12 October 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Generic
Decision with commentary
By 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.
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8 October 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By 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.
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28 September 2026
CFI / Milan (IT) Local Division / Infringement Action
Decision with commentary
In an order of 28 September 2026 published on 29 October 2026 (UPC_CFI_703/2025 and UPC_CFI_1757/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Milan Local Division answers the court expert’s request for clarification in the dispute between Prinoth and Xelom over EP 2 507 436 and…
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4 August 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192
Decision with commentary
By 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…
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6 May 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
In 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…
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20 March 2026
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
In 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…
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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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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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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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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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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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25 November 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
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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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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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12 November 2025
CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
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30 October 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
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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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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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30 May 2025
CFI / Brussels (BE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
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26 March 2025
CFI / Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
By order of 26 March 2025 (UPC_CFI_260/2025, ACT_14438/2025), made without hearing the defendants, the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, presiding and rapporteur, Schumacher and Schober) allowed OTEC Präzisionsfinish to have two polishing machines suspected of using EP 2 983 864 inspected on…
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23 December 2024
CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_814/2024, ORD_67654/2024), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a single judge (Judge Lignières), authorised TIRU, without hearing the defendant, to have a detailed description, seizures and an inspection carried out at VALINEA ENERGIE's site in…
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23 December 2024
CFI / Paris (FR) Local Division / Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199
Decision with commentary
By an order of 23 December 2024 (UPC_CFI_813/2024, ORD_67655/2024), the Paris Local Division, sitting as a single judge (Judge Lignières), authorised TIRU, without hearing the defendant, to carry out measures to preserve evidence and an inspection at MAGUIN's premises in Charmes, on…
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