UPC CFI 2070/2025

Vor dem UPC: BMS Innovations, LLC (4 Verfahren)·BYD Company Ltd (4 Verfahren)

• 2026-05-27
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Paris Local Division ordered BMS Innovations, LLC (claimant in the main infringement proceedings) to provide security for costs of EUR 300,000 within one month, pursuant to Rule 158 RoP and Article 69(4) UPCA. The court assessed the total value of proceedings at EUR 8 million (infringement action EUR 4 million plus revocation counterclaim at equal value) and set the security at 50% of the EUR 600,000 recoverable costs ceiling.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (5)

  • Security for costs under Rule 158 RoP and Article 69(4) UPCA
  • Financial capacity of non-practicing entity claimant
  • Valuation of infringement action and revocation counterclaim for recoverable costs ceiling
  • Proportionate amount of security for costs
  • Timeframe for payment of ordered security
• 2026-04-14
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The judge-rapporteur ruled on a preliminary objection (R.19 RoP) concerning international jurisdiction. The UPC's jurisdiction over Defendants 1 and 2 (domiciled in China) for alleged infringing acts in the UK is deferred to the decision on the merits, while the preliminary objection against Defendant 7 (BYD UK, domiciled in the UK) is upheld — the Paris Local Division has no international jurisdiction over a defendant domiciled in a third country who is not alleged to have committed any infringing act within EU/UPC territory. The request for a preliminary ruling referral to the CJEU is rejected.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (8)

  • International jurisdiction over defendants domiciled in third countries (non-UPC, non-EU)
  • Application of Article 8(1) Brussels I bis (Regulation 1215/2012) to multiple defendants
  • Application of Article 71b(2) Brussels I bis to defendants domiciled outside the EU
  • UPC jurisdiction for alleged infringing acts committed exclusively in a third country (UK)
  • Risk of irreconcilable judgments as basis for long-arm jurisdiction
  • Admissibility and timing of preliminary objection (R.19 RoP)
  • Referral to CJEU for preliminary ruling on Brussels I bis interpretation
  • Whether oral hearing is required in preliminary objection proceedings (R.20.1 RoP)