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Avago Technologies International Sales v Renault Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_643/2026, 21 May 2026)
By order of 21 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_643/2026), the Hamburg Local Division permitted, with the defendants' consent, the withdrawal of the action for infringement of EP 2 184 891 by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisAvago Technologies International Sales v Renault Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_673/2026, 21 May 2026)
By order of 21 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_673/2026), the Hamburg Local Division permitted the withdrawal of the infringement action on EP 3 509 263 brought on 20 February 2026 by Avago Technologies International Sales against three Renault companies, which consented, and declared the…
Read the analysisOcclutech v Lepu Medical (Europe) Cooperatief (CFI, 20 May 2026)
By order of 20 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_553/2025), the Hamburg Local Division ordered two Lepu Medical group companies to pay the Court EUR 58,800 for failing to comply with the injunction granted on 21 October 2025 under Occlutech's EP 2 387 951 on…
Read the analysisAMBAFLEX INTERNATIONAL v *** (CFI, 20 May 2026)
By decision of 20 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_2286/2025), the Central Division (Paris seat) recorded Ambaflex International's withdrawal of its revocation action against EP 2 743 216, declared the proceedings closed and ordered entry in the register.
Read the analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, UPC_CFI_398/2025, 19 May 2026)
Read the French analysisBMS Innovations v BYD (CFI, 19 May 2026)
By order of 19 May 2026 in UPC_CFI_2228/2025 and UPC_CFI_1546/2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division, ruling on BYD's preliminary objection in BMS Innovations' infringement action on EP3393001, declined jurisdiction over BYD (U.K.), deferred to the main proceedings the objection concerning…
Read the analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, UPC_CFI_1321/2025, 19 May 2026)
Read the French analysisLa Siddhi Consultancy v Athena Pharmaceutiques (CFI, 19 May 2026)
By order of 19 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_927/2025), the panel of the Milan Central Division ruled on the confidentiality application by La Siddhi Consultancy, claimant in the revocation action against unitary patent EP 3 592 333 brought against Athena Pharmaceutiques and Substipharm, concerning…
Read the analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, UPC_CFI_617/2024, 19 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAbbott Diabetes Care v Sinocare (CFI, 19 May 2026)
By order of 19 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1613/2025 and UPC_CFI_943/2026), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division deferred to the main proceedings the preliminary objection raised by Sinocare Inc and the other defendants in Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.'s action for infringement of EP…
Read the analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, UPC_CFI_1340/2026, 19 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAutomobile Dacia v Avago Technologies International Sales (CFI, 18 May 2026)
By decision of 18 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1039/2025), the Paris Central Division permitted the withdrawal of the action for revocation of EP 1 903 733 brought on 6 October 2025 by Automobile Dacia S.A.
Read the analysisBARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft mbB v Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (CFI, 18 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1793/2025, 14 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1568/2025, 14 May 2026)
By order of 14 May 2026, issued in the three infringement actions UPC_CFI_1568/2025, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 brought by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) against Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co.
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1791/2025, 14 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1793/2025, 13 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 13 May 2026)
In the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_1568/2025, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 (EP 2 712 236, EP 3 836 631 and EP 3 245 744), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division refuses the Transsion defendants an extension of the deadline for their non-technical statement of…
Read the analysisNissan Deutschland v Avago Technologies International Sales (CFI, 13 May 2026)
The Paris Central Division permits Nissan Deutschland GmbH to withdraw its revocation action against EP 1 903 733, held by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1791/2025, 13 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAutomobile Dacia v Avago Technologies International Sales (CFI, 13 May 2026)
The Paris Central Division permits Automobile Dacia S.A. to withdraw its revocation action UPC_CFI_2282/2025 against EP 1 770 912, held by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisAlign Technology v Angelalign France Technology (CFI, 12 May 2026)
By order of 12 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1747/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (second panel) dismissed Align Technology's application for provisional measures against four European companies of the Angelalign group, based on the unitary patent EP 4 295 806 on a method of designing…
Read the analysis1 (CFI, UPC_CFI_777/2025, 12 May 2026)
Read the French analysisEdwards Lifesciences v Meril Life Sciences (CFI, 12 May 2026)
By decision of 12 May 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_775/2025, UPC_CFI_776/2025 and UPC_CFI_777/2025, the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division permitted, after a settlement, the cross-withdrawals by Edwards Lifesciences and the Meril group of their applications for cost decisions following the decision on the…
Read the analysis1 (CFI, UPC_CFI_776/2025, 12 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAvient Protective Materials v Xingi (CFI, 11 May 2026)
In an order of 11 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_478/2025 and UPC_CFI_585/2026), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division partly grants Avient Protective Materials' application for production of evidence (Rule 190 RoP) against the Xingi Group, in an infringement action on EP 2 791…
Read the analysisYangtze Memory v Micron (CFI, 11 May 2026)
In an order of 11 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1034/2025 and UPC_CFI_931/2026, EP 3 909 047), the Düsseldorf Local Division grants Yangtze Memory Technologies the confidentiality protection it sought for a TechInsights technical report (Exhibit BB 24) and for the passages of its reply…
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_1793/2025, 8 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion (CFI, UPC_CFI_11568/2025, 8 May 2026)
Read the French analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 8 May 2026)
Following the case management hearing of 5 March 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division directs, in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_1568/2025, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 between Ericsson and Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co.
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna Netherlands (CFI, UPC_CFI_616/2025, 7 May 2026)
In the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_616/2025 and UPC_CFI_1439/2025 concerning EP 2 590 626, held by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division dismisses two applications: GSK's request for five party experts to be heard in person, and Moderna's third request…
Read the analysisOttobock v Wilhelm Julius Teufel (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In an order of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1928/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division rejects Ottobock's application for provisional measures based on EP 3 001 984 B1 against Wilhelm Julius Teufel GmbH, distributor of the 'Kneuro microprocessor' prosthetic knee system (models BR4B/BR4C) made by…
Read the analysisGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals v Moderna Netherlands (CFI, UPC_CFI_1439/2025, 7 May 2026)
Read the French analysisOttobock v BrainPortfolio (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In an order of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1927/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division rejects Ottobock's application for provisional measures based on EP 3 001 984 B1 against BrainPortfolio Inc.
Read the analysisYEALINK (XIAMEN) NETWORK v BARCO (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In a decision of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_2265/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division assesses, under Rule 150 RoP, the costs owed by Barco to Yealink after the dismissal of the applications for provisional measures based on EP 3 732 827…
Read the analysisOmnia Technologies v Sidel Participations (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In an order of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_799/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division dismisses Sidel Participations' preliminary objection to the action for a declaration of non-infringement brought on 3 March 2026 by Omnia Technologies, ACMI and ACMI Labelling over EP…
Read the analysisSILIMED Indústria de Implantes Ltda v Polytech Health & Aesthetics (CFI, 7 May 2026)
In an order of 7 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_481/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division upholds the defendants' preliminary objections and dismisses as inadmissible SILIMED's infringement action against Polytech Health & Aesthetics and seven other defendants, since the UPC lacks competence over…
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v ASUSTek Computer (CFI, UPC_CFI_539/2025, 6 May 2026)
Read the French analysisHorl 1993 v Magna-Tec e.K (CFI, 6 May 2026)
In a decision of 6 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_388/2025), the Hamburg Local Division rules on Horl 1993's infringement action against Magna-Tec concerning the 'Trinity-S' knife sharpener, under the unitary patent EP 4 117 857 B1 (roller sharpener).
Read the analysisOTEC Präzisionsfinish v ANCA Europe (CFI, 6 May 2026)
In an order of 6 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1536/2026), issued without prior hearing of the respondent, the Düsseldorf Local Division allows OTEC Präzisionsfinish to have the ANCA EPX-SF vibratory finishing machine inspected on ANCA Europe's stand at the GrindingHub trade fair in Stuttgart…
Read the analysisTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v ASUSTek Computer (CFI, UPC_CFI_757/2024, 6 May 2026)
In a decision of 6 May 2026 given in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_757/2024 and UPC_CFI_539/2025), the Lisbon Local Division held that ASUSTek Computer infringed Ericsson’s EP 2 819 131 (an inductor arrangement reducing oscillator coupling), which expired…
Read the analysisHurom v NUC Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_336/2025, 5 May 2026)
By order of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_336/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permitted Hurom to withdraw its application for a costs decision against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK, after the Court of Appeal set aside the decision of 11 March…
Read the analysisMaxell v Samsung Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_196/2025, 5 May 2026)
Following the interim conference of 30 April 2026 in infringement action UPC_CFI_196/2025 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_665/2025 concerning EP 2 403 266, held by Maxell, Ltd., the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division sets the value of the proceedings and organises the…
Read the analysisHurom v NUC Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_335/2025, 5 May 2026)
By order of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_335/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permitted Hurom to withdraw its application for a costs decision against NUC Electronics Co., after the Court of Appeal set aside the decision of 11 March 2025 and…
Read the analysisBrita v Ningbo Blue Pluser Appliance (CFI, 5 May 2026)
In an order of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1881/2025), the Hamburg Local Division orders Ningbo Blue Pluser Appliance, which failed to comply with the information obligation in the provisional measures order of 9 December 2025 obtained by Brita (EP 2 131 940 B1),…
Read the analysisHurom v NUC Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_159/2024, 5 May 2026)
In an order of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_159/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division permits Hurom to withdraw its requests for penalty payments against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK (EP 2 028 981), made in enforcement proceedings (Rule 354.4 RoP) that…
Read the analysisMaxell v Samsung Electronics (CFI, UPC_CFI_665/2025, 5 May 2026)
Read the French analysisAgathon v Intercom (CFI, 5 May 2026)
In a decision of 5 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_727/2024 and UPC_CFI_493/2025), the Milan Local Division rules on Agathon's infringement action against Intercom (manufacturer) and Knarr Vertriebs (distributor) on EP 2 363 263 B1 (centring device for a forming tool), and on Intercom's counterclaim…
Read the analysisHurom Co v NUC Electronics Co (CFI, 5 May 2026)
By order of 5 May 2026 the Mannheim Local Division permits Hurom to withdraw its request for penalty payments against NUC Electronics, after the Court of Appeal had set aside the infringement decision concerning EP 2 028 981, declares the enforcement proceedings…
Read the analysisAdvanSix Resins & Chemicals v Krahn Chemie Benelux (CFI, UPC_CFI_2028/2025, 4 May 2026)
In an order delivered on 30 April 2026 and reasoned in writing on 4 May 2026, in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_2028/2025 and UPC_CFI_2031/2025, the single judge of The Hague Local Division dismisses Krahn Chemie Benelux's request for review (Rule 197.3 RoP) of the…
Read the analysisOTEC Präzisionsfinish v STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_885/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division sets aside the order for inspection and preservation of evidence it had granted on 22 September 2025 without hearing STEROS GPA Innovative, since OTEC Präzisionsfinish brought no action on the…
Read the analysisTopsoe v SYPOX (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1696/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division rules on SYPOX's request for review (Rule 197.3 RoP) and its request to recuse the experts, both directed at the order for inspection and preservation of evidence issued without hearing…
Read the analysisAdvanSix Resins & Chemicals v Krahn Chemie Benelux (CFI, UPC_CFI_2031/2025, 4 May 2026)
Read the French analysisSimmons & Simmons LLP v ORGANON HEIST (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1167/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Brussels Local Division corrects a clerical mistake (Rule 353 RoP) in the name of one of Genentech and F.
Read the analysisGilead Sciences v Academy of Military Medical Sciences (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In a decision of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_552/2025), the Milan Central Division grants Gilead Sciences' revocation action and revokes in its entirety the Academy of Military Medical Sciences' unitary patent EP 3 854 403, which claimed the use of remdesivir to treat…
Read the analysisMiele & Cie. v Melitta Europa (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_1148/2026), the Munich Local Division admits the withdrawal, consented to by Melitta, of Miele's application for provisional measures concerning vacuum cleaner bags (EP 4 676 295 B1), made after the panel indicated that the validity…
Read the analysisDyson Technology v Dreame International (Hongkong) (CFI, 4 May 2026)
In an order of 4 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_851/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Hamburg Local Division refuses, for the time being, to stay Dyson's infringement action against Dreame and five other defendants (EP 3 119 235), whether pending the Court of Appeal's preliminary…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026)
At the defendants' request, and with no objection from Dolby International AB or the intervener Vectis IP Ltd., the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division corrects an obvious error in the order of 1 May 2026 in proceedings UPC_CFI_1536/2025, UPC_CFI_982/2026 and UPC_CFI_1168/2026…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026, doc. 2)
By order of 8 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_1536/2025, UPC_CFI_982/2026 and UPC_CFI_1168/2026), the panel of The Hague Local Division dismissed the request for review under Rule 333 RoP of the judge-rapporteur's order of 1 May 2026, which had held admissible Acer's counterclaim for rate-setting…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, UPC_CFI_1536/2025, 1 May 2026, doc. 3)
Read the French analysisGUALA PACK v LD Packaging (Foshan) (CFI, 30 April 2026)
In an order of 30 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_840/2026), the Milan Local Division allows Guala Pack to have its statement of claim served on LD Packaging (Foshan), a Chinese company, at its stand at the Interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf from 7 to…
Read the analysisDolby International v CPYou (CFI, 30 April 2026)
By procedural order of 30 April 2026, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division records the exchanges at the case management hearing held online and behind closed doors on 23 February 2026 in the infringement action brought by Dolby International AB against…
Read the analysisCanon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, UPC_CFI_351/2024, 30 April 2026)
In an order of 30 April 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_351/2024 and UPC_CFI_595/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses the confidentiality application filed by Katun and General Plastic after the decision on the merits of 11 February 2026, concerning…
Read the analysisAvago Technologies International Sales v Telefónica Germany (CFI, 30 April 2026)
The Düsseldorf Local Division orders that 50% of the court fees paid in infringement action UPC_CFI_1648/2025 (EP 1 954 091), namely EUR 7,500, be reimbursed to Avago Technologies International Sales Pte.
Read the analysisCanon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, UPC_CFI_595/2024, 30 April 2026)
Read the French analysisIQIP v TMS Technical & Maritime Supplies (CFI, UPC_CFI_721/2025, 29 April 2026)
In an order of 29 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_721/2025 and the counterclaim UPC_CFI_1695/2025, the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division partly grants TMS's request for production of evidence under Rule 190 RoP.
Read the analysisTGI Sport Suomi v AIM Sport Development AG v (CFI, 29 April 2026)
Read the French analysisIQIP v TMS Technical & Maritime Supplies (CFI, UPC_CFI_1695/2025, 29 April 2026)
Read the French analysisAIM Sport Development v TGI Sport Suomi (CFI, ACT_551054/2023, 29 April 2026)
By order of 29 April 2026 (ACT_551054/2023, action UPC_CFI_214/2023), the Helsinki Local Division disposed of the application for provisional measures brought in July 2023 by AIM Sport Development against five TGI Sport companies on the basis of EP 3 295 663 as…
Read the analysisAIM Sport Development v TGI Sport Suomi (CFI, UPC_CFI_214/2023, 29 April 2026)
By decision of 29 April 2026, given in infringement action UPC_CFI_214/2023 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_403/2025, the Helsinki Local Division dismisses both: AIM Sport Development AG’s patent EP 3 295 663 is upheld as granted, but TGI Sport’s SVB System infringes it…
Read the analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_52/2025, 28 April 2026)
Read the French analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_47/2025, 28 April 2026)
In a procedural order of 28 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_47/2025 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_68/2025 (EP 3 281 569), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division sets out, under Rule 332 RoP, how CUP&CINO and ALPINA must restructure…
Read the analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_67/2025, 28 April 2026)
Read the French analysisCUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb v ALPINA Coffee Systems (CFI, UPC_CFI_68/2025, 28 April 2026)
Read the French analysisDai Nippon Printing v Zapp (CFI, 28 April 2026)
In an order of 28 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_869/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division refers to the full panel the decision on the objection of late filing (Rule 9.2 RoP) raised by Dai Nippon Printing against Zapp's rejoinder in the revocation…
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 27 April 2026)
By order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_140/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division orders the release of the EUR 200,000 security that Curio Bioscience Inc. deposited in the UPC security account under the order of 3 December 2024.
Read the analysisElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute v Hisense Gorenje Germany (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In a decision of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_716/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division corrects of its own motion, under Rule 353 RoP, section V of the operative part of its decision of 16 February 2026 in the dispute between ETRI and Hisense Gorenje…
Read the analysisCardo Systems v Shenzhen Ziwu Chuangxin Technology (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In an order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1902/2025), the Milan Local Division dismisses Cardo Systems' application for an alternative method of service (Rule 275 RoP) of its statement of claim on Shenzhen Ziwu Chuangxin Technology and Resosport, based in mainland China and…
Read the analysisTeleflex Life Sciences II v Speed Care Mineral (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In a decision of 27 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_685/2024 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_157/2025, the Hamburg Local Division holds that Speed Care Mineral's counterclaim succeeds and that Teleflex Life Sciences II's action against the SpeedM haemostatic dressing must…
Read the analysisIn(k)control v Esko-Software (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In an order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_871/2026), the President of the Court of First Instance dismisses the application by Esko-Software and Esko-Graphics to change the language of the infringement action brought against them by In(k)control before the Brussels Local Division from…
Read the analysisfiskaly v SwissBit (CFI, 27 April 2026)
In an order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1332/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division grants, without hearing the respondents, fiskaly's application for inspection and preservation of evidence concerning the "Swissbit Cloud-TSE 2" service of SwissBit AG and Swissbit Germany AG (EP 4 285 308).
Read the analysisStratasys v Bambulab (CFI, 24 April 2026)
In an order of 24 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_305/2026), The Hague Local Division dismisses Stratasys' application for provisional measures against Bambulab under EP 2 964 450, on an additive manufacturing method using purge towers, directed at BambuLab H2C 3D printers.
Read the analysisQUANTIFICARE v Canfield Scientific (CFI, UPC_CFI_559/2024, 23 April 2026)
In a decision pronounced on 23 April 2026 in the infringement action UPC_CFI_559/2024 and the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_106/2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division holds that the counterclaim is unfounded and that Quantificare's action against Canfield Scientific and others, directed at the "Vectra…
Read the analysisQUANTIFICARE v Canfield Scientific (CFI, UPC_CFI_106/2025, 23 April 2026)
Read the French analysisAdvanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CFI, 23 April 2026)
By order of 19 May 2026, Panel 2 of the Munich Local Division corrects, on the ground of clerical error, its order of 23 April 2026 in the infringement action brought by Advanced Standard Communication LLC against XIAOMI Inc.
Read the analysis3V Sigma v A.C.E.F (CFI, 22 April 2026)
By order of 22 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2052/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division stayed, at MFCI's request and with the express consent of all other parties, the infringement action brought by 3V Sigma and 3V Chimica Porto Marghera against A.G.A., A.C.E.F.
Read the analysisHuntsman (EUROPE) v BASF (CFI, 22 April 2026)
In a decision of 22 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_461/2025), the Paris Central Division, ruling on the revocation action brought by Huntsman (Europe) and Huntsman Holland against BASF's EP 1 516 720, on a composite element containing a polyurethane adhesion promoter, holds that the…
Read the analysisDainese v Alpinestars (CFI, 21 April 2026)
In a decision of 21 April 2026, the Milan Local Division ruled on Dainese's infringement action against Alpinestars S.p.A., Alpinestars Research and Motocard Bike, and on the counterclaims for revocation, concerning EP 4 072 364 (an inflatable protective device of the airbag…
Read the analysisNokia Technologies v Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (CFI, 20 April 2026)
By an order of 20 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1291/2026), made without hearing the respondents, the Mannheim Local Division prohibits Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Hangzhou Geely New Energy Vehicle Sales from pursuing before the Chinese courts an application for a worldwide 'interim licence'…
Read the analysisESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG v WEPA NEDERLAND (CFI, 17 April 2026)
By an order of 17 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1103/2026), made without hearing the defendant, the single judge of The Hague Local Division authorises Essity Hygiene and Health to carry out, at WEPA Nederland's premises, a detailed description, the taking of samples and the…
Read the analysisCompagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin v Goodyear France (CFI, 16 April 2026)
In a decision of 16 April 2026 in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_138/2025) and the counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_522/2025), the Paris Local Division revokes in its entirety, for France, Michelin's EP 2 323 858 B1 on a variable surface area tyre tread, and…
Read the analysisCorning v TCL Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_414/2025, 16 April 2026)
Read the French analysisBrita v Wessper (CFI, 16 April 2026)
In a decision on the merits delivered on 16 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_779/2024), in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Brita's indirect infringement action against Wessper, a Polish maker of 'AquaMax' filter cartridges for Brita's 'PerfectFit' jugs, under EP 1 748 830…
Read the analysisPrinoth v Xelom (CFI, 16 April 2026)
By an order of 16 April 2026, issued in Italian in proceedings UPC_CFI_703/2025 and UPC_CFI_1757/2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division grants Prinoth a thirty-day extension, to 27 May 2026, of the time limit for its next written pleading in its…
Read the analysisCorning v TCL Deutschland (CFI, UPC_CFI_819/2024, 16 April 2026)
In a decision of 16 April 2026 in the joined infringement action (UPC_CFI_819/2024) and counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_414/2025), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Corning's EP 3 296 274 B1, concerning a downdraw process for producing alkali-free glass sheets for LCD substrates.
Read the analysisUmicore NV/SA v Elemental Benelux (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By an order of 14 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1612/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division classifies as confidential technical information on a defendant's process, contained in the statement of defence and exhibit ES5, in Umicore's infringement action on EP 4 087 952…
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Read the French analysisKoninklijke KPN v Oleading (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By order of 13 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2246/2025), the judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division grants the parties’ joint request in the infringement action brought by Koninklijke KPN N.V.
Read the analysisBMS Innovations v BYD Company (CFI, 14 April 2026)
By an order of 14 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_2070/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Local Division rules on the preliminary objection to international jurisdiction raised by three BYD group companies in BMS Innovations' infringement action on EP 2 937 706.
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