UPC CFI 494/2025

Vor dem UPC: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (14 Verfahren)·HMD Global Oy (14 Verfahren)

• 2026-08-24
  InfringementÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Hamburg Local Division held that HMD Global Oy's Android-9-and-later smartphones and tablets (Nokia/HMD brands) infringe claim 1 (direct) and claim 14 (indirect) of Fraunhofer's SEP EP 2 380 167, rejecting HMD's FRAND and exhaustion defences because its insistence on a bilateral rather than pool licence, without placing a security, did not show genuine willingness to take a licence. The Court ordered a cease-and-desist injunction, recall and destruction of infringing products, an information/accounting order, an interim damages award of EUR 219,000 and a declaration of full liability for further damages. Defendant's counterclaim seeking revocation of EP 2 380 167 in its entirety (companion docket UPC_CFI_1128/2025) was rejected and the patent upheld as granted, unamended.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (6)

  • FRAND defence to injunction under Art. 101/102 TFEU (SEP licensing)
  • Pool licence vs. bilateral licence: when an implementer may insist on bilateral terms, and how that bears on willingness to license
  • Patent exhaustion, Art. 29 UPCA
  • Limitation/time-bar under Art. 72 UPCA and §§ 195, 199, 203 BGB (suspension of limitation during settlement negotiations)
  • Temporal application of the UPCA to infringing acts spanning its 1 June 2023 entry into force
  • Counterclaim for revocation rejected in its entirety; patent upheld as granted (unamended)
• 2025-12-19
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: Hamburg Local Division procedural order on HMD Global's request for production of licence agreements (R. 190 RoP) in Fraunhofer's SEP infringement action. The Court granted partial disclosure: HMD's request regarding the AAC Patent License Agreement with a named third party (whose identity is redacted) was granted subject to a confidentiality declaration, as Fraunhofer had consented. The request regarding a second bilateral agreement was not yet ripe for determination.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (4)

  • Production of licence agreements (R. 190 RoP)
  • FRAND / SEP (AAC standard)
  • Antitrust transparency obligation
  • Exhaustion of rights defence