| — | UPC_CFI_254/2025 | — | — | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order granting confidentiality request (Rule 262A RoP) filed by Defendant MediaTek Germany GmbH in respect of information in its Statement of Defence (Non-Technical Part), including exclusion of the public from hearings and redaction of the decision for publication. Claimant Huawei confirmed the underlying non-disclosure agreement and did not oppose the request. |
| 2026-03-26 | UPC_CFI_364/2025 | Paris CD | Counterclaim for infringement | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Vergleich | Decision of the Paris Central Division dated 26 March 2026 declaring the counterclaim for infringement (UPC_CFI_364/2025) closed following an out-of-court settlement between Belparts Group N.V. and IMI Hydronic Engineering Deutschland GmbH. This is the counterpart order to UPC_CFI_104/2025: the counterclaim for infringement by Belparts was withdrawn simultaneously with IMI's withdrawal of its revocation action following settlement. No cost decision was requested. |
| 2026-03-24 | UPC_CFI_1049/2025 | Hamburg LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | The Hamburg Local Division ordered reimbursement of 60% of court fees to claimant BTL Medizintechnik GmbH following the previously granted withdrawal of its infringement action before closure of the written procedure, applying R. 370.9(b)(i) RoP (2025 version). |
| 2026-03-23 | UPC_CFI_1963/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Paris Local Division (panel, on R.333 review) upheld the Judge-Rapporteur's order of 17 February 2026 rejecting Bosch's preliminary objections to the territorial competence of Paris Local Division. The panel confirmed that Art. 33.1(b) UPCA requires only a commercial link between all defendants (not a direct link between the anchor defendant and each co-defendant), and that 'same infringement' means infringement of the same patent by all defendants, not identical products. |
| 2026-03-18 | UPC_CFI_1357/2025 | Brussels LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Brussels Local Division ordered Establishment Labs SA to provide security for costs of EUR 600,000 within 21 days in both UPC_CFI_1357/2025 and UPC_CFI_629/2026 proceedings concerning EP 3 107 487 B1. The Court held that the claimant's non-EU incorporation (Costa Rica) and concerns about recoverability of a cost order justified the security requirement, rejecting other elements of the defendants' R. 158 application. |
| 2026-03-03 | UPC_CFI_43/2025 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The Hague Local Division revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring's EP 2 437 696 B2 (position therapy device for sleep disorders) as lacking inventive step over JP748 prior art. The counterclaim for revocation by Philips succeeded and the infringement action was dismissed. |
| 2026-02-27 | UPC_CFI_344/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Mannheim Local Division (judge-rapporteur Johansson) ordered Defendant 1 (SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.) to pay a separate court fee for its counterclaim for revocation within 14 days, ruling that the fee already paid by Defendants 2-4 for their earlier counterclaim does not cover Defendant 1's subsequently filed separate counterclaim, even if the content is the same. Failure to pay may result in a default decision under R. 355 RoP. |
| 2026-02-25 | UPC_CFI_619/2025 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Hague Local Division addressed GSK's R.263 application to amend its claim and Moderna's R.9 application to dismiss late-filed submissions in a parallel mRNA vaccine infringement action. |
| 2026-02-25 | UPC_CFI_620/2025 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order under Rule 9 RoP in GSK's infringement action against Pfizer/BioNTech entities concerning vaccine-related patents, addressing admissibility of submissions in GSK's Reply. |
| 2026-02-24 | UPC_CFI_735/2024 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | outcomeName.other | The Mannheim Local Division issued a decision in TRUMPF Laser UK v. IPG Laser GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 2 951 625 (optical apparatus for laser light), addressing infringement and a counterclaim for revocation; the outcome on infringement/validity requires additional pages not captured in the excerpt. |
| 2026-02-19 | UPC_CFI_541/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued an order on Wizart's request for security for costs under R. 158 RoP in proceedings against Leap Tools (Canada), addressing whether the claimant's Canadian domicile and financial situation justify ordering security. |
| 2026-02-19 | UPC_CFI_26/2025 | Vienna LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nicht verletzt | The Vienna Local Division dismissed both Messerle GmbH's infringement action and Sabert Corporation Europe's counterclaim for revocation concerning EP 3 705 415 B1 (a packaging-related patent). The infringement action was dismissed because the accused 'Tray2Go' product did not directly or equivalently infringe the patent claims — the Court found no technical-functional equivalence of the substitute means used in the accused product. The counterclaim for revocation was also dismissed, so the patent was maintained as granted. Each party bears its own costs (maximum EUR 600,000 total, split evenly between action and counterclaim). |
| 2026-02-18 | UPC_CFI_616/2025 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Hague Local Division ruled on GSK's application to amend its claim under Rule 263 RoP and Moderna's application to dismiss late-filed submissions under Rule 9 RoP in patent infringement proceedings relating to mRNA vaccine technology. |
| 2026-02-18 | UPC_CFI_466/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Provisional procedural order of the Düsseldorf Local Division (judge-rapporteur Dr. Zhilova) on an application by defendants Zapp AG and Zapp Precision Metals GmbH for protection of confidential information under Rule 262A RoP. The defendants sought to restrict access to specific paragraphs of their defense pleadings (Duplik) and certain exhibits (HE 137-145) as trade secrets. The order addressed the classification of the information as confidential and the specification of which persons would be granted access. |
| 2026-02-18 | UPC_CFI_819/2024 | Mannheim LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Rücknahme | Zurückgenommen | The Mannheim Local Division permitted Corning's partial withdrawal of its infringement action (EP 3 296 274) against defendants Hisense Gorenje Germany GmbH and Hisense Europe Holding GmbH (defendants 1 and 2) under R. 265 RoP. The infringement action continues against TCL and LG (defendants 3–6). Simultaneously, the counterclaim for revocation filed by defendants 1 and 2 was also withdrawn and declared closed. Corning bears the costs of the withdrawn infringement proceedings against defendants 1–2; defendants 1–2 receive a 40% reimbursement (EUR 8,000) of their counterclaim court fees. |
| 2026-02-17 | UPC_CFI_1963/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Paris Local Division rejected all of Bosch's preliminary objections to the jurisdiction and internal competence of the Paris Local Division in Valeo's infringement action. The court held that the condition in Art.33.1(b) UPCA ('action relates to the same infringement') requires violation of the same patent by all defendants but does not require identical infringing products. The Paris Local Division was found competent for all defendants. Costs deferred to merits decision. |
| 2026-02-16 | UPC_CFI_716/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Vergleich | Decision permitting ETRI's withdrawal of the infringement action (EP 2 258 692 B1 / EP 3 258 692 B1) against Hisense Gorenje and others following a settlement. Each party bears its own costs. 60% of court fees (EUR 14,400) reimbursed to Claimant. Value in dispute set at EUR 2,500,000. |
| 2026-02-13 | UPC_CFI_770/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in Pirelli v. Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber, resolving preliminary objections (with SYR withdrawing a service objection) and addressing admissibility of photographs and product samples from the earlier seizure. |
| 2026-02-12 | UPC_CFI_575/2025 | Mannheim LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Abgewiesen | The Mannheim Local Division rejected the preliminary objection filed by all seven defendants (led by Sovex Systems and Solvest entities) in Honeywell's infringement action concerning EP 2 563 695 B1. The Court retained jurisdiction over the Dutch defendants under Art. 33(1) UPCA and rejected the defendants' arguments challenging international jurisdiction over Hemtech (Bosnia and Herzegovina) under Art. 31 UPCA and Art. 71b Brussels I Recast. The Court found Honeywell had sufficiently asserted German-directed infringing acts at the pleadings stage, without needing to pre-judge the merits. Leave to appeal the rejection was not granted by the judge-rapporteur. |
| 2026-02-11 | UPC_CFI_1648/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Vergleich | The Düsseldorf Local Division accepted the withdrawal of Avago Technologies' infringement action against Telefónica Germany concerning EP 1 954 091, noting the parties had reached an out-of-court agreement rendering a cost decision unnecessary. |
| 2026-02-11 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Verletzt | The Düsseldorf Local Division found Canon's developer supply container patent EP 3 686 683 infringed by Katun and General Plastic entities, granting an injunction and ordering defendants to publish the operative part of the decision on their websites; the counterclaim for revocation was dismissed. |
| 2026-02-11 | UPC_CFI_336/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a decision under R. 265 RoP on the withdrawal or termination of proceedings in case UPC_CFI_336/2024. |
| 2026-02-05 | UPC_CFI_666/2024 | The Hague LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Vergleich | The Hague Local Division declared the proceedings closed in both the infringement claim (Adeia v. Walt Disney) and the counterclaim for revocation, following the parties' mutual withdrawal of their actions under R.265.1 RoP after reaching a settlement. The court reimbursed 40% of the court fees paid, corresponding to the stage of proceedings at time of withdrawal (after interim procedure but before oral procedure). The settlement terms were not disclosed. |
| 2026-02-04 | UPC_CFI_530/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Paris Local Division rejected Adobe's application for a default decision against KEEEX under R.158.5 and R.355.1 RoP. The court held that KEEEX had complied with the order to provide a bank guarantee (required following an earlier procedural order of 19 December 2025) and that Adobe's formal objections to the guarantee were unsubstantiated. The lack of diligence required to justify a default decision was not established. |
| 2026-01-30 | UPC_CFI_365/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | outcomeName.other | The Mannheim Local Division confirmed the earlier imposition of penalties order of 20 January 2026 against Kodak GmbH and related entities for non-compliance with a final judgment requiring provision of financial and technical information to FUJIFILM Corporation (EP 3 511 174). The Court rejected Kodak's challenge and upheld the maximum daily penalty as justified given the extent and seriousness of the non-compliance. Leave to appeal was granted to develop UPC case law on enforcement measures. |
| 2026-01-28 | UPC_CFI_727/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in Agathon AG v. Intercom s.r.l. and KNARR Vertriebs GmbH, setting out rulings on admissibility of technical drawings filed by the claimant and the handling of conditional auxiliary requests per R. 30.1 RoP. |
| 2026-01-28 | UPC_CFI_315/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nicht verletzt | The Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Labrador Diagnostics' infringement action concerning EP 3 756 767 against bioMérieux entities, finding no infringement after the Central Division amended the patent claims; the court was bound by the amended claim wording and validity was no longer decisive. |
| 2026-01-26 | UPC_CFI_2045/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting Amazon's application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English (the language in which the patent was granted). The court found that none of the defendants is based in Germany, that they all require English for internal coordination, and that the circumstances of the case and fairness under Art.49(5) UPCA justified the change. |
| 2026-01-26 | UPC_CFI_1064/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting Nordmeccanica's application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that when the balance of interests is equal, the defendant's position is decisive, and that Nordmeccanica (an Italian company) would be disadvantaged by proceedings in German. The language was changed to English. |
| 2026-01-20 | UPC_CFI_1506/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting Pinterest's application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that although Pinterest Germany is based in Germany, the working language of the entire Pinterest group is English, and the need for coordinated internal communication outweighed the claimant's interest in German proceedings. |
| 2026-01-19 | UPC_CFI_481/2025 | Mannheim LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Mannheim Local Division issued a general confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP in Huawei v. HMD Global, establishing a standing regime protecting all details of FRAND negotiations between the parties disclosed in any future submissions, with parties retaining the right to request stricter protection for highly sensitive information. |
| 2026-01-16 | UPC_CFI_1048/2025 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Vergleich | The Hague Local Division allowed BTL Medizintechnik GmbH's withdrawal of its infringement action against Lexter Microelectronic Engineering Systems S.L. following a settlement. The proceedings were declared closed with no cost decision required. |
| 2026-01-16 | UPC_CFI_702/2024 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Verletzt | Final decision (in French) in infringement action by IMC Créations against Mul-T-Lock France (EP 4 153 830, unitary patent - lock/padlock). Court found that the MVP 1000 padlock infringed the amended claims 1 and 6 of the unitary patent as limited. Revocation counterclaim rejected (claims 1 and 6 of the amended patent valid). Injunction and corrective measures (recall, removal from channels, destruction) ordered, with a 3-month delay before enforcement per parties' agreement. Disclosure of commercial information ordered. Mul-T-Lock to bear 90% of costs. Claims on the Swiss part of the patent rejected. Key headnotes: amended unitary patent takes effect from original grant date; national parts of European patent in non-UPC states assessed against the patent as originally granted. |
| 2026-01-15 | UPC_CFI_1357/2025 | Brussels LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Nur prozessual | The Brussels Local Division issued a procedural order on a preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP) filed by GC Aesthetics and Romed N.V. challenging jurisdiction in the infringement action brought by Establishment Labs S.A. concerning EP 3 107 487 B1 (breast implant). |
| 2026-01-15 | UPC_CFI_100/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nicht verletzt | Final decision on the merits in the infringement action by Ona Patents SL against Google Ireland Limited and others (EP 2 263 098 B1, Wi-Fi positioning patent). The court dismissed the infringement action, finding no direct infringement (the accused product did not possess every claimed component). The counterclaim for revocation was also dismissed (patent maintained as valid). Claimant to bear costs of the infringement action; 80% of counterclaim costs to defendants, 20% to claimant. Value in dispute: EUR 6,000,000 (infringement) and EUR 9,000,000 (counterclaim). Key headnotes: register governs proprietor standing; each component of a product must be present for direct infringement. |
| 2026-01-13 | UPC_CFI_850/2024 | Mannheim LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Mannheim Local Division issued a further procedural order in ZTE v. Samsung addressing Samsung's request to produce a licence agreement, granting confidentiality protection under R. 262A RoP and permitting Samsung to file a further pleading on FRAND topics under R. 36 RoP. |
| 2026-01-13 | UPC_CFI_628/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nicht verletzt | Final decision on the merits in infringement action by Emboline, Inc. against AorticLab srl (EP 2 129 425, medical device). Court dismissed the infringement action finding the patent not infringed. The defendant's counterclaim for revocation was conditional (dependent on a finding of infringement), and since no infringement was found, no decision was made on the counterclaim. Both parties bear their own costs. Key headnotes: infringement not excluded by normal non-infringing operation if patent-compliant use remains possible; irregular use of a medical device in line with professional practice can constitute infringement; conditional counterclaim limited in scope (Rule 263.3 RoP). |
| 2026-01-08 | UPC_CFI_377/2025 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division partially granted Primetals Technologies' application for an order to produce evidence under Art. 59 UPCA / R. 190 RoP, requiring Danieli to disclose documents relating to alleged infringement of EP 2 624 977 in steel coiling installations supplied to Hoa Phat Group in Vietnam. |
| 2025-12-30 | UPC_CFI_648/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division allowed ETRI's withdrawal of its patent infringement action against Shenzhen Transsion and related defendants. Each party bears its own costs; 60% of court fees were reimbursed to the claimant. |
| 2025-12-29 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division addressed Canon's request for simultaneous interpretation from English into Japanese during the oral hearing, for corporate representatives joining remotely from Japan. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_809/2025 | Paris CD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Paris Central Division ruled on a preliminary objection by Robert Bosch companies challenging its jurisdiction over an infringement action by Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyages concerning EP 2 671 766 (wiper system patent). The court upheld the objection and transferred the case to the Düsseldorf Local Division, finding that the Central Division lacked competence. The language of proceedings before the Düsseldorf Local Division was set as English. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_683/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. withdrew its infringement action concerning EP 3 471 419 against all defendants (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and associated entities) before closure of the written procedure. Defendants 1-4 and 6 consented; Defendant 5 (ASD SAS) was unrepresented. No cost compensation was sought. Huawei was ordered a 60% reimbursement of court fees under R.370.9(b)(i) and R.370.11 RoP. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_538/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | Sun Patent Trust withdrew its infringement action concerning EP 2 903 267 against all defendants (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and associated entities) before closure of the written procedure. Defendants 1-4 and 6-8 consented; Defendant 5 (ASD SAS) was unrepresented. No cost compensation was sought. Sun Patent Trust was ordered a 60% reimbursement of court fees under R.370.9(b)(i) and R.370.11 RoP. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_499/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | NEC Corporation withdrew its infringement action against all defendants (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and associated entities) before closure of the written procedure. All represented defendants consented. Defendant 5 (ASD SAS) was unrepresented but showed no interest in proceedings. No cost compensation was sought. NEC was ordered a 60% reimbursement of court fees under R.370.9(b)(i) and R.370.11 RoP. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_501/2025 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Zurückgenommen | NEC Corporation withdrew its infringement action concerning EP 3 057 321 against all defendants (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and associated entities) before closure of the written procedure. All represented defendants consented. Defendant 5 (ASD SAS) was unrepresented. No cost compensation was sought. NEC was ordered a 60% reimbursement of court fees under R.370.9(b)(i) and R.370.11 RoP. |
| 2025-12-23 | UPC_CFI_850/2024 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order in ZTE v. Samsung proceedings addressing Samsung's request to produce a licence agreement and requests for further written pleadings under R. 36/263 RoP on FRAND defence, as well as scheduling of an interim conference. |
| 2025-12-19 | UPC_CFI_494/2025 | Hamburg LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | 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. |
| 2025-12-19 | UPC_CFI_494/2025 | Hamburg LD | Procedural Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Duplicate of the Hamburg Local Division order (19 December 2025) on HMD Global's request for production of licence agreements under R. 190 RoP in Fraunhofer's MPEG-4/AAC SEP infringement proceedings against HMD Global. |
| 2025-12-19 | UPC_CFI_660/2024 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The Court revoked European patent EP 3 652 914 B1 in its entirety in the territories of France and Germany on the basis of the counterclaim for revocation filed by Palo Alto Networks. The claims (including the unconditionally amended main request and all auxiliary requests) were found to lack inventive step in light of the prior art. As a consequence, the infringement action was dismissed. Centripetal was ordered to bear the costs of the litigation. The value in dispute was set at EUR 2 million (EUR 1 million each for the infringement action and counterclaim). |
| 2025-12-18 | UPC_CFI_716/2024 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Verletzt | The Mannheim Local Division found that Bekaert Combustion Technology B.V. and NV Bekaert SA infringed Polidoro's premixed burner patent EP 2 037 175 and granted an injunction, recall/removal, destruction, information order, interim damages, and publication of the decision. |