UPC CFI 2246/2025
—·EP3944587 +1 more: Telecommunications network and method for time-based network access
- Verfahrensdetails
- Status—VerfahrensartVerletzungKategorieHauptverletzungsklage
- Parteien
- Beklagte
- Oleading B.V.
- Reflection Investment B.V.
- OROPE Germany GmbH
- OTECH Germany GmbH
- Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp.
Vertreter: Rien Broekstra - Division
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- Richter
- Edger Brinkman · presiding
- Edger Brinkman · rapporteur
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Sprache
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- Erste Entscheidung
- 14. Apr. 2026
- Letzte Entscheidung
- 28. Mai 2026
- 2026-05-28Nur prozessualProzessualInfringement Action
The Court issued an order governing the exchange of licenses and confidentiality arrangements for the disclosure of KPN's smartphone manufacturer licenses since 2015, including specific rules for Apple confidential documents. The order resolves outstanding disputes on disclosure scope, confidentiality club membership, the applicable confidentiality regime mirroring the LG Düsseldorf proceedings, and sets the deadline for the Defendants' Statement of Defence at three months and five weeks from the order date.
Rechtsfragen:Disclosure of FRAND license agreements to defendants' external counsel and expertsConfidentiality club arrangements and access controls for disclosed licensesMirroring of access and confidentiality regime from parallel LG Düsseldorf proceedingsProcedure for Apple third-party objections to expert access to Apple DocumentsTimeline for Statement of Defence in context of phased license disclosurePotential access by in-house defendants' employees to disclosed materials - 2026-04-14Nur prozessualProzessualInfringement Action
The Court issued an order on a jointly requested procedural matter governing the exchange of KPN's licence agreements to defendants' counsel and external experts, subject to a confidentiality regime mirrored from parallel LG Düsseldorf proceedings. The Court accepted the joint request without modification and directed parties to submit availability for a forthcoming case management hearing.
Rechtsfragen:Exchange of licence agreements to defendants' counsel and external expertsConfidentiality regime for disclosed licence agreementsMirroring of access conditions from parallel LG Düsseldorf proceedingsPenalty for contravention of confidentiality obligations (up to €250,000 per contravention)
- order%202246-2025%20KPN%20-%20Oleading%20et%20al%20-%20III%20exchange%20of%20licences%20and%20confidentiality%20-%20signed.pdf2026-04-14EN
- final%20order%202246-2025%20KPN%20-%20Oleading%20et%20al%20-%20III%20exchange%20of%20licences%20and%20confidentiality%20REDACTED.pdf2026-05-28EN