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By order of 3 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_149/2024), the judge rapporteur Voß (Munich Local Division) ordered Headwater Research, proprietor of EP 3 110 069, to provide security for costs of EUR 200,000 to the three Motorola companies and EUR 100,000 to Flextronics International…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 3 July 2025, the judge rapporteur Zigann (Munich Local Division) dismissed for lack of legal interest Lenovo (Singapore)'s request to extend from 7 to 9 July 2025 its time to reply to the ASUSTek defendants' brief of 13…
Read the analysisBy order of 3 July 2025, the President of the Court of First Instance granted the application of Renault Retail Group Deutschland, Renault Deutschland and Renault S.A.S., defendants in the infringement action brought by Avago Technologies International Sales before the Munich Local…
Read the analysisBy an order of 3 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_127/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division ruled on cross-applications for security for costs in Headwater Research's infringement action (EP 3 110 072) against three Motorola companies and Flextronics International Europe, all of which…
Read the analysisBy order of 2 July 2025 (UPC_CFI_245/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division dismissed the application by SWARCO FUTURIT, claimant in the action against Yunex for infringement of EP 2 643 717, for Shenzhen Dianming, intervening in support of the defendant,…
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 2 July 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas, Schumacher, Agergaard), having heard the parties and before the close of the written procedure, decided to hear both Quantificare's infringement action on EP 3 156 843 against the Canfield Scientific companies…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 June 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division (Thomas, Schumacher, Kokke, Schober) dismissed the three applications for partial refund of court fees filed by F.
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 order of 26 June 2025, the judge rapporteur Schilling (Hamburg Local Division) stayed for three months the whole of Visibly's infringement action on EP 3 918 974 against Easee B.V., Easee Holding B.V.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 23 June 2025 (Rule 9), Judge Thomas, presiding judge and rapporteur (Düsseldorf Local Division), informed Aesculap and Shanghai International Holding Corporation (Europe), in the provisional measures proceedings on EP 2 892 442 (UPC_CFI_213/2025), of the feature breakdown of…
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 analysisBy a procedural order of 19 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_363/2024, EP 2 404 516), the Paris Local Division (Judges Lignières, presiding and judge-rapporteur, Gillet and Schilling), on referral from the judge-rapporteur, held inadmissible GISELA MAYER's application for security for costs of EUR 50,000…
Read the analysisBy an order of 18 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_297/2025, EP 2 080 349), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, after consulting the panel of the Düsseldorf Local Division, ordered that the proceedings brought by InterDigital CE Patent Holdings against…
Read the analysisBy an order of 16 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_483/2024, EP 3 742 231), Judge-rapporteur Voß (Munich Local Division) granted the joint request of Esko-Graphics Imaging and the XSYS companies to stay, under Rule 295(d), the infringement action, the counterclaim for revocation and the…
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_337/2025, EP 3 296 274), Judge-rapporteur Kupecz (Munich Central Division) ruled on two applications in TCL Europe's revocation action against Corning Incorporated.
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 June 2025 (UPC_CFI_309/2023, EP 3 498 115), Judge-rapporteur Haedicke (Paris Central Division) granted the firm Meissner Bolte, a non-party, access to the pleadings and evidence in NJOY Netherlands' revocation action against Juul Labs International, concluded at first…
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 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 analysisIn 10x Genomics' provisional measures proceedings against Curio Bioscience (EP 2 697 391), the presiding judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, acting as judge rapporteur, amended the confidentiality order of 11 March 2024 to replace two unavailable paralegals with two other named…
Read the analysisThe judge rapporteur of The Hague Local Division rectified under Rule 353 the order of 23 May 2025 on Moderna's preliminary objections in the actions brought by Genevant Sciences and Arbutus (UPC_CFI_191/2025 and UPC_CFI_192/2025, EP 2 279 254 and EP 4 241…
Read the analysisThe Munich Local Division rectified under Rule 353 its decision of 4 April 2025 in Edwards Lifesciences' action against Meril on EP 3 669 828 and the counterclaim, on the five points Edwards did not oppose (items 1, 2, 3, 7 and…
Read the analysisIn SWARCO FUTURIT's action against Yunex for infringement of EP 2 643 717, the judge rapporteur of the Munich Local Division admitted, absent any objection, Shenzhen Dianming's intervention in support of the defendant (Rule 313), declared the invitation to intervene of 24…
Read the analysisBy decision of 2 June 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division confirmed, at the joint request of F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Roche Diabetes Care GmbH and defendants 1 and 2 (Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Read the analysisBy order of 2 June 2025, the judge rapporteur of the Milan Local Division stayed, at the joint request of all parties, the revocation counterclaims and applications to amend concerning EP 3 498 117 in Dainese v Alpinestars, until the final decision…
Read the analysisThe Hamburg Local Division granted Lionra re-establishment of rights for the Rule 151 period, which expired on 19 March 2025, within which it had to start cost proceedings following the merits decision of 19 February 2025 against Cisco (EP 2 201 740).
Read the analysisBy order of 30 May 2025, the Hamburg Local Division ordered Easee B.V., Yves Prevoo and Easee Holding B.V. to provide joint security of EUR 75,000 for the costs of Visibly, proprietor of EP 3 918 974 (UPC_CFI_525/2024).
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, following an oral hearing on 9 May 2025, the Munich Local Division rejected ALD Vacuum Technologies' request for review of the order for preservation of evidence and inspection made on 3 February 2025, without hearing ALD,…
Read the analysisBy order of 27 May 2025 (the heading bears the date 26 May), the Düsseldorf Local Division, at Grundfos's request and with no objection from Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump, corrected several obvious clerical errors in its decision of 8 May 2025…
Read the analysisBy order of 21 May 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Siemens' application for security for costs against Hologic, a US company suing it for infringement of EP 2 352 431 B1 (UPC_CFI_758/2024, with the counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_259/2025).
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 judge rapporteur of the Düsseldorf Local Division set at EUR 84,950 the costs that Bette must reimburse to Franz Kaldewei following the decision on the merits of 3 July 2024 on EP 3 375 337…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 13 May 2025 (ORD_18791/2025), the judge rapporteur of the Munich Local Division classified as confidential information contained in Huawei Technologies' statement of claim against MediaTek, Inc.
Read the analysisBy an order of 13 May 2025 (UPC_CFI_254/2025), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division classified as confidential the highlighted information in Huawei Technologies' statement of claim in its infringement action against MediaTek (EP 4 142 215).
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 9 May 2025 (ORD_22179/2025), the judge rapporteur of the Milan Local Division set at EUR 77,064.65 the costs that Bhagat Textile Engineers must reimburse to Oerlikon Textile, following the decision on the merits of 4 November 2024, which had…
Read the analysisThe Brussels Local Division dismissed Yealink's application under Rule 353 to rectify the final order of 21 March 2025 issued in the provisional measures proceedings concerning EP 3 732 827 (UPC_CFI_582/2024).
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 analysisBy decision of 2 May 2025, the Düsseldorf Local Division confirmed, at the request of Evac and defendants 4 to 6 (S.K. Marine Supplies and two individuals), the settlement concluded between them in the infringement action on EP 1 840 282 and…
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 the provisional measures proceedings brought by Aesculap against Shanghai International Holding Corporation (Europe) under EP 2 892 442 (UPC_CFI_213/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division asked the Presidium of the Court of First Instance to assign a technically qualified judge to the panel…
Read the analysisBy order of 30 April 2025, the judge rapporteur Thomas (Düsseldorf Local Division) took note of Curio Bioscience's intention to provide samples in 10x Genomics' infringement action on EP 2 697 391 (UPC_CFI_140/2024).
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 analysisOn an application by the Disney companies, defendants in InterDigital VC Holdings' infringement action on EP 2 449 782 (video coding) before the Düsseldorf Local Division (UPC_CFI_87/2025), the President of the Court of First Instance, Florence Butin, changed the language of the…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 24 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_738/2024 and UPC_CFI_241/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division extended uniformly to 16 June 2025 the time limits, expiring on 28 May 2025, for Rädlinger Maschinenbau to reply to Henle Baumaschinentechnik's statement of defence and to respond…
Read the analysisBy order of 23 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_196/2025, App_19188/2025, ORD_19329/2025), Judge Zigann, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, granted the application of the five Samsung defendants in Maxell's infringement action on EP 2 403 266.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 23 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_336/2024 and UPC_CFI_605/2024, ORD_17892/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judge-rapporteur Thomas) decided, before the end of the written procedure, to hear together Maxeon Solar's infringement action on EP 3 065 184 against eight defendants, including Aiko…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 22 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_119/2025, ACT_7567/2025, ORD_19051/2025), Judge-rapporteur Zigann of the Munich Local Division gave effect to the parties' agreement in the infringement action on EP 4 372 829 brought by Shanghai Jinko Green Energy Enterprise Management and Zhejiang…
Read the analysisBy order of 18 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_526/2024, ORD_18972/2025), Judge-rapporteur Kupecz of the Munich Central Division prepared the oral hearing in the revocation action brought by Kunststoff KG Nehl & Co.
Read the analysisBy order of 16 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_628/2024, App_8962/2025), Judge-rapporteur Pichlmaier of the Munich Local Division ordered AorticLab, defendant to Emboline's infringement action on EP 2 129 425 and counterclaimant for revocation, to provide security of EUR 200,000 for Emboline's costs.
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 14 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_100/2024 and UPC_CFI_411/2024, ORD_9090/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, presiding, Thom, rapporteur, and Kokke) decided, with the parties' consent and before the close of the written procedure, to hear together Ona Patents' infringement action…
Read the analysisBy order of 14 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_566/2024 and UPC_CFI_39/2025, ORD_16126/2025), the Munich Local Division (Judges Zigann, presiding and rapporteur, Schober, Pichlmaier and Dorland-Galliot) granted Syngenta leave to extend its infringement action on EP 2 152 073 against Sumi Agro and Sumi Agro…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 14 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_99/2024 and UPC_CFI_392/2024, ORD_9091/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Thomas, presiding and rapporteur, Thom and Kokke) decided, with the parties' consent and before the close of the written procedure, to hear together Ona Patents' infringement…
Read the analysisBy an order of 14 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_149/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division dismissed Headwater Research's application to sever its infringement action (EP 3 110 069), insofar as it targets Flextronics International Europe, the fifth defendant, from the proceedings against…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 11 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_298/2023, ACT_568963/2023), the Munich Local Division (Judges Zigann, presiding, Kupecz and Pichlmaier) ordered the immediate continuation of the written procedure in the infringement action on EP 4 108 782 brought by 10x Genomics and President…
Read the analysisBy order of 9 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_846/2024, ORD_11612/2025), Judge-rapporteur Kupecz (Munich Local Division) ordered Promosome, claimant in the infringement action on EP 2 401 365, to deposit security for costs of EUR 1,500,000 into the UPC account within three weeks of service,…
Read the analysisBy procedural order of 9 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_501/2023 and UPC_CFI_676/2024, App_14059/2025), Presiding Judge Zigann, acting as judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division, permitted Meril Life Sciences to withdraw its cost application (EUR 8,379) and confidentiality applications arising from a third party, Mr…
Read the analysisBy an order of 9 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_15/2023 and UPC_CFI_674/2024), the judge-rapporteur of the Munich Local Division allowed Meril to withdraw its applications for reimbursement of the costs incurred in opposing a third party's request for access to the file, made by…
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 procedural order of 9 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_459/2023, App_13218/2025), the Düsseldorf Local Division (Judges Klepsch, presiding, Thom, Agergaard and Schober) corrected under Rule 353 its decision of 7 March 2025 between Tridonic and CUPOWER Shenzhen Xiezhen Electronics (EP 2 011 218): the…
Read the analysisBy order of 7 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_472/2024, ORD_10964/2025), the Milan Local Division (Judges Perrotti, presiding, Zana, rapporteur, Klein and Ashley, technically qualified) granted Dainese S.p.A.
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_846/2024, ORD_11610/2025 and ORD_11611/2025), Judge-rapporteur Kupecz of the Munich Local Division rejected the applications to produce evidence filed on 7 March 2025 by the five BioNTech companies and the four Pfizer companies, defendants to Promosome LLC's…
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 order of 2 April 2025 (UPC_CFI_429/2024, ORD_55997/2024), Judge Sabine Klepsch, presiding judge and judge-rapporteur at the Hamburg Local Division, dismissed the application for security for costs filed on 7 October 2024 by Chint New Energy Technology and five companies of the…
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.
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