Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division

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10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, UPC_CFI_658/2025, 2 February 2026)

2 February 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By decision of 2 February 2026 (UPC_CFI_658/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division fixed the costs Curio Bioscience must reimburse to 10x Genomics for the provisional measures proceedings and the main action on EP 2 697 391, following the decision of…

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Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 28 January 2026)

28 January 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 28 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_315/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Labrador Diagnostics' infringement action against six bioMérieux group companies, based on unitary patent EP 3 756 767 on modular point-of-care devices and directed at the VIDAS 3 instrument and…

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Van Loon Beheer Nederland v Inverquark Deutschland (CFI, 23 January 2026)

23 January 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By an order of 23 January 2026 (UPC_CFI_1325/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division released to Van Loon Beheer Nederland the unredacted detailed description drawn up by the expert during the inspection of Inverquark's stand at the Aquanale trade fair in Cologne (EP 3…

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Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 15 January 2026)

15 January 2026 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By a decision of 15 January 2026 in infringement action UPC_CFI_100/2024 and the joined counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_411/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed both claims in the dispute between Ona Patents and Google Ireland and Google Commerce over EP 2 263 098,…

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Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute v Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (CFI, 30 December 2025)

30 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 30 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_648/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) to withdraw its infringement action against Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and seven other defendants, based on EP 3258692, and declared the proceedings closed.

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Align v Angelalign (CFI, 29 December 2025)

29 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

In an order of 29 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_723/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division refused the Angelalign defendants leave to appeal the order of 16 December 2025, which had disregarded late non-infringement arguments in their rejoinder and refused further written pleadings, in the provisional…

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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, 29 December 2025)

29 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In an order of 29 December 2025, made in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_351/2024 and UPC_CFI_595/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Canon Kabushiki Kaisha's request for simultaneous interpretation from English into Japanese at the oral hearing in its action…

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Atlas Global v Vantiva (CFI, UPC_CFI_407/2025, 22 December 2025)

22 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By decision of 22 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_407/2024 and UPC_CFI_686/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted, with each side's consent, the withdrawal of Atlas Global Technologies' infringement action on EP 3 353 901 against three Vantiva companies and of the counterclaim for revocation, and…

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Atlas Global v Vantiva (CFI, UPC_CFI_314/2024, 22 December 2025)

22 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 22 December 2025, given in infringement action UPC_CFI_314/2024 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_568/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted the mutual withdrawal by Atlas Global Technologies and the Vantiva companies, each with the other side's consent, concerning EP 3186937,…

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LiNA Medical v Schultz Medical (UK) (CFI, 19 December 2025)

19 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By order of 19 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_1598/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered full disclosure to LiNA Medical and its representatives of the expert's detailed description following evidence preservation and inspection measures carried out at Schultz Medical (UK)'s booth at…

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LiNA Medical v Tonglu Qianyan Medtech (CFI, 19 December 2025)

19 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By order of 19 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_1600/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered full disclosure to LiNA Medical and its representatives of the expert's detailed description following evidence preservation and inspection measures carried out at Tonglu Qianyan Medtech's booth at…

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Hewlett-Packard Development v Andreas Rentmeister e.K. (CFI, 19 December 2025)

19 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

In an order of 19 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_515/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division granted provisional measures against Shenzhen Moan Technology, the second defendant, in favour of Hewlett-Packard Development Company on the basis of claim 13 of EP 3 835 965 (logic circuitry for…

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Ecovacs Robotics v Roborock (HK) (CFI, 19 December 2025)

19 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 19 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_834/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on Roborock (HK)'s request for review under Rule 197.3 RoP, revoked in full and with retroactive effect the ex parte order for inspection and preservation of evidence granted to Ecovacs Robotics…

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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, 10 December 2025)

10 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 10 December 2025 made by Judge-rapporteur Schumacher after the interim conference of 4 December (Rule 105.5), in UPC_CFI_351/2024 and UPC_CFI_595/2024 between Canon and Katun, the Düsseldorf Local Division required English translations of all exhibits and a preliminary estimate…

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Topsoe v SYPOX (CFI, 10 December 2025)

10 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

In an order of 10 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_1849/2025), made without hearing the defendants, the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Topsoe A/S, before bringing any action on the merits, to have inspected an electrically heated steam reforming hydrogen plant found at the site of…

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Headwater Research v Apple (CFI, 9 December 2025)

9 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 9 December 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed the withdrawal of Headwater Research's infringement action against Apple and group companies (EP 3 107 243 B1) and of the counterclaim for revocation, each with the other side's consent, and…

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Aesculap v Shanghai Bojin Medical Instrument (CFI, 4 December 2025)

4 December 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In a procedural order of 4 December 2025 (UPC_CFI_307/2025, EP 2 892 442 B1), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, set the oral hearing of Aesculap's action against Shanghai Bojin Medical Instrument and other defendants for 17…

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Topsoe v SYPOX (CFI, 26 November 2025)

26 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

In an order of 26 November 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division corrected the operative part of its order of 25 November 2025 on Topsoe's application for inspection and preservation of evidence against SYPOX and Josef Kerner Energiewirtschafts, based on EP 3 802…

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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Katun Germany (CFI, 20 November 2025)

20 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 20 November 2025, made in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_351/2024 and UPC_CFI_595/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Canon's request for a further exchange of written pleadings against Katun and General Plastic Industrial (EP 3 686…

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Bekaert Binjiang Steel Cord v Siltronic (CFI, 19 November 2025)

19 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

In an order of 19 November 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the release to Bekaert Binjiang Steel Cord of the expert report drawn up after the inspection carried out on 11 November 2024 at the premises of…

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Inter Digital VC v The Walt Disney (CFI, 19 November 2025)

19 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 19 November 2025, made in proceedings UPC_CFI_87/2025 and UPC_CFI_488/2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed InterDigital VC Holdings to respond, by 20 November 2025, to the non-infringement and FRAND arguments raised by The Walt Disney Company…

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LiNA Medical v Tonglu Qianyan Medtech (CFI, 18 November 2025)

18 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 Decision with commentary

In an order of 18 November 2025, made without hearing the other side, the Düsseldorf Local Division granted LiNA Medical measures to preserve evidence and for inspection concerning the "disposable morcellator" exhibited by Tonglu Qianyan Medtech at its MEDICA trade fair booth,…

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LiNA Medical v Schultz Medical (UK) (CFI, 18 November 2025)

18 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 Decision with commentary

By order of 18 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_1598/2025), made without hearing the defendant the day after the application was filed, the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, rapporteur, Thom and Gillet) ordered an inspection and preservation of evidence at Schultz Medical (UK)'s booth at…

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OTEC Präzisionsfinish v STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE (CFI, 17 November 2025)

17 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By an order of 17 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_885/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division released to OTEC Präzisionsfinish and its representatives the unredacted description prepared by the expert after the inspection carried out at STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE's stand at the EMO…

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Leap Tools v Wizart (CFI, 17 November 2025)

17 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By decision of 17 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_541/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Leap Tools to withdraw its action for infringement of EP 3 859 566 against Wizart LLC only, that company being unreachable and described as non-existent.

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Komax Holding v Jiangsu BOZHIWANG Automation Equipment (CFI, 17 November 2025)

17 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

In an order of 17 November 2025, made without hearing the other side, the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Komax Holding to have an expert inspect Jiangsu BOZHIWANG Automation Equipment's "BZW-3005" machine at the Productronica fair in Munich, with regard to claims 1,…

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American Wave Machines v Surftown (CFI, 12 November 2025)

12 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

By an order of 12 November 2025, given in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_837/2024, UPC_CFI_349/2025 and UPC_CFI_394/2025 (EP 2 728 089), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the request by Surftown, WhiteWater Era, WhiteWater West Industries and Endless Surf for review…

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Hewlett-Packard Development v Andreas Rentmeister (CFI, 11 November 2025)

11 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By an order of 11 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_515/2025, EP 3 835 965), the Düsseldorf Local Division held, on a reasoned request by Hewlett-Packard Development, that the steps already taken to bring its application for provisional measures to the attention of Shenzhen Moan…

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Yangtze Memory Technologies v Micron Technology (CFI, 7 November 2025)

7 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By an order of 7 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_1041/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division extended to 16 March 2026 the time limit for the defence, and any counterclaim for revocation, of the four Micron companies sued by Yangtze Memory Technologies for…

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Align v Angelalign (CFI, 6 November 2025)

6 November 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By an order of 6 November 2025 (UPC_CFI_723/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the request by the six Angelalign companies for EUR 400,000 in security for costs against Align Technology, a US company, in provisional measures proceedings based on EP 4 346…

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Occlutech v Lepu Medical (Europa) Cooperatief (CFI, 31 October 2025)

31 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By an order of 31 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_630/2025), given after an inter partes hearing, the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Occlutech's application for provisional measures against Lepu Medical (Europa) Cooperatief and Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing), based on EP 1 998 686 (occlusion…

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Hewlett-Packard Development v Andreas Rentmeister (CFI, 17 October 2025)

17 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for provisional measures Decision with commentary

By order of 17 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_515/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Hewlett-Packard Development provisional measures against Andreas Rentmeister e.K., which runs the toneroffice.de shop, based on EP 3 835 965 concerning logic circuitry for print cartridges.

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Hewlett-Packard Development Company v Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology (CFI, 16 October 2025)

16 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 16 October 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division held that the steps already taken to bring Hewlett-Packard's application for provisional measures to the attention of the Chinese company Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology constitute good service under Rule 275.2, effective…

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Leap Tools v Wizart (CFI, 15 October 2025)

15 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 15 October 2025, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Leap Tools to serve its statement of claim of 13 June 2025 on the second defendant, Wizart LLC, a Delaware company that could not be found at…

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Hartmann Packaging v Omni-Pac Ekco GmbH Verpackungsmittel (CFI, 15 October 2025)

15 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In a decision of 15 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_115/2024 and UPC_CFI_377/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Hartmann Packaging's infringement action against two Omni-Pac companies and partly allowed their counterclaim for revocation of EP 2 755 901, which concerns a…

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Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 October 2025)

14 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 14 October 2025, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024 (patent EP 3 605 534), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the application of Beko Germany and Arçelik and after hearing Dolby International, cancelled the oral hearing set for 16…

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Wonderland Nurserygoods v Cybex (CFI, 14 October 2025)

14 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

In an order of 14 October 2025, given in proceedings UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025, the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division upheld the judge-rapporteur's order of 29 August 2025: Wonderland Nurserygoods may extend, in its reply, its equivalence case to features 1.9 and…

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Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 14 October 2025)

14 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 14 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024, the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on the unsolicited submission filed by Ona Patents on 1 September 2025 against Google Ireland and Google Commerce (patent EP…

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Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 13 October 2025)

13 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application Rop 333 Decision with commentary

In an order of 13 October 2025, given in joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024 (patent EP 2 263 098), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Ona Patents' request under Rule 333 for review of the summons to the oral hearing…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 2 October 2025)

2 October 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 2 October 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, of its own motion and under Rule 353, rectified paragraph 6 of the operative part of its decision of 29 September 2025, which contained a clerical error and a calculation…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 30 September 2025)

30 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 30 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_320/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with Headwater Research's consent, allowed four Samsung companies to withdraw their counterclaim for revocation of EP 3 110 069, declared those proceedings closed and ordered each party to bear its…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 29 September 2025)

29 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

In a decision of 29 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Headwater Research to withdraw its infringement action on EP 3 110 072, filed on 6 June 2024 against five Samsung companies, which consented.

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Labrador Diagnostics v bioMérieux (CFI, 26 September 2025)

26 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Procedural Order Decision with commentary

In an order of 26 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_315/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division summoned Labrador Diagnostics and the six bioMérieux defendants under Rule 108 to the oral hearing of the infringement action on EP 3 756 767, set for 27…

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OTEC Präzisionsfinish v STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE (CFI, 22 September 2025)

22 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

In an order of 22 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_885/2025), issued in German, the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered, without first hearing the respondent, the inspection of a DLyte PRO500 Automated Cell exhibited by STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE at the EMO trade fair in Hanover, at…

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Atlas Global v TP-LINK (CFI, 18 September 2025)

18 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 18 September 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the parties' consent, stayed the infringement actions and revocation counterclaims between Atlas Global and TP-LINK CORPORATION PTE.

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Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 17 September 2025)

17 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, App_36172/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered reimbursement to the Apple companies of 40% of the court fees paid for their revocation counterclaim against Ona Patents and Ekahau (EP 2 263 098), namely…

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InterDigital CE Patent v Disney Electronic Content (CFI, 17 September 2025)

17 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 17 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_297/2025 and UPC_CFI_651/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division decided, with the parties' consent, to hear together InterDigital CE Patent Holdings' infringement action against eleven Disney group companies (EP 2 080 349) and the revocation counterclaim…

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Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 15 September 2025)

15 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 15 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, App_36556/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Dolby International to engage, at its own cost, a simultaneous interpreter from German into English for the hearing of 16 October 2025…

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Eyesmatch v Microsoft (CFI, 12 September 2025)

12 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 12 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_486/2025, App_36427/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the defendants' consent, allowed Eyesmatch to withdraw its infringement action against Microsoft Corp.

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Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 11 September 2025)

11 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 11 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, App_35855/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered reimbursement to Ona Patents of 40% of the court fees paid for its infringement action against the Apple companies (EP 2 263 098), namely EUR 20,000,…

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Ona Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 10 September 2025)

10 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an additional order of 10 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024, App_35230/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division supplemented, by way of correction, the confidentiality order of 9 September 2025 in Ona Patents v Google Ireland (EP 2 263 098).

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Google Commerce v Ona Patents (CFI, 9 September 2025)

9 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an order of 9 September 2025 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024 (App_35230/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Ona Patents' confidentiality request covering its brief of 20 August 2025 and Exhibits KAP 21 to KAP 33, and…

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Avago Technologies International Sales v Renault Retail Group Deutschland (CFI, ORD_34625/2025, 5 September 2025)

5 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 5 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_629/2025, App_34566/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, changed the language of the proceedings from German to English, the language of grant of European…

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Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 5 September 2025)

5 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By a decision of 5 September 2025 in the joined proceedings UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permitted Ona Patents to withdraw its infringement action against five Apple group companies (EP 2 263 098) and permitted the withdrawal of the counterclaim…

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Ecovacs Robotics v Roborock (HK) (CFI, 4 September 2025)

4 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 Decision with commentary

By an order of 4 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_834/2025, ACT_35974/2025), made without hearing the other side, the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Ecovacs Robotics to carry out an inspection and preserve evidence, at the IFA 2025 trade fair in Berlin, concerning three robot vacuum…

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Hewlett-Packard Development v Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology (CFI, 3 September 2025)

3 September 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By an order of 3 September 2025 (UPC_CFI_449/2025, App_33210/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Hewlett-Packard Development provisional measures against Andreas Rentmeister e.K., a German reseller of type 937 ink cartridges, on the basis of European patents EP 2 826 630 and EP…

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Wonderland Nurserygoods v Cybex (CFI, 29 August 2025)

29 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Amend Document Decision with commentary

By an order of 29 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025, App_28536/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division denied Wonderland Nurserygoods' application for leave to change its claim in its action for infringement by equivalence of EP 1 905 615 against Cybex…

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Hologic v Siemens Healthcare (CFI, 26 August 2025)

26 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By an order of 26 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_758/2024 and UPC_CFI_259/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with no objection from Hologic, granted the Siemens defendants' confidentiality application in the infringement action on EP 2 352 431 B1 and the counterclaim for revocation: information on…

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Tridonic v CUPOWER Shenzhen Xiezhen Electronics (CFI, 22 August 2025)

22 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 22 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_459/2023, App_35225/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the agreement of all parties, stayed the proceedings on Inventronics' application for access to the file under Rule 262.1(b) in the case between Tridonic and CUPOWER Shenzhen…

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Tridonic v Inventronics (CFI, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By a procedural order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_580/2025, App_35159/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the parties' joint application, stayed Tridonic's infringement action against Inventronics concerning EP 2 011 218 in view of ongoing settlement discussions.

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Brodrene Hartmann v Omni-Pac Verpackungsmittel (CFI, 21 August 2025)

21 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

By order of 21 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_115/2024 and UPC_CFI_377/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division closed the interim procedure in Hartmann Packaging's action against Omni-Pac Ekco and Omni-Pac for infringement of EP 2 755 901 (moulded fibre egg packaging) and in…

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Dolby International v Beko Germany (CFI, 14 August 2025)

14 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 14 August 2025, issued in the joined infringement action and counterclaim for revocation concerning EP 3 605 534 (UPC_CFI_135/2024 and UPC_CFI_477/2024, App_4256/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division allowed Dolby International to file a further written pleading on the FRAND…

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American Wave Machines v Surftown (CFI, 12 August 2025)

12 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 12 August 2025, issued in American Wave Machines' action for infringement of EP 2 728 089 against Surftown, WhiteWater Era, WhiteWater West Industries and Endless Surf and in the joined counterclaims for revocation (UPC_CFI_837/2024, UPC_CFI_349/2025 and UPC_CFI_394/2025), the…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 12 August 2025)

12 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By procedural order of 12 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_496/2025, ACT_26508/2025, App_34519/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, on the joint application of Headwater Research and the five defendant Samsung Electronics companies, replaced German with English, the language in which EP 3 110 072 was granted,…

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Wonderland Nurserygoods v Cybex (CFI, 5 August 2025)

5 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 5 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_807/2024 and UPC_CFI_334/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Presiding Judge Thomas, Judge Schumacher as judge rapporteur, Judge Bessaud and technically qualified Judge Roselinger) decided, with the parties' consent, to hear both Wonderland Nurserygoods' infringement action against Cybex…

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Imusyn v BAG Diagnostics (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_550/2025, ACT_29036/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division, through its presiding judge and judge rapporteur, Judge Thomas, asked the President of the Court of First Instance, with the parties' consent, to add to the panel a technically qualified…

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10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 4 August 2025)

4 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 4 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_140/2024 and UPC_CFI_658/2025, App_33044/2025), Judge Thomas, presiding judge and judge rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, classified as confidential the information highlighted in the application for a costs decision filed on 16 July 2025 by 10x…

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Ona Patents v Apple (CFI, 1 August 2025)

1 August 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 1 August 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, ACT_11910/2024 and CC_40010/2024), Judge Thomas, presiding judge and judge rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, found Ona Patents' account of its title to EP 2 263 098 B1, asserted against five Apple companies,…

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Headwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 30 July 2025)

30 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Infringement Action Decision with commentary

In a decision of 30 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_26/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Headwater Research’s infringement action against four Samsung companies, directed at the “Data Saver” function of devices running Android 7 or later, and revoked EP 3 110 069 to the…

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DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US v Greenchemicals (CFI, 28 July 2025)

28 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 28 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_203/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Presiding Judge Thomas, Judge Thom as judge-rapporteur, and Judge Rinkinen) permitted DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US to withdraw its application for provisional measures of 7 March 2025 against Greenchemicals, based on…

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TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik v IPG Laser (CFI, 25 July 2025)

25 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic Order Decision with commentary

By order of 25 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_733/2024 and UPC_CFI_255/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thom, for Presiding Judge Thomas, Judge Schumacher as judge-rapporteur, and Judge Agergaard) decided to hear both TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik's infringement action against IPG Laser on EP 2…

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Truma Gerätetechnik v CAN Srl Airxcel Europe (CFI, 24 July 2025)

24 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Withdrawal (RoP265) Decision with commentary

By order of 24 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_512/2024 and UPC_CFI_794/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thom, Schumacher as judge-rapporteur, and Mlakar) permitted, following a settlement, the withdrawal of Truma Gerätetechnik's infringement action against CAN Srl Airxcel Europe (EP 1 788 320 B1) and…

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QIAGEN Sciences v bioMérieux (CFI, 23 July 2025)

23 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 23 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_181/2025), Judge Schumacher, judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, extended to 15 September 2025 the time limits for the reply and the defence to the counterclaim for revocation of QIAGEN Sciences, which is suing bioMérieux and…

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Husqvarna v POSITEC Germany (CFI, 16 July 2025)

16 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic application Decision with commentary

By order of 16 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_351/2025, APP_30013/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, granted the application of POSITEC Germany, defendant in Husqvarna's infringement action under EP 3 978…

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QIAGEN Sciences v bioMérieux (CFI, 15 July 2025)

15 July 2025 CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application RoP262A Decision with commentary

By order of 15 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_181/2025, App_27426/2025), the judge rapporteur Schumacher (Düsseldorf Local Division) set the protection regime for confidential information produced by bioMérieux S.A.

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