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By order of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_300/2023, CC_597425/2023), the Munich Local Division (panel 2, presided by U. Voß) drew the consequences of the final revocation of EP 3 225 320 B1 by the EPO Board of Appeal on 4 July 2024 (T…
Read the analysisBy order of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_512/2024, ACT_50223/2024, App_54390/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Dr Thom) rejected CAN Srl Airxcel Europe's requests to extend to 30 October 2024 the time limit for a Preliminary Objection and to 30 December 2024…
Read the analysisBy decision of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_193/2024, ACT_22922/2024), the Munich Local Division (panel 2: U. Voß, presiding judge and rapporteur, D.
Read the analysisBy order of 11 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_169/2024, ACT_19012/2024, ORD_51859/2024), the panel of the Hamburg Local Division (S. Klepsch, presiding, S.
Read the analysisBy order of 10 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023, ACT_580849/2023, App_55249/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas, presiding, Dr Thom, Kupecz) dismissed Aarke's request to adjourn the oral hearing in SodaStream Industries' infringement action on EP 1793917 pending the Court of Appeal's order on the…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 10 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_483/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division upheld expert klein’s counterclaim for revocation of Seoul Viosys’s EP 3 223 320, which concerns a light emitting diode, on the ground of added matter, and consequently held unfounded the…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 10 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_363/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Seoul Viosys’s infringement action against expert e-Commerce and expert klein, based on EP 3 926 698 for a light emitting diode, and on the counterclaim for revocation brought…
Read the analysisBy order of 8 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_189/2024, ACT_22275/2024, ORD_55287/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi) rejected Edwards Lifesciences' request to align the time limit for its rejoinder to 25 October 2024 in the revocation action on EP 4 151…
Read the analysisBy preliminary order of 7 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_430/2023, ACT_588346/2023, ORD_55063/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (K. Härmand, panel presided by S.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_487/2023, ACT_595922/2023, ORD_54526/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (panel 2, U.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2024 (ORD_46842/2024, registered under ACT_595922/2023, although the operative part refers to proceedings UPC_CFI_153/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (panel 2, D.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_54/2024, ACT_7603/2024, ORD_45269/2024, App_40280/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (panel 1, M. Zigann) ordered Headwater Research to provide, within three weeks, security for costs of EUR 100,000 by deposit into the UPC account, in…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_153/2024, ACT_16417/2024, ORD_46985/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (panel 2, D. Voß) admitted Access Advance, administrator of an HEVC standard-essential patent pool, as an intervener in support of NEC in its infringement action on…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2024 (ORD_46866/2024, UPC_CFI_498/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division admitted Access Advance, administrator of the HEVC standard essential patent pool to which NEC contributed EP 3 057 321, as an intervener in support of NEC in…
Read the analysisBy order of 1 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, ORD_51903/2024, App_40442/2024), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024, ORD_52068/2024), the Milan Central Division (A. Postiglione, presiding and judge-rapporteur, A.-L.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024), the Milan Local Division dismissed the application of EOFlow, the manufacturer of the EOPatch insulin patch pump, to intervene in support of its exclusive distributor A.
Read the analysisBy order of 27 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024, ORD_45914/2024, App_42517/2024), the Paris Central Division (panel 2, presided by P. Catallozzi) ordered Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 671 173, to provide security for Microsoft's…
Read the analysisBy an order of 26 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_220/2023, ACT_545619/2023, APP_31889/2024, ORD_39681/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division referred to the panel the request by Xiaomi Inc.
Read the analysisBy order of 26 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_226/2024, ACT_26489/2024, ORD_53245/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas, presiding and judge-rapporteur, Dr Thom, Kokke) permitted, with the defendants' consent, Dolby International's withdrawal of its infringement action on EP 3 605 534 against the Optoma companies, made…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, ORD_53404/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division set out, ahead of the oral hearing of 8 October 2024, the evidence regime for the application for provisional measures brought by Valeo Electrification…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_340/2024, ACT_36792/2024, App_52697/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the parties' joint application, stayed under Rule 295(d), from 25 September to 15 November 2024, the action brought by Innovative Sonic Corporation for infringement of EP…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_114/2024, UPC_CFI_448/2024, ACT_13227/2024, ORD_36668/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division partly admitted the amendment of claim sought by Heraeus Electronics GmbH & Co.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 25 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_114/2024, UPC_CFI_448/2024, ACT_13227/2024, ORD_53396/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division rejected the applications of Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co.
Read the analysisBy an order of 24 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2024), the panel of the Milan Central Division (A. Postiglione, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, A.-L.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 24 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_494/2023, ACT_596431/2023, ORD_52883/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division held that Rule 263 did not apply to the auxiliary requests amended by Unilever France, the defendant in the action brought by I.G.B.
Read the analysisBy an order of 23 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_189/2024, ACT_22275/2024, App_33484/2024, ORD_36092/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 20 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_51893/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division classified as confidential, under Art.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order delivered on 18 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_8/2023, ACT_459769/2023, ORD_36465/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (S. Johansson, presiding, K.
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_164/2024, ACT_18406/2024, App_40799/2024, ORD_41174/2024), panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023, App_52033/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann) rejected the application by Panasonic Holdings Corporation to have its own party expert heard as a witness at the oral hearing…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_151/2024, ACT_16267/2024, ORD_40128/2024 and ORD_52214/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (S. Schilling) granted, in redacted form, the request by the firm Powell Gilbert LLP for access to the pleadings and evidence in the…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 September 2024 (ORD_43015/2024, UPC_CFI_164/2024), the Paris Central Division rejected Microsoft's request for a panel review of the judge-rapporteur's order of 2 July 2024, which had refused to dismiss as manifestly inadmissible the action for infringement of EP 2…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 17 September 2024 (ACT_586899/2023, ORD_52140/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (E. Brinkman) granted Dexcom leave to amend its counterclaim for revocation of EP 4 070 727 B1 by adding a request for a declaration of…
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_376/2023, ACT_581538/2023), made under Rule 105.5 after the interim conference of 6 September 2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division (S.
Read the analysisBy a procedural order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_240/2023, ACT_549550/2023, ORD_40903/2024), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding, A.
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_189/2024, ACT_22275/2024, App_45333/2024, ORD_45922/2024), the judge-rapporteur of panel 2 of the Paris Central Division (P.
Read the analysisBy decision of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_412/2023, ACT_585518/2023, ORD_51965/2024), the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi, presiding and judge-rapporteur, T.
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division organised the oral hearing in Panasonic's infringement action against four Xiaomi companies, Odiporo and Shamrock Mobile concerning EP 2 568 724, and set the…
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division organised the oral hearing in Panasonic's infringement action against OROPE Germany and Guangdong OPPO concerning EP 2 568 724, and set the value in…
Read the analysisBy a decision on the merits of 13 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_390/2023), the Munich Local Division ruled on Koninklijke Philips' infringement action against Belkin GmbH, Belkin International, Belkin Limited and several of their officers concerning EP 2 867 997 (wireless inductive power transfer,…
Read the analysisBy order of 13 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_427/2024, App_42538/2024, ORD_51358/2024), Presiding Judge F. Butin, for the Paris Central Division, closed the action brought on 19 July 2024 by Qualcomm Incorporated under Rule 88 RoP against an EPO decision of 10 July 2024 concerning…
Read the analysisBy order of 11 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_337/2024, ACT_36483/2024, ORD_51269/2024), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding and judge-rapporteur, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023 and UPC_CFI_223/2023, App_45837/2024 and App_45833/2024), the panel of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding, D.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_88/2024, ACT_10800/2024, ORD_28786/2024), the Hamburg Local Division (S. Klepsch, presiding and judge-rapporteur, S.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_5/2023, ACT_459762/2023, ORD_50820/2024), the presiding judge of Panel 1 of the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann), in Philips IP Ventures B.V.'s infringement action on EP 2 372 863 against Belkin and other defendants, postponed the oral…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (ACT_459771/2023, ORD_50813/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann), in Huawei Technologies' infringement action on EP 3 611 989 against Netgear, set aside point 3 of his order of 30 August 2024 appointing a…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_516/2024, ORD_50890/2024), the Hamburg Local Division (S. Klepsch, presiding and judge-rapporteur, S.
Read the analysisBy order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_165/2024, ACT_18492/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, B.
Read the analysisBy order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023, ACT_580849/2023, App_47922/2024), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thomas, presiding, B. Thom, judge-rapporteur, A.
Read the analysisBy an order of 6 September 2024 following the interim conference (UPC_CFI_15/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division prepared for trial Edwards Lifesciences' infringement action against Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences concerning EP 3 646 825 (prosthetic heart valve) and…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_166/2024, ACT_18551/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, B.
Read the analysisBy order of 5 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_486/2024, ACT_47064/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 4 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_400/2024, ORD_45723/2024, App_45575/2024), the Milan Local Division (P. Perrotti, presiding, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 3 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_49142/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Tochtermann) disregarded the rejoinder submissions of Xiaomi Technology Germany and the other defendants concerning two third-party licences, in the action brought by Panasonic Holdings…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 September 2024 (ACT_545620/2023, ORD_40296/2024), the Munich Local Division (Zigann, Kupecz, Pichlmaier, Roselinger) refused Panasonic Holdings Corporation's application to extend its infringement action on EP 3 024 163, brought against Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and OROPE Germany among others,…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_368/2024, ACT_39183/2024, App_48679/2024), the Deputy President of the Court of First Instance (C. Lignieres), on behalf of the President, dismissed the Magna companies' application for review of the allocation of the technically qualified judge in the…
Read the analysisBy a decision on the merits of 30 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_52/2023), the Munich Local Division ruled on the infringement action brought by Avago Technologies International Sales against Tesla Germany and Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg on EP 1 838 002 (programmable hybrid transmitter), directed…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_9/2024, ACT_459771/2023, ORD_49424/2024), issued after the interim conference of 29 August, the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (Zigann) organised the final stage of the interim procedure in Huawei Technologies' infringement action on…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_99/2024, ACT_11910/2024, App_43001/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas) granted the confidentiality request filed by Apple Inc.
Read the analysisBy order of 27 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023, ACT_578697/2023, ORD_48649/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières) granted Hewlett-Packard Development Company's request to hear, at the oral hearing of 2 October 2024, a witness employed by the HP…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_74/2024, ACT_9216/2024), the Munich Local Division (Zigann, Kupecz, Pichlmaier) ruled on the application for provisional measures by Hand Held Products, proprietor of the unitary patent EP 3 866 051 on barcode readers, against Scandit AG, publisher…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_201/2024, ACT_23636/2024, ORD_47657/2024), the Munich Local Division (Zigann, Schober, Pichlmaier, Dorland-Galliot) granted Syngenta Limited's application for provisional measures on EP 2 152 073 (herbicide compositions) against Sumi Agro Limited and Sumi Agro Europe Limited.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 26 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_54/2023), the Hamburg Local Division dismissed as unfounded the infringement action brought by Avago Technologies International Sales against Tesla Germany and Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg on EP 1 612 910, and partly upheld the counterclaim for…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_317/2024, ACT_35572/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Lisbon Local Division (R. Lopes) allowed Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, in its application for provisional measures on EP 2 819 131 against ASUSTek Computer, Digital River Ireland and Arvato Netherlands, to…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_336/2024, ACT_36426/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, granted the request of Aiko Energy Germany, Solarlab Aiko Europe and five other defendants to…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_75/2023, ACT_464985/2023, ORD_591107/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Central Division (A.
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_46219/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas) declared confidential information contained in the objection filed by the Magna companies and in two of its exhibits, in the provisional measures…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_230/2024, ACT_27358/2024, ORD_43896/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division (M. Haedicke) dismissed the request of Ballinno, proprietor of EP 1 944 067 and defendant to the revocation action brought by Kinexon Sports & Media, to…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023, ACT_578697/2023, ORD_47694/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division (C. Lignières) excluded from the proceedings most of the brief filed on 15 July 2024 by Hewlett-Packard Development Company and of the brief…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2023, ACT_582093/2023, ORD_14940/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (Johansson, Härmand, Bessaud, Wilhelm) dismissed the request of Meril Life Sciences and five other defendants for Edwards Lifesciences, based in the United States, to provide security of EUR 800,000…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_380/2023, ACT_582093/2023, ORD_16663/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (Johansson, Härmand, Bessaud, Wilhelm) dismissed the request of Meril Life Sciences and five other defendants to stay the infringement action on EP 3 769 722 brought by Edwards Lifesciences…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_317/2024, ACT_35572/2024, App_41354/2024), the Lisbon Local Division (R. Lopes, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, S.
Read the analysisBy order of 16 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_8/2023, ACT_459769/2023, ORD_44404/2024), the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division set the timetable for resuming Edwards Lifesciences' infringement action on EP 2 628 464 against Meril Lifesciences and other defendants, together with the counterclaims for revocation.
Read the analysisBy order of 15 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_22/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division, in the infringement action brought by 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College against Vizgen on EP 4 108 782, accepted that an application for production…
Read the analysisBy order of 14 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_498/2023, ACT_596658/2023, ORD_41184/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß) granted the confidentiality application (No.
Read the analysisBy order of 14 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_487/2023, ACT_595922/2023, ORD_41183/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß) granted the confidentiality application (No.
Read the analysisBy decision of 13 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_513/2023, ACT_597691/2023, ORD_39075/2024), the Munich Local Division permitted Network System Technologies to withdraw its infringement action on EP 1 552 669 against Texas Instruments Incorporated and Texas Instruments Deutschland, following a settlement.
Read the analysisBy order of 12 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_153/2024, ACT_16417/2024, ORD_42985/2024), the panel of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß, presiding, D. Voß, A.
Read the analysisBy order of 12 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_33/2024, APP_36807/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Vienna Local Division dismissed the application under Rule 262.1(b) RoP by DMV industrijski kontrolni sistemi, a competitor of the claimant, for access to the Statement of Claim,…
Read the analysisBy decision of 6 August 2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permits Seoul Semiconductor to withdraw its infringement action against Amazon Services Europe concerning EP 3 339 920 B1, following a settlement between the parties.
Read the analysisBy decision of 9 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_122/2024, ACT_13835/2024, App_39077/2024), the Paris Central Division (P. Catallozzi, presiding, T.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_402/2023, ACT_584295/2023, App_38165/2024, ORD_38807/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß) classified as confidential under Rule 262A RoP the unredacted version of the Dexcom companies' Rejoinder in Abbott Diabetes Care's infringement action on EP…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_278/2023, ACT_561734/2023, ORD_39257/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division (S.
Read the analysisBy order of 8 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_140/2024, ACT_15774/2024, App_41690/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division classified as confidential under Rule 262A RoP Curio Bioscience's unredacted Statement of Defence, its updated version and two exhibits, in 10x Genomics' infringement action on EP…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_41/2024, ACT_5324/2024, ORD_25797/2024), the Munich Local Division (M. Zigann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, P.
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (ORD_27411/2024, UPC_CFI_42/2024, ACT_5326/2024), the Munich Local Division refused Motorola Mobility leave to change its claims, in its action for infringement of EP 3 342 086 against Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Ericsson GmbH, so as to add…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_67/2024, ACT_8805/2024, CC_28486/2024, ORD_40041/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division (U. Voß) dismissed the request by Manfred Sauer GmbH and Mr Manfred Sauer, defendants in Qufora's infringement action on EP 2 911 727, to be…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_327/2024, ACT_36388/2024, ORD_45347/2024), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division (E. Brinkman), in Winnow Solutions' infringement action on EP 3 198 245 against Orbisk, extended to 6 September 2024 Orbisk's time to reply to the request…
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