Novartis v Celltrion Healthcare Hungary (CFI, 6 September 2024)
By order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_165/2024, ACT_18492/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, B.
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SodaStream Industries v Aarke (CFI, 6 September 2024)
By order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023, ACT_580849/2023, App_47922/2024), the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge Thomas, presiding, B. Thom, judge-rapporteur, A.
Read the analysisNovartis v Celltrion (CFI, 6 September 2024)
By order of 6 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_166/2024, ACT_18551/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, B.
Read the analysisBioletic Holding v Light Guide Optics Germany (CFI, 5 September 2024)
By order of 5 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_486/2024, ACT_47064/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (R. Thomas, presiding, A.
Read the analysisValeo Electrification v Magna PT (CFI, 2 September 2024)
By order of 2 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_368/2024, ACT_39183/2024, App_48679/2024), the Deputy President of the Court of First Instance (C. Lignieres), on behalf of the President, dismissed the Magna companies' application for review of the allocation of the technically qualified judge in the…
Read the analysisOna Patents v Apple (CFI, 30 August 2024)
By order of 30 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_99/2024, ACT_11910/2024, App_43001/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas) granted the confidentiality request filed by Apple Inc.
Read the analysisMaxeon Solar v Aiko Energy Germany (CFI, 23 August 2024)
By order of 23 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_336/2024, ACT_36426/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, granted the request of Aiko Energy Germany, Solarlab Aiko Europe and five other defendants to…
Read the analysisValeo Electrification v Magna PT (CFI, 21 August 2024)
By order of 21 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_46219/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas) declared confidential information contained in the objection filed by the Magna companies and in two of its exhibits, in the provisional measures…
Read the analysisSeoul Semiconductor v Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l. (CFI, 12 August 2024)
By decision of 6 August 2024, the Düsseldorf Local Division permits Seoul Semiconductor to withdraw its infringement action against Amazon Services Europe concerning EP 3 339 920 B1, following a settlement between the parties.
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 8 August 2024)
By order of 8 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_140/2024, ACT_15774/2024, App_41690/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division classified as confidential under Rule 262A RoP Curio Bioscience's unredacted Statement of Defence, its updated version and two exhibits, in 10x Genomics' infringement action on EP…
Read the analysisSeoul Semiconductor v Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l. (CFI, 6 August 2024)
By decision of 6 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_87/2024, ACT_10738/2024, App_44884/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, with the defendant's consent, permitted Seoul Semiconductor to withdraw its infringement action on EP 2 402 415 against Amazon Services Europe following a settlement, and closed the proceedings.
Read the analysisSeoul Viosys v expert e-Commerce (CFI, 5 August 2024)
Read the French analysisOrtovox Sportartikel v Mammut Sports Group (CFI, 5 August 2024)
Read the French analysisSodaStream Industries v Aarke (CFI, 5 August 2024)
By order of 5 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023, ACT_580849/2023, App_35905/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Dr Thom) dismissed Aarke's request for EUR 400,000 security for costs against SodaStream Industries, an Israeli company, in the infringement action on EP 1 793 917.
Read the analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak Graphic Communications (CFI, 2 August 2024)
By order of 2 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_355/2023, ORD_40822/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division refused FUJIFILM leave under Rule 263 RoP to extend to all designations its auxiliary requests to amend EP 3 594 009, which were limited to the German…
Read the analysisDolby International v HP Deutschland (CFI, 30 July 2024)
By order of 30 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_457/2023, ACT_590145/2023, ORD_42107/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division classified as confidential under Rule 262A RoP the licence agreements (exhibits BP-Liz 1 to 25) filed by Access Advance LLC, administrator of the HEVC patent pool…
Read the analysisValeo Electrification v Magna PT (CFI, 26 July 2024)
By order of 26 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_347/2024, ACT_37931/2024, App_42088/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division granted Valeo Electrification leave under Rule 263 RoP to change the claim in its application for provisional measures of 1 July 2024 against three Magna group…
Read the analysisDolby International v HP Deutschland (CFI, 22 July 2024)
By order of 22 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_457/2023, ACT_590145/2023, App_25069/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas) ruled on the confidentiality application of the fifteen HP group companies, defendants in Dolby International's infringement action on EP 3 490 258.
Read the analysisSeoul Viosys v expert e-Commerce (CFI, 12 July 2024)
By order of 12 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_363/2023, ACT_579244/2023, App_40855/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas), on the application of Seoul Viosys, claimant in the infringement action on EP 3 926 698 against expert e-Commerce and expert klein, refused to arrange…
Read the analysisAbbott Diabetes Care v SIBIO TECHNOLOGY (CFI, 3 July 2024)
By an order of 3 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_133/2024, ACT_15000/2024, App_39459/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, at the parties' joint request (Rule 365.1 RoP), confirmed the settlement reached at the oral hearing in the provisional measures proceedings brought by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.
Read the analysisFranz Kaldewei v Bette (CFI, 3 July 2024)
By decision of 3 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_7/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Franz Kaldewei's infringement action against Bette based on EP 3 375 337 (a sanitary bathtub assembly supported by rigid plastic foam profile strips) and on the counterclaim for revocation.
Read the analysisDolby International v HP Deutschland (CFI, 27 June 2024)
Read the French analysisDolby International v HP PPS Sverige (CFI, 26 June 2024)
Read the French analysisDolby International v ASUS Computer (CFI, 24 June 2024)
By an order of 24 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_456/2023, ACT_590109/2023, CC_21152/2024), presiding judge Thomas, acting for the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in Dolby International AB's infringement action on EP 3 490 258 B1 against ASUS Computer GmbH and three other companies,…
Read the analysisTridonic v CUPOWER Shenzhen Xiezhen Electronics (CFI, 21 June 2024)
By an order of 20 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_459/2023, ACT_590302/2023, CC_16360/2023, ORD_36553/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, having heard the parties, decided to hear together Tridonic GmbH & Co KG's infringement action on EP 2 011 218 B1 against CUPOWER Shenzhen Xiezhen Electronics Co.,…
Read the analysisOna Patents v Apple Retail Germany (CFI, 18 June 2024)
By an order of 18 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_99/2024, APP_26610/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, dismissed the application by Apple Retail Germany B.V.
Read the analysisOna Patents v Google Ireland (CFI, 18 June 2024)
By an order of 18 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_100/2024, APP_26544/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, dismissed the application by Google Ireland Ltd and Google Commerce Ltd, defendants in Ona Patents SL's infringement action on EP 2 263 098…
Read the analysisM-A-S Maschinen- und Anlagenbau Schulz v Altech Makina (CFI, 17 June 2024)
Read the French analysisHeadwater Research v Samsung Electronics (CFI, 30 May 2024)
Read the French analysisDolby International v HP Deutschland (CFI, 14 May 2024)
Read the French analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, ORD_598272/2023, 30 April 2024)
By order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division prohibited Curio Bioscience from offering, placing on the market, using, importing or stocking the "Curio Seeker" kit in Germany, France and Sweden, finding infringement of claim 14 (an array) of 10x…
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, ORD_23580/2024, 30 April 2024)
By an order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division (presiding judge and judge-rapporteur: Thomas), hearing an application for provisional measures by 10x Genomics, Inc.
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 29 April 2024)
By an order of 29 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_140/2024, ACT_15774/2024, App_22293/2024 and App_22330/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division, in the infringement action on EP 2 697 391 brought by 10x Genomics, Inc.
Read the analysisCurio Bioscience v 10x Genomics (CFI, 23 April 2024)
By an order of 23 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_590953/2023, ORD_22211/2024), presiding judge Thomas, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, allowed the division to issue its orders and decisions in German with a certified English translation, in the provisional measures proceedings…
Read the analysisSeoul Viosys v expert klein (CFI, 22 April 2024)
Read the French analysisOrtovox Sportartikel v Mammut Sports Group (CFI, 15 April 2024)
By a procedural order of 15 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_16/2024, ACT_2379/2024, CC_17292/2024, ORD_18121/2024), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas, presiding, Thom, Schober) decided to hear together the infringement action on EP 3 466 498 B1 brought by Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH against Mammut Sports Group…
Read the analysisF. Hoffman-La Roche v Rubin Medical (CFI, 11 April 2024)
By an order of 11 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_504/2023, ACT_597323/2023, App_9340/2024 and App_9705/2024), judge-rapporteur Thom of the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the preliminary objections (Rule 19.1(c) RoP) by which several defendants to the infringement action on EP 1 970 677 B1 brought by…
Read the analysisRoche Diabetes Care v VitalAire (CFI, 11 April 2024)
Read the French analysisMammut Sports Group v Ortovox Sportartikel (CFI, 9 April 2024)
Read the French analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, 4 April 2024)
By an order of 4 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_355/2023, ACT_578607/2023), presiding judge Thomas, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, extended until 28 May 2024 the time for FUJIFILM Corporation to reply to the statement of defence of Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic…
Read the analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, 27 March 2024)
Read the French analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 22 March 2024)
By an order of 22 March 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_590953/2023, App_14943/2024), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, allowed Curio Bioscience Inc.'s patent attorney to plead in English, with simultaneous interpretation into German, at the hearing of 26 and…
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 11 March 2024)
By order of 11 March 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in 10x Genomics' provisional measures proceedings against Curio Bioscience based on EP 2 697 391, ruled on Curio's confidentiality application concerning commercial information in its objection.
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 1 March 2024)
By order of 1 March 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division refused to order simultaneous interpretation from German into English of the hearing in the provisional measures proceedings brought by 10x Genomics against Curio Bioscience.
Read the analysisCurio Bioscience v 10x Genomics (CFI, UPC_CFI_463/2023, ORD_5853/2024, 26 February 2024)
By an order of 26 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_5164/2024), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, rejected Curio Bioscience Inc.'s application to make English, the language in which EP 2…
Read the analysisCurio Bioscience v 10x Genomics (CFI, UPC_CFI_463/2023, ORD_5853/2024, 26 February 2024, doc. 2)
Read the French analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_590953/2023, 23 February 2024)
By a procedural order of 23 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_590953/2023, App_8500/2024), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, ruled provisionally on Curio Bioscience Inc.'s request for protection of confidential information in the provisional measures proceedings brought by 10x…
Read the analysisCurio Bioscience v 10x Genomics (CFI, 23 February 2024)
Read the French analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, UPC_CFI_463/2023, ORD_9718/2024, 23 February 2024)
By an order of 23 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ACT_590953/2023, App_9671/2024), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, rejected all three requests by 10x Genomics, Inc.
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, UPC_CFI_463/2023, ORD_9718/2024, 23 February 2024, doc. 2)
By procedural order of 23 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, App_9671/2024), issued in German by the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division in 10x Genomics' provisional measures proceedings against Curio Bioscience (EP 2 697 391 B1), the Division refused to defer…
Read the analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, UPC_CFI_355/2023, ORD_7103/2024, 21 February 2024)
By procedural order of 21 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_355/2023, App_6926/2024), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge-rapporteur, retrospectively extended to 7 February 2024 the time limit for Kodak's counterclaims for revocation of FUJIFILM's EP 3 594 009, and rejected…
Read the analysisFUJIFILM v Kodak (CFI, UPC_CFI_355/2023, ORD_7103/2024, 21 February 2024, doc. 2)
Read the French analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 14 February 2024)
By order of 14 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in 10x Genomics' provisional measures proceedings against Curio Bioscience based on EP 2 697 391, deferred ruling on Curio's request to protect confidential commercial information before it had…
Read the analysis10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (CFI, 29 January 2024)
By an order of 29 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_463/2023, ORD_3015/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, seised by 10x Genomics, Inc.
Read the analysisOrtovox Sportartikel v Mammut Sports Group (CFI, 25 January 2024)
By order of 25 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_452/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division, seized by Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH with a request for review of provisional measures ordered ex parte in favour of Ortovox on EP 3 466 498,…
Read the analysisOrtovox Sportartikel v Mammut Sports Group (CFI, 24 January 2024)
Read the French analysisSeoul Viosys v expert e-Commerce (CFI, 20 January 2024)
By an order of 20 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_363/2023, ACT_579244/2023, App_2249/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division rejected the request of expert e-Commerce GmbH and expert klein GmbH, sued by Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd for infringement of EP 3 926 698, to…
Read the analysisDolby International v HP Deutschland (CFI, 19 January 2024)
By an order of 19 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_457/2023, ACT_590145/2023, App_1714/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in the action brought by Dolby International AB against fifteen HP group companies for infringement of EP 3 490 258, set a common end date…
Read the analysisAarke v SodaStream Industries (CFI, 16 January 2024)
By an order of 16 January 2024 (UPC_CFI_373/2023, ACT_590837/2023), the President of the Court of First Instance (F. Butin), after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, granted the application of Aarke AB, defendant in SodaStream Industries Ltd.'s action for infringement…
Read the analysisNutricia v Nestlé Health Science (Deutsch) (CFI, 19 December 2023)
Read the French analysisN.V. Nutricia v Nestlé Health Science (Deutschland) (CFI, 19 December 2023)
By procedural order of 19 December 2023 (UPC_CFI_201/2023, ORD_589338/2023, ACT_544303/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, presiding, Thom and Agergaard, and Hedberg, technically qualified judge), in N.V.
Read the analysisNutricia v Nestlé Health Science (Deutschland) (CFI, 14 December 2023)
By order of 14 December 2023 (UPC_CFI_201/2023, App_594633/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, on an application by N.V. Nutricia under Rule 9 RoP, clarified that the time limit for the claimant's Defence to the counterclaim for revocation and any application…
Read the analysisOrtovox Sportartikel v Mammut Sports Group (CFI, 11 December 2023)
By an order of 11 December 2023 (UPC_CFI_452/2023, ACT_589655/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division (judges Thomas, Thom and Schober), without hearing the respondents, granted Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH's application for provisional measures against Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH based on…
Read the analysisSeoul Viosys v expert e-Commerce (CFI, 4 December 2023)
By procedural order of 4 December 2023 (UPC_CFI_363/2023, ORD_589353/2023), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, as judge-rapporteur, separated Seoul Viosys' infringement action against expert e-Commerce and expert klein, based on two patents (EP 3 926 698 and EP 3 223…
Read the analysisFranz Kaldewei v Bette (CFI, 1 December 2023)
By procedural order of 1 December 2023 (UPC_CFI_7/2023, ORD_581034/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division decided, after hearing the parties and before the close of the written procedure, to hear both Franz Kaldewei's infringement action against Bette on EP 3 375 337 and the…
Read the analysismyStromer v Revolt Zycling (CFI, 22 November 2023)
Read the French analysismyStromer v Revolt Zycling (CFI, 18 October 2023)
By order of 18 October 2023 (UPC_CFI_177/2023, APP_552740/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division ordered Revolt Zycling to pay a penalty of EUR 26,500 for breaching the injunction granted against it at myStromer's request by the provisional measures order of 22 June 2023 (ORD_526778/2023)…
Read the analysisN.V. Nutricia v Nestlé Health Science (Deutschland) (CFI, 22 September 2023)
By order of 22 September 2023 (UPC_CFI_201/2023, APP_559862/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division, in N.V. Nutricia's infringement action on EP 2 359 858 against Nestlé Health Science (Deutschland), postponed until the Statement of defence has been lodged the referral to…
Read the analysismyStromer v Revolt Zycling (CFI, 3 July 2023)
By order of 3 July 2023 (UPC_CFI_177/2023, APP_543068/2023), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division admitted to the file exhibits ASt 12 and ASt 13 filed by myStromer with its submission of 1 July 2023, in the provisional measures proceedings based…
Read the analysismyStromer v Revolt Zycling (CFI, 30 June 2023)
By order of 30 June 2023 (UPC_CFI_177/2023, APP_541204/2023), the Düsseldorf Local Division rejected myStromer's application under Rule 353 RoP to rectify the provisional measures order of 22 June 2023 against Revolt Zycling, based on EP 2 546 134, so as to extend…
Read the analysismyStromer v Revolt Zycling (CFI, ORD_526778/2023, 22 June 2023)
By order of 22 June 2023 (UPC_CFI_177/2023, application 525740/2023), made on the day the application was filed and without hearing the respondent first, the Düsseldorf Local Division prohibited Revolt Zycling from offering, placing on the market, using, importing or possessing in Germany,…
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