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545 decisions recorded

Siemens Healthineers v Hologic (CoA, 15 July 2026)

15 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal Decision with commentary

In an order of 15 July 2026 (UPC_CoA_93/2026, EP 2 352 431), the Court of Appeal rejected the application by Siemens Healthineers and its affiliates for suspensive effect of their appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division's decision of 10 June 2026, which…

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Amazon.com v InterDigital VC Holdings (CoA, 15 July 2026)

15 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal Decision with commentary

In an order of 15 July 2026 (UPC_CoA_936/2025), the Court of Appeal permitted InterDigital, with Amazon's consent, to withdraw its application for provisional measures and declared closed Amazon's appeal against the Mannheim Local Division's order of 22 December 2025, which had rejected…

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Network System Technologies v Qualcomm (CoA, 15 July 2026)

15 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal Decision with commentary

In an order of 15 July 2026 common to the five appeals UPC_CoA_68/2026 to UPC_CoA_72/2026 against the Munich Local Division's decisions of 11 March 2026 in the dispute between Network System Technologies LLC (NST) and Qualcomm, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of…

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Xingi v Avient Protective Materials (CoA, 14 July 2026)

14 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal Decision with commentary

In an order of 14 July 2026 (UPC_CoA_76/2026, EP 2 791 402), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal extended until service of the appeal decision the suspensive effect granted on 26 May 2026 to Xingi Technology and Jiangsu Jiuzhou Xingji against…

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Fujifilm v Kodak (CoA, UPC_CoA_474/2025, 13 July 2026)

13 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In a decision of 13 July 2026, the Court of Appeal ruled on joined appeals UPC_CoA_473/2025 and UPC_CoA_474/2025 (German designation) and UPC_CoA_873/2025 and UPC_CoA_881/2025 (UK designation) in the dispute between Fujifilm Corporation and the Kodak companies over EP 3 476 616 (lithographic…

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TIRU v VEOLIA PROPRETE (CoA, 13 July 2026)

13 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 13 July 2026, given in the three joined appeal proceedings PR-UPC-CoA-79/2026, 80/2026 and 81/2026 (including the present one, UPC_CoA_79/2026, against Veolia Propreté), the Court of Appeal grants the withdrawal of TIRU's appeals against the decision of the Paris…

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Adobe v KEEEX (CoA, 10 July 2026)

10 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

In an order of 10 July 2026 (UPC_CoA_95/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal rejects the request for discretionary review lodged by Adobe Inc. and Adobe Systems Software Ireland against the order of the Paris Local Division of 1 June…

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AIM Sport Development v TGI Sport Suomi (CoA, 8 July 2026)

8 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In an order of 8 July 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal held that the court fees paid by AIM Sport Development AG for its appeal against the Helsinki Local Division's order of 29 April 2026 (ACT_551054/2023, EP 3 295…

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Bekaert Combustion v Polidoro (CoA, UPC_CoA_30/2026, 6 July 2026)

6 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 6 July 2026, given in joined appeal proceedings UPC_CoA_29/2026 and UPC_CoA_30/2026, the Court of Appeal permits the withdrawal of the appeals brought by Bekaert Combustion Technology and NV Bekaert against the decision of the Mannheim Local Division of…

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Rematec v Europe Forestry (CoA, 3 July 2026)

3 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

In an order of 3 July 2026, given in joined appeal proceedings UPC_CoA_302/2025 and UPC_CoA_305/2025, the Court of Appeal rejects Rematec's application under Rule 333 for review of the judge-rapporteur's order of 30 March 2026.

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*** v AMYCEL (CoA, 2 July 2026)

2 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic application Decision with commentary

In an order of 2 July 2026 (UPC_CoA_935/2025), the Court of Appeal orders the appellant, a natural person doing business in Poland whose name is redacted, to provide security of EUR 28,000 for the costs of AMYCEL, LLC within three weeks of…

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IPG Laser v TRUMPF Laser UK (CoA, UPC_CoA_59/2026, 1 July 2026)

1 July 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 1 July 2026 in the joined appeal proceedings PR-UPC-CoA-58/2026 and PR-UPC-CoA-59/2026, the Court of Appeal allows IPG Laser to withdraw its appeals against the Mannheim Local Division decision of 24 February 2026 (EP 2 951 625), declares the…

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Nera Innovations v Xiaomi Communications (CoA, 30 June 2026)

30 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Other Decision with commentary

By order of 30 June 2026, made in appeals UPC_CoA_692/2025 and UPC_CoA_854/2025 against the decision of the Hamburg Local Division of 10 July 2025 concerning EP 2 642 632, the Court of Appeal disregards a private expert opinion and a handbook extract…

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Huawei v Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (CoA, 29 June 2026)

29 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application RoP262.1 (b) Decision with commentary

Decisions of the judge-rapporteur on public access to written pleadings and evidence under Rule 262.1(b) RoP are subject to review by the panel under Rule 333, whose notion of a case management decision or order calls for a broad interpretation (para.

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Suinno Mobile & AI Licensing v Microsoft (CoA, 29 June 2026)

29 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application to leave to appeal a cost decision (RoP221) Decision with commentary

The standing judge of the Court of Appeal refused Suinno leave to appeal, under Rule 221 RoP, the cost decision of the Paris Central Division of 31 March 2026, which had awarded Microsoft EUR 300,000 out of a claimed EUR 360,940.60 following…

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VALEO SYSTEMES D’ESSUYAGE v ROBERT BOSCH FRANCE (CoA, 22 June 2026)

22 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.2 Decision with commentary

The Court of Appeal sets aside two orders of the judge-rapporteur of the Paris Central Division, which had declined jurisdiction and referred to the Düsseldorf Local Division the infringement action brought by Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage against six Bosch group companies, including a…

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Speed Care Mineral v Teleflex Life Sciences II (CoA, 10 June 2026)

10 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

In an order of 10 June 2026 (UPC_CoA_85/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal dismisses Speed Care Mineral's request for discretionary review of the EUR 1 million value set for the counterclaim for revocation by the Hamburg Local Division in…

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SharkNinja Operating v Groupe SEB France (CoA, 10 June 2026)

10 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In an order of 10 June 2026, given in appeal UPC_CoA_61/2026 brought by SharkNinja against the refusal of provisional measures by the Paris Local Division on 10 April 2026, the UPC Court of Appeal (panel presided over by Judge Kalden, with Judge…

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Kodak v Fujifilm (CoA, UPC_CoA_312/2025, 2 June 2026)

2 June 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In its decision of 2 June 2026 on joined appeals UPC_CoA_312/2025, UPC_CoA_333/2025, UPC_CoA_880/2025 and UPC_CoA_882/2025, the Court of Appeal sets aside both decisions of the Mannheim Local Division that had found Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH and Kodak Holding GmbH liable…

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Hurom v NUC Electronics (CoA, 26 May 2026)

26 May 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By decision of 26 May 2026 (UPC_CoA_916/2025), the Court of Appeal permitted Hurom to withdraw its appeal against the decision of the Mannheim Local Division of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_162/2024) in its dispute with NUC Electronics over EP 2 028 981, declared…

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Advanced Standard Communication v Motorola Mobility (CoA, 26 May 2026)

26 May 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By order of 26 May 2026 (UPC_CoA_74/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal rejected Advanced Standard Communication LLC's (ASC) request for discretionary review of the order of 24 April 2026 in which the panel of the Munich Local Division required…

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Advanced Standard Communication v XIAOMI (CoA, 19 May 2026)

19 May 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By order of 19 May 2026 (UPC_CoA_67/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal rejected the request for discretionary review and the application for suspensive effect lodged by Advanced Standard Communication LLC (ASC) against the Munich Local Division's order of 23…

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ADOBE v KEEEX (CoA, 8 May 2026)

8 May 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

In an order of 8 May 2026 (UPC_CoA_35/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal rejects Adobe's request for discretionary review (Rule 220.3 RoP) of the Paris Local Division's refusal to dismiss, under Rule 334(h) RoP, KEEEX's claims concerning non-UPC parts…

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Adobe v KEEEX (CoA, 30 April 2026)

30 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.2 Decision with commentary

In an order of 30 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_1/2026), the Court of Appeal dismisses as wholly inadmissible Adobe's immediate appeal against the Paris Local Division's order of 19 December 2025 setting at EUR 50,000 the security for costs to be provided by KEEEX…

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Optopol Technology v Topcon (CoA, 28 April 2026)

28 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

In an order of 28 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_56/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal dismisses Optopol's request for discretionary review of the Düsseldorf Local Division's order of 1 April 2026.

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Niche Biomedical v ONWARD Medical (CoA, 27 April 2026)

27 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application For Costs Decision with commentary

In a decision of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_60/2026), the presiding judge and rapporteur of the Court of Appeal allows, by analogy with Rule 265.1 RoP, the withdrawal of the application for the determination of costs (Rule 151) filed the same day by…

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Merz Pharmaceuticals v Viatris Santé (CoA, 27 April 2026)

27 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By order of 27 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_917/2025), the Court of Appeal sets aside the Paris Local Division order of 21 November 2025, which had refused Merz’s application for provisional measures as out of time, and prohibits Viatris Santé, in France and until…

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Abbott Diabetes Care v Sinocare (CoA, 17 April 2026)

17 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By order of 17 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_901/2025), the Court of Appeal holds admissible and well founded the appeal brought by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. against the order of The Hague Local Division of 22 October 2025, which had refused its application for…

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Guardant Health v Sophia Genetics (CoA, 17 April 2026)

17 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application to leave to appeal a cost decision (RoP221) Decision with commentary

By an order of 17 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_49/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal grants Guardant Health leave to appeal the Paris Local Division's order of 16 March 2026, which had ordered it to pay EUR 600,000 in representation costs…

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Belkin International v Koninklijke Philips (CoA, 16 April 2026)

16 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By order of 16 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_54/2026), the Court of Appeal rejects the requests of Belkin International Inc., Belkin B.V. and Belkin Limited for an extension of the time limit to provide the information required by Rule 225(e) or, in the alternative,…

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La Siddhi Consultancy v Athena Pharmaceutiques (CoA, 14 April 2026)

14 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 223 Decision with commentary

By an order of 14 April 2026 (UPC_CoA_48/2026), the Court of Appeal rejects La Siddhi Consultancy's application for suspensive effect against the Milan Central Division's order of 13 March 2026, which required it to provide EUR 75,000 security for costs in its…

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VALEO SYSTEMES D’ESSUYAGE v ROBERT BOSCH FRANCE (CoA, 3 April 2026)

3 April 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Simultaneous Interpretation Decision with commentary

By order of 3 April 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal dismisses the request for simultaneous French/English interpretation made by the Bosch companies, respondents in Valeo Systèmes d’essuyage’s joined appeals (UPC_CoA_4/2026 and UPC_CoA_13/2026) against the orders of the Paris Central…

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Amazon.com v InterDigital VC Holdings (CoA, 30 March 2026)

30 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.2 Decision with commentary

In an order of 30 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_12/2026), the Court of Appeal sets aside the orders of the Mannheim Local Division of 27 November 2025 and 16 January 2026 and allows Amazon to take notes of the audio recording of a hearing…

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Sinocare v Abbott Diabetes Care (CoA, 30 March 2026)

30 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By order of 30 March 2026, the Court of Appeal rules on the appeal of Sinocare and A. Menarini Diagnostics against the order of The Hague Local Division of 17 October 2025, which, at the request of Abbott Diabetes Care, had granted…

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Rematec v Europe Forestry (CoA, 30 March 2026)

30 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application For Costs Decision with commentary

In an order of 30 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_302/2025 and UPC_CoA_305/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal dismisses Rematec's request to refer its cost-fixing application to the Mannheim Local Division with an instruction that the Court of Appeal filing date count as…

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NUC Electronics Europe v Hurom (CoA, 27 March 2026)

27 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In a decision of 27 March 2026 in the joined appeals UPC_CoA_409/2025, UPC_CoA_410/2025 and UPC_CoA_420/2025, the Court of Appeal sets aside the two orders of 11 March 2025 in which the Mannheim Local Division had found infringement of EP 2 028 981…

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ONWARD Medical v Niche Biomedical (CoA, 27 March 2026)

27 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By order of 27 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_898/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal (Judges Voß, presiding and judge rapporteur, van den Broek, Sabotier, and technically qualified Judges Elmeros and Schenkl) dismissed ONWARD Medical's appeal against the Munich Local Division's refusal of provisional measures…

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SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND v AMGEN (CoA, 25 March 2026)

25 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By decision of 25 March 2026, the Court of Appeal permits, with Amgen’s consent, the withdrawal of the applications for rehearing filed by Sanofi and Regeneron against the decision of 25 November 2025 that had set aside the revocation of EP 3…

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Sanofi Biotechnology v Amgen (CoA, 24 March 2026)

24 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In a decision of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_641/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal allowed Sanofi Biotechnology SAS and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. to withdraw their appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division decision of 13 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_505/2023, EP 3 536 712), which dismissed…

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Amgen v Sanofi Biotechnology (CoA, 24 March 2026)

24 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In a decision of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_646/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal allowed Amgen N.V. and six other Amgen companies to withdraw their appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division decision of 13 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_505/2023, EP 3 536 712), insofar as…

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Applicant *** v Amycel (CoA, 24 March 2026)

24 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Application Rop 223 Decision with commentary

In an order of 24 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_935/2025), the Court of Appeal declares inadmissible the second application for suspensive effect filed by the appellant, the defendant found liable by default by The Hague Local Division on 21 October 2025 for infringing Amycel's…

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EOFLOW v Insulet (CoA, 18 March 2026)

18 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.2 Decision with commentary

In an order of 18 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_930/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal dismissed EOFlow Co., Ltd.'s appeal against the Milan Central Division order of 4 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_1167/2025), which had refused to treat as confidential under Rule 262.2 business information disclosed…

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Ecovacs Robotics v Roborock (HK) (CoA, 16 March 2026)

16 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

By an order of 16 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_3/2026), the Court of Appeal rejected Ecovacs Robotics' appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division's order of 19 December 2025 which, on Roborock (HK)'s request for review, had revoked the ex parte order for inspection and…

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A. Menarini Diagnostics v F. Hoffmann-La Roche (CoA, 11 March 2026)

11 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Appeal RoP220.1 Decision with commentary

In a decision of 11 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_934/2025), the UPC Court of Appeal allowed F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Roche Diabetes Care GmbH, following a settlement, to withdraw their application for provisional measures based on EP 1 962 668, which the Düsseldorf…

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Angelalign France Technology v Align Technology (CoA, 10 March 2026)

10 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By an order of 10 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_37/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal dismissed the request for discretionary review (Rule 220.3 RoP) filed by the Angelalign companies against the Düsseldorf Local Division's order of 26 February 2026 which, in…

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Black Sheep Retail Products v HL Display (CoA, 6 March 2026)

6 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 6 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_895/2025 and UPC_CoA_896/2025), the Court of Appeal permitted Black Sheep Retail Products, with HL Display's consent, to withdraw its appeal against the Hague Local Division's decision of 10 October 2025 (EP 2 432 351) and…

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Hurom v NUC Electronics (CoA, 4 March 2026)

4 March 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 4 March 2026 (UPC_CoA_678/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Court of Appeal rejected Hurom's request to file a further reply after NUC's Statement of Response and cross-appeal, in the appeal against the Paris Local Division decision of 23 May…

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Sibio v Abbott Diabetes Care (CoA, 27 February 2026)

27 February 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 27 February 2026 (UPC_CoA_884/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the UPC Court of Appeal rejected Sibio Technology Limited's request under Rule 36 for a further exchange of written pleadings in its appeal against the Paris Central Division's dismissal of its…

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EOFlow v Insulet (CoA, 26 February 2026)

26 February 2026 CoA / Luxembourg (LU) / Request for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3) Decision with commentary

By order of 26 February 2026 (UPC_CoA_34/2026), the standing judge of the Court of Appeal dismissed as inadmissible EOFlow's request for discretionary review and its auxiliary request for leave to appeal.

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