024, ORD_59913/2024), the single judge of the Milan Local Division (S.
Read the analysisBy order of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_649/2024, application 59315/2024, ORD_59754/2024), the single judge of the Milan Local Division (P.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_315/2023), the Paris Central Division dismissed NJOY Netherlands’ revocation action against Juul Labs International’s EP 3 504 991, which concerns a cartridge for a vaporisation device, and upheld the patent as granted.
Read the analysisBy order of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_650/2024, application 59322/2024, ORD_59764/2024), the single judge of the Milan Local Division (A.
Read the analysisBy decision of 5 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_309/2023, ACT_571669/2023), the Paris Central Division revoked Juul Labs International's EP 3 498 115, which concerns a cartridge for a vaporisation device, for all the states concerned, at the request of NJOY Netherlands.
Read the analysisBy decision of 4 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_241/2023, ACT_549585/2023), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 4 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_75/2023, ACT_464985/2023), the Munich Central Division (U. Voß, presiding, A. Kupecz, rapporteur, and P.
Read the analysisBy order of 31 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_368/2024, ACT_39183/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding and rapporteur, B.
Read the analysisBy order of 31 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding and rapporteur, B.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 31 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division held that Aarke infringed SodaStream’s EP 1 793 917, which concerns a device for carbonating liquid in a bottle, with its “Aarke Carbonator Pro”.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_16/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in Ortovox's infringement action against Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH based on EP 3 466 498, joined with a counterclaim for revocation, refused Ortovox's…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_355/2023, App_54506/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas) refused FUJIFILM, claimant in the infringement action on EP 3 594 009 against three Kodak companies, leave to file a further written pleading in reply…
Read the analysisBy order of 29 October 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_9/2024, ACT_953/2024, ORD_59030/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (S. Johansson, presiding and rapporteur, K.
Read the analysisBy order of 25 October 2024 (ORD_55012/2024), the Brussels Local Division (S. Granata, presiding and rapporteur, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 24 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_22/2023, ACT_460565/2023, ORD_49363/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (S. Klepsch), in the infringement action on EP 4 108 782 brought by 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College against Vizgen, restricted access…
Read the analysisBy decision of 24 October 2024, the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding, M.
Read the analysisBy order of 22 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_525/2024, App_55164/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), in Visibly's infringement action on EP 3 918 974 before the Hamburg Local Division against Easee B.V., Easee Holding B.V.
Read the analysisBy order of 24 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_427/2024, App_52964/2024, ORD_53290/2024), the presiding judge of the Paris Central Division (F. Butin), sitting alone, dismissed Qualcomm's application for reimbursement of court fees made after the closure of its action against an EPO decision concerning EP…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 October 2024 (ORD_47235/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division (A. Kupecz) granted the firm Dehns access to the written pleadings and evidence recorded in the counterclaim for revocation CC_586764/2023 between Regeneron and Amgen concerning EP 3 666…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 October 2024 (ORD_47230/2024, UPC_CFI_1/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division granted the firm Dehns, as a member of the public, access to the written pleadings and evidence relating to the application to amend the patent (APP_590836/2023) filed…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 October 2024 (ORD_47238/2024, UPC_CFI_1/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division granted the firm Dehns, as a member of the public, access to the written pleadings and evidence in the revocation action (ACT_459505/2023) recorded in the Sanofi v…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, App_46519/2024, ORD_47065/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Böttcher) refused the application by DISH Technologies and Sling TV for the AYLO group companies and two other defendants to produce the source code…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 October 2024 (ORD_47058/2024, UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division rejected the application of DISH Technologies and Sling TV, which are suing several Aylo companies for infringement of EP 2 479 680, for the defendants operating…
Read the analysisBy decision of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_292/2023, ACT_567009/2023, App_44953/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding, T.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 17 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_252/2023), the Munich Central Division upheld NanoString Technologies Europe’s revocation action against EP 2 794 928 of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, which concerns a method of detecting multiple analytes through successive hybridisations…
Read the analysisBy order of 15 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_317/2024, ACT_35572/2024), the Lisbon Local Division (R. Lopes, presiding and rapporteur, S.
Read the analysisBy order of 14 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_230/2024, ACT_27358/2024, ORD_47273/2024), the Paris Central Division (F. Thomas, presiding, M.
Read the analysisBy order of 14 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_327/2024, ACT_36388/2024, ORD_44108/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (E. Brinkman) partly granted the request of Winnow Solutions, proprietor of EP 3 198 245 on monitoring food waste, for Orbisk to produce evidence on its…
Read the analysisBy order of 14 October 2024 (ORD_36095/2024, App_33486/2024, App_33487/2024, App_33489/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi) granted SWAT Medical and a board member and investor of that company access to all pleadings and evidence in revocation action UPC_CFI_255/2023 and…
Read the analysisBy order of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_395/2023, ACT_583778/2023, ORD_53788/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières) dismissed the application by the Abbott companies, defendants in DexCom's infringement action on EP 3 831 282, to amend their case to take account…
Read the analysisBy decision of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_292/2023, App_3393/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Pichlmaier) fixed at EUR 200,000 the first-instance costs that SES-imagotag must reimburse to the four Hanshow companies following the dismissal of its application for provisional measures.
Read the analysis