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By order of 17 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_500/2025, App_33041/2025, ORD_33180/2025), the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division), in agreement with the presiding judge, refused to postpone the hearing of 1 September 2025 in the provisional measures proceedings brought by Faro Technologies against PMT…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_750/2024, ORD_32720/2025), the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) extended to 11 August 2025, over Fingon's objection, the time periods for Samsung Electronics' rejoinder in the infringement action under EP 2 839 403 and its reply…
Read the analysisBy order of 3 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_636/2025), made without hearing the defendant after referral back by the Court of Appeal, Judge Tochtermann (Mannheim Local Division) granted Centripetal a saisie targeting Palo Alto Networks' network security solution at its Munich branch office.
Read the analysisBy order of 9 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_292/2025, App_22463/2025), Florence Butin, President of the Court of First Instance, changed the language of InterDigital VC Holdings' infringement action against eleven Disney companies before the Mannheim Local Division from German to English, the language in…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_445/2025), Judge Tochtermann (Mannheim Local Division) dealt with the refusal by the Disney companies' representatives to acknowledge receipt of the anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) granted on 27 May 2025 to InterDigital VC Holdings and InterDigital CE Patent…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 9 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_132/2024), the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) closed the interim procedure in Total Semiconductor's infringement action under EP 2 746 957 against three Texas Instruments companies and in the revocation counterclaim.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 2 July 2025, Judge Tochtermann, presiding judge and judge rapporteur (Mannheim Local Division), extended by two weeks, until 29 July 2025, Corning's time to file its reply to the statement of defence and defence to the counterclaim, including…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 June 2025, the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) extended until 14 July 2025 Palo Alto Networks' time for its rejoinder on infringement, its reply on the counterclaim for revocation and its defence to the application to amend…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 June 2025, the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) extended until 14 August 2025 the time for the statements of defence of DJI GmbH and Solectric, defendants 3 and 4 in Irdeto's infringement action on EP 2 831…
Read the analysisBy an order of 20 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_850/2024, EP 3 905 730), issued of the court's own motion by Judge-rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division), the value in dispute of the whole proceedings brought by ZTE against Samsung Electronics and five group companies…
Read the analysisIn Sunstar Engineering Europe's action against CeraCon for indirect infringement of EP 4 108 413, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division read the request for a declaration of liability for damages broadly: it already covers sales of CeraPUR sealing material…
Read the analysisIn a decision of 6 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_471/2023), the Mannheim Local Division dismissed the infringement action brought by DISH Technologies and Sling TV on EP 2 479 680 (adaptive bit rate video streaming) against six companies operating or servicing streaming websites, and…
Read the analysisThe judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division refused CeraCon leave to add to its counterclaim for revocation of EP 4 108 413 a lack of novelty attack based on prior art found later (EP 3 868 480).
Read the analysisIn Fingon's action against Samsung for infringement of EP 2 839 403, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division held that the new examples added in the reply (Galaxy S25, further trusted applications) did not amend the claim, refused to extend…
Read the analysisThe presiding judge of the Mannheim Local Division, acting as judge rapporteur, rejected FUJIFILM's request for a warning to Kodak that, failing compliance within three weeks with the information orders in the decision of 2 April 2025 (EP 3 511 174), a…
Read the analysisThe judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division dismissed NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK's confidentiality request concerning the information they were ordered to provide to Hurom by the merits decision of 11 March 2025 (EP 2 028 981) and had lodged with…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 May 2025, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division determined, for clarification purposes, that Sunstar Engineering Europe had validly chosen English as the language of the proceedings in its infringement action on EP 4 108 413 against…
Read the analysisBy order of 28 May 2025, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division provisionally set the value of Samsung Electronics' infringement action on EP 4 050 804 against three ZTE companies (UPC_CFI_189/2025) at EUR 4,000,000 and ordered Samsung to pay an…
Read the analysisBy order of 28 May 2025, the Mannheim Local Division, following a settlement, permitted MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte to withdraw its infringement action on EP 4 074 373 against three Advanced Bionics companies (UPC_CFI_410/2023), cancelled the date set for pronouncing the decision and…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 May 2025, the panel of the Mannheim Local Division dismissed Total Semiconductor's application for review (Rule 333) of the judge rapporteur's order of 1 April 2025, which had refused it leave to file a further written pleading in…
Read the analysisBy order of 19 May 2025, the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division set 2 July 2025 as the deadline for the statement of defence of both defendants (Discord Inc.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 14 May 2025 (ORD_18861/2025), the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Total Semiconductor's request to file a further written submission after Texas Instruments' rejoinder in the action for infringement of EP 2 746 957 (UPC_CFI_132/2024).
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 14 May 2025 (ORD_16635/2025), the judge rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division postponed, until the oral hearing at the latest, the decision on Centripetal's conditional application for leave to amend its case (Rule 263) in its action against…
Read the analysisBy an order of 14 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_132/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division deferred to the oral hearing of 22 and 23 July 2025 the decision on TOTAL SEMICONDUCTOR's application, filed on 16 April 2025 under Rule 263, to extend…
Read the analysisBy order of 13 May 2025, the Mannheim Local Division dismissed Kodak's application for rectification of its decision of 2 April 2025 in FUJIFILM's action for infringement of EP 3 476 616, with a counterclaim for revocation (UPC_CFI_359/2023).
Read the analysisBy order of 9 May 2025, the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) set 3 July 2025 as the uniform deadline for the Statements of defence of the three ZTE group defendants in Samsung Electronics' infringement action on EP 4 050 804…
Read the analysisBy order of 8 May 2025, the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) extended to 19 May 2025, without opposition from the defendants, the time available to Polidoro, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 037 175 against Bekaert Combustion Technology…
Read the analysisOn an application by the Disney companies, defendants in InterDigital VC Holdings' infringement action on EP 2 465 265 (video coding) before the Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_86/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, changed the language of the…
Read the analysisIn FUJIFILM's infringement action on EP 3 476 616 against three Kodak companies (UPC_CFI_359/2023), the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) allowed only in part the replacement of three of the nine members of the claimant's confidentiality club: two replacements were admitted,…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2025, the judge rapporteur Böttcher (Mannheim Local Division) gave effect to the parties' agreement in Powermat Technologies' infringement action on EP 2 481 141 against six Anker group companies (UPC_CFI_197/2025): service is deemed effected on 30 April…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, ORD_598604/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division prepares the hearing of 7 May 2025 in the infringement action on EP 2 479 680 brought by DISH Technologies and Sling TV against six companies,…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 9 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_819/2024, App_17158/2025), Presiding Judge Tochtermann, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, rejected the requests by the TCL, Hisense and LG defendants to split into three Corning's infringement action on EP 3 296 274,…
Read the analysisBy order of 4 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_750/2024, ORD_11176/2025), Judge-rapporteur Böttcher of the Mannheim Local Division rejected the preliminary objection of Samsung Electronics GmbH and Samsung Electronics France in Fingon LLC's infringement action on EP 2 839 403.
Read the analysisBy order of 3 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_819/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division rejected the preliminary objections of the Hisense, TCL and LG group companies, sued together by Corning for infringement of EP 3 296 274 through the sale in Germany…
Read the analysisBy decision of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_359/2023), the Mannheim Local Division rules on Fujifilm’s infringement action against Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications and Kodak Holding based on EP 3 476 616 (lithographic printing plate precursor), and on the counterclaim for revocation.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_819/2024), Judge Tochtermann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur at the Mannheim Local Division, rejected the applications for a stay (Rule 295(m) RoP) filed by nine Hisense, TCL and LG group companies, defendants to Corning Incorporated's infringement action…
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_359/2023), the Mannheim Local Division separated, in FUJIFILM's infringement action against three Kodak companies (EP 3 476 616), the requests concerning the UK part of the patent, which will be dealt with in separate proceedings.
Read the analysisBy an order of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023), the Mannheim Local Division separated, in FUJIFILM's infringement action against three Kodak companies (EP 3 511 174), the requests concerning the UK part of the patent, which will be dealt with in separate proceedings.
Read the analysisBy a decision of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023), the Mannheim Local Division found that three Kodak companies infringed the German part of FUJIFILM's EP 3 511 174, which concerns a planographic printing plate precursor, through their SONORA XTRA-3 plates, and dismissed the…
Read the analysisBy order of 1 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_132/2024, ORD_7652/2025, reissued as ORD_15972/2025 for technical reasons), Judge-rapporteur Böttcher of the Mannheim Local Division refused Total Semiconductor, LLC leave to file a further written submission of 13 February 2025 in reply to the rejoinder of…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ORD_15005/2025), Judge-rapporteur Böttcher of the Mannheim Local Division rejected DISH Technologies and Sling TV's request for a finding that the information they sought from Cloudflare, a third party, under Rule 191 was not decisive for…
Read the analysisBy order of 26 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_210/2023, ORD_5519/2025), Judge-rapporteur Tochtermann, presiding judge of the Mannheim Local Division, provisionally and partly granted the law firm AMPERSAND Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten access to the file in Panasonic Holdings' infringement action on EP 2 568 724…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 11 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_159/2024), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Hurom's infringement action (EP 2 028 981, juice extractor) against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK concerning the "AUTO10" juicer sold under the Kuvings brand.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 11 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_162/2024), the Mannheim Local Division (Tochtermann, presiding, Böttcher, rapporteur, and Perrotti) severed, in Hurom's infringement action against NUC Electronics Co.
Read the analysisBy a decision of 11 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_162/2024), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Hurom's infringement action (EP 2 028 981, juice extractor) against the Korean company NUC Electronics Co., parent of the NUC group, concerning the "AUTO10" juicer.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 11 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_159/2024), the Mannheim Local Division (Tochtermann, presiding, Böttcher, rapporteur, and Perrotti) severed, in Hurom's infringement action against NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK on EP 2 028 981, the claims based on the national parts of…
Read the analysisBy order of 3 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_142/2025), the Mannheim Local Division, through Judge Tochtermann acting as presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, rejected an application for an order to preserve evidence and inspect premises filed, before any action on the merits, by the proprietor…
Read the analysisThe published document is the redacted version, authorised by order of 6 February 2025 under Rule 262A RoP, of the decision given on 22 November 2024 by the Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_210/2023) between Panasonic Holdings Corporation and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 February 2025 (UPC_CFI_218/2023, EP 3 069 315), the Mannheim Local Division allowed, following a settlement, the withdrawal of Panasonic's infringement action against Xiaomi companies and two distributors and of their revocation counterclaim.
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 February 2025 (UPC_CFI_219/2023), the Mannheim Local Division allowed, following a settlement, the withdrawal of Panasonic's infringement action against Xiaomi and two distributors, and of the revocation counterclaim.
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 February 2025 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, on the parties' joint application, permitted the withdrawal of Panasonic's infringement action (EP 2 568 724) against OPPO and OROPE Germany and of the counterclaims for revocation,…
Read the analysisBy a decision of 31 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_340/2023), the Mannheim Local Division (Judges Tochtermann, presiding, Kircher, rapporteur, Kokke and Geier, technically qualified) upheld Europe Forestry's revocation counterclaim against Rematec's EP 2 548 648, concerning a grinding mill, and accordingly dismissed the infringement…
Read the analysisBy an order of 30 January 2025 preparing the oral hearing (UPC_CFI_359/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division set out the panel’s preliminary views in FUJIFILM’s infringement action against Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications and Kodak Holding over European patent EP…
Read the analysisBy an order of 30 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023, EP 3 511 174), the presiding judge of the Mannheim Local Division, Judge Tochtermann, acting as judge-rapporteur, refused to treat as costs of the proceedings the simultaneous English to Japanese interpretation requested by FUJIFILM…
Read the analysisIn an order of 22 January 2025 (UPC_CFI_365/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division prepared the oral hearing in Fujifilm’s infringement action on EP 3 511 174 against three Kodak companies, which have counterclaimed for revocation.
Read the analysisBy an order of 20 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_541/2024), made after an oral hearing, the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Tochtermann presiding, Judge Böttcher as judge-rapporteur, Judge Mlakar) granted G.
Read the analysisIn a decision of 22 November 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the Mannheim Local Division ruled on Panasonic Holdings Corporation’s infringement action against Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications and OROPE Germany, based on EP 2 568 724 (allocation of sounding reference signals, SRS, in the LTE…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 October 2024 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, App_46519/2024, ORD_47065/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Judge Böttcher) refused the application by DISH Technologies and Sling TV for the AYLO group companies and two other defendants to produce the source code…
Read the analysisBy order of 20 October 2024 (ORD_47058/2024, UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division rejected the application of DISH Technologies and Sling TV, which are suing several Aylo companies for infringement of EP 2 479 680, for the defendants operating…
Read the analysisBy an order of 17 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023, App_52033/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann) rejected the application by Panasonic Holdings Corporation to have its own party expert heard as a witness at the oral hearing…
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division organised the oral hearing in Panasonic's infringement action against four Xiaomi companies, Odiporo and Shamrock Mobile concerning EP 2 568 724, and set the…
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division organised the oral hearing in Panasonic's infringement action against OROPE Germany and Guangdong OPPO concerning EP 2 568 724, and set the value in…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023 and UPC_CFI_223/2023, App_45837/2024 and App_45833/2024), the panel of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding, D.
Read the analysisBy order of 3 September 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_49142/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Tochtermann) disregarded the rejoinder submissions of Xiaomi Technology Germany and the other defendants concerning two third-party licences, in the action brought by Panasonic Holdings…
Read the analysisBy order of 31 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_330/2024, ACT_36396/2024, ORD_44601/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division held that the steps already taken to bring Panasonic Holdings' Statement of Claim to the attention of Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisBy order of 1 August 2024 (ORD_44656/2024, UPC_CFI_335/2024, ACT_36422/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division treated as good service on Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisBy order of 31 July 2024 (ORD_44597/2024, UPC_CFI_332/2024, ACT_36410/2024), the presiding judge, acting as judge-rapporteur, of the Mannheim Local Division treated as good service on Xiaomi H.K.
Read the analysisBy order of 25 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_159/2024, ORD_43151/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Böttcher), on the application of NUC Electronics Europe and WARMCOOK, defendants in Hurom's infringement action on EP 2 028 981, allowed them to file on USB stick…
Read the analysisBy order of 22 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, ORD_42880/2024), the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding, D.
Read the analysisBy order of 10 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_410/2023, ACT_585052/2023, CC_15513/2024, ORD_35569/2024), the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding, H.
Read the analysisBy order of 10 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_32822/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann), on the application of Panasonic, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 568 724 against Xiaomi, Odiporo and Shamrock Mobile, set the confidentiality regime…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, in Panasonic's action against OROPE Germany and Guangdong OPPO based on EP 2 568 724 (a standard essential patent), set the confidentiality regime for licences granted to third…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023, App_39329/2024 and 39331/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann), in proceedings on Panasonic's EP 2 568 724 involving a FRAND counterclaim, extended from 17 July to 14 August 2024 the defendant's time…
Read the analysisBy an order of 4 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Dr Tochtermann), in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 568 724 against Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH and five other companies, gave the parties preliminary technical…
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 July 2024 (UPC_CFI_471/2023, ACT_594191/2023, ORD_33986/2024, App_26934/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (D. A. Böttcher), in the infringement action on EP 2 479 680 brought by DISH Technologies L.L.C.
Read the analysisBy an order of 27 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (Dr Tochtermann), in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 568 724 against OROPE Germany GmbH and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 June 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_35009/2024 and App_35013/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division, Dr Tochtermann, in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 568 724 against Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH and other companies,…
Read the analysisBy order of 16 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_216/2023, App_4931/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division rejected, at this stage, the applications for production of documents filed on 4 February 2024 by OROPE Germany and Guangdong OPPO, defendants to Panasonic's infringement action on…
Read the analysisBy an order of 6 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_223/2023, ORD_25608/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann), in the infringement action on EP 2 207 270 brought by Panasonic Holdings Corporation against ten Xiaomi group companies, severed the proceedings against the…
Read the analysisBy order of 6 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_218/2023, ORD_25617/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy order of 6 May 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, ORD_25614/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_219/2023, App_14390/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_223/2023, App_14308/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2024 (UPC_CFI_218/2023, App_14035/2024), the presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Mannheim Local Division (P.
Read the analysisBy an order of 22 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_223/2023), the Mannheim Local Division, in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 207 270 against Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH and five other companies, decided to hear both the infringement action and the counterclaim…
Read the analysisBy an order that bears no date in its text (published as of 22 February 2024), the Mannheim Local Division, seised by MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Read the analysisBy an order of 22 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_216/2023), the Mannheim Local Division, in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 3 096 315 against OROPE Germany GmbH and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.
Read the analysisBy order of 22 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_210/2023), the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, H.
Read the analysisBy order of 22 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_218/2023), the Mannheim Local Division (P. Tochtermann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur, H.
Read the analysisBy an order of 22 February 2024 (UPC_CFI_222/2023), the Mannheim Local Division, in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action on EP 2 207 270 against OROPE Germany GmbH and Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.
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