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In a procedural order of 30 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_2660/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered service of the statement of claim for infringement of EP 3 574 526 on the representative of Lexar Europe B.V., which accepted it.
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 26 October 2026, issued in German (UPC_CFI_672/2026 and UPC_CFI_2175/2026, EP 1 934 794 B1), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division classifies as confidential the highlighted information in the defendants’ rejoinder of 19 October 2026 and its…
Read the analysisThis entry corresponds to the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_68/2025, decided by the Düsseldorf Local Division on 22 October 2026 in respect of EP 3 281 569 B1, together with the infringement action UPC_CFI_47/2025.
Read the analysisBy a decision of 22 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_47/2025, counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_68/2025), Panel 2 of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses the action brought by CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co.
Read the analysisBy a decision of 22 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_52/2025, counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_67/2025), Panel 2 of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses the action brought by CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co.
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_307/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Aesculap’s application to rectify its decision on the merits of 1 September 2026 concerning EP 2 892 442 B1.
Read the analysisBy an order of 12 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_1696/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, sitting as a full panel, upheld the judge-rapporteur’s order of 21 August 2026 on the disclosure of confidential information concerning the Pilot 1 plant.
Read the analysisBy an order of 8 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_1332/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division set the terms on which the detailed description prepared by the court-appointed expert, following the inspection and preservation of evidence proceedings brought by fiskaly against Swissbit, may be released.
Read the analysisBy decision of 6 October 2026 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_137/2025 (infringement) and UPC_CFI_512/2025 (counterclaim for revocation), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed both Inficon's infringement action against Elitech Technology and Elitech UK, directed at the METRUM sniffing leak detector, and the counterclaim…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_2660/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division authorised Micron Technology to serve its statement of claim for infringement (EP 3 574 526) on Lexar Europe, the second defendant, established in the Netherlands, through a Dutch…
Read the analysisBy order of 7 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_1332/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on a request for review under Rule 197.3 RoP by SwissBit AG and Swissbit Germany AG, upheld in substance the order for inspection and preservation of evidence granted without hearing the…
Read the analysisBy order of 4 September 2026 (UPC_CFI_11/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division released the security for costs of EUR 150,000 (EUR 75,000 per appeal) provided by Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump on the order of the Court of Appeal, in its dispute with…
Read the analysisThe Düsseldorf Local Division classifies as confidential, under Rule 262A RoP, the information to be provided under sections III.2 and III.3 of the decision given the same day in UPC_CFI_297/2025 (EP 2 080 349).
Read the analysisBy order of 27 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_307/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division confirmed under Rule 365.1 RoP the settlement reached by Aesculap AG with Shanghai Bojin Medical Instrument and Shanghai Bojin Electric Instrument & Device in the infringement action on EP 2 892…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_1696/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the release to Topsoe of the experts' detailed description drawn up after the inspection and preservation order of 25 and 26 November 2025, executed at SYPOX's…
Read the analysisIn a decision on the merits of 25 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_56/2025 and UPC_CFI_864/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the infringement action on EP 3 402 420 (a dental rotary osteotome with helical flutes) brought by Versah LLC, an exclusive sub-licensee, against…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_466/2025 and UPC_CFI_869/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, in Dai Nippon Printing's infringement action on EP 3 805 415 against Zapp AG and Zapp Precision Metals, allowed the claimant to engage, at its own cost, interpreters from…
Read the analysisIn an order of 20 August 2026, issued in German in the provisional measures proceedings UPC_CFI_2788/2026 concerning EP 3 645 903, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Valeo Electrification's confidentiality application against SEG Automotive Germany GmbH.
Read the analysisIn an order of 17 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_996/2025, UPC_CFI_737/2026 and UPC_CFI_742/2026, EP 3 003 087), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division provisionally admits Boa Technologies Inc.'s auxiliary requests 1bis to 12bis and defers its application under Rule 30.2 RoP to the…
Read the analysisOn Micron’s application for protection of technical information on the Z01M chip, produced in support of a prior user right, the Local Division refuses an attorneys’ eyes only regime (paras.
Read the analysisIn an order of 13 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_256/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division designates as confidential, under Art. 58 UPCA and Rule 262.2 RoP, the passages of the cost-fixing submissions concerning hourly rates, billing and time spent by the parties'…
Read the analysisBy order of 13 August 2026, issued in German (UPC_CFI_256/2025), the presiding judge, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, set the value of the provisional measures proceedings UPC_CFI_486/2024 at EUR 1,000,000 and stayed the cost-fixing proceedings brought by Light Guide…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 5 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_181/2025, counterclaims UPC_CFI_497/2025 and UPC_CFI_516/2025, EP 2 726 883), the Düsseldorf Local Division, following a settlement, allows the withdrawals by QIAGEN Sciences, LLC and by bioMérieux S.A.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 4 August 2026 (UPC_CFI_1536/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the parties' joint request and under Rule 365.1 RoP, confirms the settlement reached between OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH and ANCA Europe GmbH after the order for inspection and preservation of…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 August 2026, published on the register on 13 October 2026, the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered, without hearing the defendants, the inspection and preservation of evidence concerning the BioCapture SDK and the T3K BioCapture application, at the request…
Read the analysisIn an order of 27 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_226/2024, App_57167/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division grants a lawyer, as a member of the public, access to the statement of claim and part of the exhibits in Dolby International's action against three…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 July 2026, issued in cases UPC_CFI_1923/2025 and UPC_CFI_1062/2026, the Düsseldorf Local Division stayed with immediate effect Dolby International's infringement action against Beko Germany and Arçelik (EP 3 079 153), together with the counterclaim for revocation.
Read the analysisIn an order of 24 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_226/2024, App_11638/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division grants the firm Vereenigde Octrooibureaux, as a member of the public, limited access to the statement of claim in Dolby International's action against three Optoma companies…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 23 July 2026, given in the joined cases UPC_CFI_87/2025 and UPC_CFI_488/2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division held that eleven Disney group companies infringe, through the Disney+ service, claims 5 and 17 of InterDigital VC Holdings’ EP 2 449 782…
Read the analysisIn an order of 23 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_7/2023, App_44641/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division grants a law firm, as a member of the public, access to the pleadings and evidence of the action for infringement of EP 3 375 337…
Read the analysisIn an order of 20 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_209/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division held that the steps already taken to bring LiNA Medical's statement of claim to the attention of Defendants 1 and 2, domiciled in China, constitute good service…
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 16 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_701/2025, EP 3 548 898), the Düsseldorf Local Division, at BAG Diagnostics' request and with no objection from Imusyn, classified as confidential the settlement reached between the parties in the preliminary injunction proceedings UPC_CFI_550/2025…
Read the analysisBy order of 15 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_998/2025, UPC_CFI_738/2026 and UPC_CFI_743/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division regularised Boa Technologies' pleadings (reply, application to amend EP 3 777 595 and defence to the counterclaim) filed on 4 May 2026 without an electronic…
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 15 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_672/2026 and UPC_CFI_2175/2026, EP 1 934 794), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the confidentiality request filed by Deutsche Telekom and two group companies with their statement of defence, in the action brought by…
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 15 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_996/2025, together with files UPC_CFI_737/2026 and UPC_CFI_742/2026, EP 3 003 087), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division regularised the reply, application to amend the patent and defence to the counterclaim for revocation that…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 14 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_580/2025, EP 2 011 218), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with Inventronics' consent, permitted Tridonic to withdraw its infringement action, stayed since August 2025 for settlement talks, and declared the proceedings closed.
Read the analysisIn an order of 8 July 2026, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_2051/2025 (infringement action) and UPC_CFI_1653/2026 (counterclaim for revocation), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division stays, at the parties' joint request and under Rule 295(d), the dispute between the Electronics and…
Read the analysisIn an order of 2 July 2026 (UPC_CFI_1536/2026), presiding judge and rapporteur Thomas of the Düsseldorf Local Division discloses to OTEC Präzisionsfinish and its counsel the unredacted version of the detailed description prepared on 16 June 2026 by the expert, following the…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 June 2026, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses, without hearing the defendants, ParTec AG’s application for provisional measures against three Lenovo companies based on EP 3 743 812.
Read the analysisBy order of 26 June 2026, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division admits KSR International Inc. and its subsidiary Automotive Technical Advisory Service GmbH as interveners in support of the defendants in Valeo Electrification’s infringement action on EP 3 157 142…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_811/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division holds partly well-founded Evac Oy's infringement action, based on two patents for vacuum sewer systems (EP 1 840 282 and EP 1 813 734), against the Chinese manufacturer Shanghai VacDrain,…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 10 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_758/2024 and UPC_CFI_259/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division rules on the infringement action brought by Hologic, Inc. against four Siemens Healthineers companies under EP 2 352 431 (breast tomosynthesis system controlling the X-ray focal spot), directed…
Read the analysisThe Düsseldorf Local Division lifts the stay to allow the withdrawals by Sanofi Biotechnologies SAS and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (action for infringement of EP 4 252 857, UPC_CFI_195/2025) and by the Amgen companies (counterclaim for revocation), filed in March 2026 with the…
Read the analysisIn an order of 1 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_996/2025, with UPC_CFI_737/2026 and UPC_CFI_742/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses the EUR 200,000 security for costs application filed by Shinkyung Inc.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_998/2025, UPC_CFI_738/2026 and UPC_CFI_743/2026), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the application for security for costs of EUR 200,000 brought by Shinkyung against Boa Technology, proprietor of EP 3 777 595, in its infringement…
Read the analysisBy order of 1 June 2026 (UPC_CFI_1141/2025 and UPC_CFI_736/2026), the presiding judge, acting as judge-rapporteur, of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the application for security for costs of EUR 200,000 brought by the defendants against Boa Technology, proprietor of EP 2 805…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 28 May 2026, following a settlement, the Düsseldorf Local Division permits Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited to withdraw infringement action UPC_CFI_629/2025 concerning EP 3 651 429, and Renault Deutschland AG and the four other defendants to withdraw…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 27 May 2026, given in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_807/2024 (infringement) and UPC_CFI_334/2025 (counterclaim for revocation), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismisses both Wonderland Nurserygoods' action against Cybex GmbH, Cybex Retail GmbH and Columbus Trading-Partners and the counterclaim against EP…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 May 2026 (UPC_CFI_779/2024), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, rejected applications by Wessper Sp.
Read the analysisBy 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisThe 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisBy 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn 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 analysisIn a decision of 10 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1110/2025 and UPC_CFI_1111/2025), in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division assesses the costs owed by Seoul Viosys to expert e-Commerce and expert klein following the Court of Appeal's judgment of 2 October 2025, which had set…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 9 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1477/2025), in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division sets at EUR 50,450.52 the appeal costs owed by Seoul Viosys to expert e-Commerce and expert klein, after the Court of Appeal dismissed, on 5 November 2025, Seoul…
Read the analysisBy order of 7 April 2026, the President of the Court of First Instance grants the application of Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and Orope Germany, defendants in the infringement action brought by Koninklijke KPN on EP 3 349 412 before the Düsseldorf…
Read the analysisIn a procedural order of 1 April 2026 (UPC_CFI_1034/2025 and UPC_CFI_931/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division deals with Micron's request under Rule 262A RoP to protect its estimated 2026 gross profit from direct sales of the attacked products in Germany and France (EP…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 25 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_2107/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Roche Diabetes Care GmbH to withdraw their infringement action against A.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 23 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_649/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division permits, with the defendant's consent, the withdrawal of Versah's infringement action against Argimiro Antonio Hernandez Suarez (EP 2 919 672), declares the proceedings closed, makes no costs decision following a…
Read the analysisIn an order of 20 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_1849/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, grants HyGear's request and replaces German with English, the language of EP 3 802 413, in the…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 18 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_519/2024, with counterclaim UPC_CFI_64/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division held that ALPINA Coffee Systems infringes claim 2 of CUP&CINO's EP 3 398 487 (producing milk froth at adjustable temperature) with the 'ALPINA Latte Perfetto Duo' frother,…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 18 March 2026, given in German in UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division upholds Dolby International AB's EP 3 605 534, presented as essential to the Opus audio codec, and finds it infringed by the Grundig smart…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 16 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_733/2024 and UPC_CFI_255/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik's infringement action against IPG Laser concerning the 'YLS-AMB' fibre lasers, and on the counterclaim for revocation of claims 1 to 3 of…
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 March 2026 (UPC_CFI_758/2024 and UPC_CFI_259/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division refused Hologic's request under Rule 36 RoP to file, by 13 March 2026, brief formal comments on Siemens Healthineers' submissions dated 24 September 2025 and…
Read the analysisIn an order of 25 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_692/2026), the Düsseldorf Local Division granted beMatrix NV provisional measures without hearing the defendant, Yaham Recience Technology, on the basis of EP 3 757 442 B1, which concerns a display module for a temporary exhibition…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 25 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_1927/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division summoned the parties to an oral hearing on 22 April 2026 in Ottobock's provisional measures proceedings against BrainPortfolio and BrainRobotics under EP 3 001 984 B1.
Read the analysisIn an order of 19 February 2026, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_541/2025 and UPC_CFI_1313/2025 concerning EP 3 859 566, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Wizart's request that Leap Tools, a Canadian company with no presence in the UPC territory, provide EUR 300,000 as…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 16 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_716/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) to withdraw its infringement action against Hisense Gorenje Germany GmbH and five other companies following a settlement, and declared the proceedings closed.
Read the analysisBy order of 12 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_723/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Presiding Judge Thomas, Judge Thom, Judge Visser as judge rapporteur and technically qualified Judge Papa), after an inter partes hearing, granted Align Technology's application for provisional measures based on unitary patent…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 11 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_1648/2025), given in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited to withdraw, before the written procedure closed, its action for infringement of EP 1 954 091 brought on 19 November…
Read the analysisIn a decision on the merits of 11 February 2026, given in the infringement action (UPC_CFI_351/2024) and the joined revocation counterclaim (UPC_CFI_595/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division held Canon Kabushiki Kaisha's EP 3 686 683, on a developer replenishing container, valid and infringed…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 11 February 2026, made in the infringement action on EP 3 065 184 (UPC_CFI_336/2024) and the two joined revocation counterclaims (UPC_CFI_605/2024 and UPC_CFI_607/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed the withdrawals that followed a settlement between Maxeon Solar Pte.
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