| 2026-01-13 | UPC_CFI_1624/2025 | Munich LD | Application For Costs | Kosten | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division (in German) granted the claimant re-establishment of rights under R. 320 RoP for missing the deadline to initiate cost proceedings following a cost ratio decision, finding an excusable misunderstanding of the legal situation despite legal representation; a dissenting opinion was appended. |
| 2026-01-13 | UPC_CFI_1624/2025 | Munich LD | Application For Costs | Kosten | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division (English version) granted the claimant re-establishment of rights under R. 320 RoP for missing the deadline to initiate cost proceedings, with a dissenting opinion holding the application should be inadmissible for lack of legal interest. |
| 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). |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_525/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Kosten | Nur prozessual | Order of the Munich Local Division granting a security for costs application (Rule 158 RoP) filed by OPPO, OnePlus, Realme and other defendants against ASUS Technology Licensing Inc. (a claimant incorporated in Taiwan) in an infringement action. The Court found that enforcing a cost decision in Taiwan would be at least unduly burdensome given the absence of international agreements or national Taiwanese laws guaranteeing enforcement of foreign judgments, and ordered security in connection with the infringement action (but not the as-yet unfiled counterclaim for revocation). |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_146/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division issued a rectification order under Rule 353 RoP correcting factual errors in a prior decision in the Sanofi v. Stada/Dr Reddy/Zentiva proceedings, including corrections regarding marketing authorisation holders and expert witness attribution. |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_146/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The Munich Local Division found patent EP 2 493 466 (relating to cabazitaxel pharmaceutical formulations) invalid for lack of inventive step in infringement proceedings brought by Sanofi against STADA, Dr. Reddy's and Zentiva entities, dismissing the infringement claims. |
| 2025-11-18 | UPC_CFI_804/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting TP-Link's application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that only one of the seven defendants is based in Germany, that the relevant technology field predominantly uses English, and that the need for internal coordination and technical support among defendants justified the change on grounds of fairness under Art.49(5) UPCA. |
| 2025-11-11 | UPC_CFI_771/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division reviewed a confidentiality order (R. 333 RoP) and upheld admission of Solvay's employee to the confidentiality club in the fluoropolymer infringement proceedings, finding that employment within the claimant's economic unit was sufficient grounds for admission. |
| 2025-10-29 | UPC_CFI_743/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting Skechers' application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that all Skechers subsidiaries except one are based outside Germany, that the group's internal working language is English, and that conditions of enforcement of any future judgment were of lesser relevance than the parties' coordination needs during proceedings. |
| 2025-10-17 | UPC_CFI_693/2025 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI abgelehnt | The Munich Local Division denied ONWARD Medical's application for provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Niche Biomedical regarding EP 3 421 081 B1 (spinal cord stimulation), holding that the patent was likely invalid in its granted form and that auxiliary requests seeking provisional measures based on amended claim versions are generally inadmissible. |
| 2025-10-17 | UPC_CFI_404/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Kosten | Nur Kosten | The Munich Local Division issued a costs decision in favour of Edwards Lifesciences against Meril, ruling on the reasonableness and proportionality of claimed costs including travel expenses and multiple representatives, and awarding costs in proceedings of above-average complexity. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_688/2024 | Munich LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Nichtigkeit (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The same Munich Local Division decision as UPC_CFI_303/2024, in the associated counterclaim proceedings: EP 3 972 309 revoked for added matter and infringement action dismissed. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_448/2024 | Munich LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Nichtigkeit (Hauptsache) | Teilweise nichtig | The Munich Local Division issued the same decision (same panel) as UPC_CFI_114/2024 for the associated counterclaim proceedings, finding infringement action dismissed and patent EP 3 215 288 partially revoked. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_303/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The Munich Local Division revoked Motorola Mobility LLC's EP 3 972 309 (telecommunications patent) in full after finding added matter beyond the parent application, and dismissed the infringement action against ASUSTek, ASUS Computer GmbH and ASUSTEK (UK); costs borne by claimant Motorola. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_114/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Teilweise nichtig | The Munich Local Division dismissed Heraeus Electronics' infringement action against Vibrantz GmbH concerning EP 3 215 288 (metal sintering preparation) and partially allowed the counterclaim for revocation, with the patent maintained in amended form for certain claims; costs split 60% claimant / 40% defendant. |
| 2025-09-15 | UPC_CFI_374/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Sanofi's infringement action relating to multiple sets of generic pharmaceutical defendants (Accord, STADA, Dr Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. The order addressed case management scheduling matters across four related infringement actions. |
| 2025-09-01 | UPC_CFI_848/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 1 September 2025 granting KNAPP Smart Solutions GmbH's application for a 6-day extension of the deadline for its reply to the defence and the response to the counterclaim for revocation (including any patent amendment application) to 9 September 2025. The extension was justified by mutual vacation absences among involved persons and consented to by the defendant Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH. The order notes that irregularities in the CMS upload dates caused uncertainty about the exact deadline. |
| 2025-08-19 | ORD_35092/2025 | Munich LD | Rule 264 Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division judge-rapporteur ordered separation of proceedings, directing that the action against defendants 1 and 2 (represented defendants) be separated from the main proceedings, with all procedural time limits as in the original action. |
| 2025-08-11 | UPC_APP_23444/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order in an infringement action concerning security for costs (Art. 69.4 UPCA, R. 158 RoP). Defendants requested the claimant (a Cypriot entity) provide security of EUR 3.3 million total (EUR 1.1 million per defendant). Claimant opposed or sought a lower amount with insurance as alternative security. The order addresses the competing requests for security for costs but the operative decision text was not fully reproduced in the excerpt. |
| 2025-08-11 | UPC_APP_20446/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division ordered claimant Syntorr LP to provide security for costs to defendants Arthrex Inc., Arthrex GmbH, and Arthrex Distribution Hub EMEA B.V. in the total amount of EUR 2,000,000 by 30 September 2025, either by bank guarantee or deposit. The court rejected Syntorr's litigation insurance policy as adequate security under Rule 158(1) RoP but set the amount at the regular ceiling of EUR 2,000,000 rather than the EUR 3,300,000 requested. Defendants' request for EUR 3,300,000 was dismissed. |
| 2025-08-01 | UPC_CFI_54/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Nichtig erklärt | Munich Local Division found that European Patent 2 391 947 (Headwater, relating to Android device network management) is invalid in all forms including as amended. The panel cancelled the second oral hearing planned for September 2025, indicating the patent was found invalid both as granted and in all amended forms proposed by Headwater. The infringement action was therefore dismissed. |
| 2025-07-28 | UPC_CFI_492/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order granting Roborock Germany GmbH (and co-defendants Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. and Roborock International B.V.) an extension of time for filing their preliminary objection, Statement of Defence and counterclaim for revocation in the infringement action brought by Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 3 030 943. The extension was agreed by the claimant and was justified by case complexity and the need to align deadlines across all defendants. |
| 2025-07-22 | UPC_APP_23201/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Beweis | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division full panel order (Zigann/Pichlmaier/Schober) in inspection/evidence preservation proceedings (Beweissicherungsverfahren) between Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG (applicant) and ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (respondent) concerning EP 3 083 107. The court dismissed ALD's application to revoke the inspection order of 3 February 2025 under R. 198.1 VerfO, finding that Nanoval had filed the main action (on 3 May 2025) within the prescribed time limit. The court clarified (headnotes) that: (1) the court has no discretion over the length of the R. 198.1 period but does have discretion over its start date; (2) the rapporteur may change the start date if the expert report is delivered late; (3) such a procedural order is subject to panel review under R. 333 VerfO within 15 days. |
| 2025-07-17 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order of the Munich Local Division (presiding judge Zigann) following the interim conference of 17 July 2025 in four consolidated pharmaceutical patent infringement actions by Sanofi and related entities against generics companies (Accord Healthcare, STADA, Dr. Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. Points addressed: EPO Board of Appeal had upheld the patent but had not yet published its written reasoned decision; French parallel first-instance decisions invalidating the French designation were under appeal; defendants wished to comment on EPO BoA written reasons within three weeks of availability. No substantive infringement ruling. |
| 2025-07-15 | UPC_CFI_302/2024 | Munich LD | Hearing | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order scheduling an additional interim hearing on the topic of FRAND licensing on 21 July 2025, to be held in person in English, in camera (non-public), in the parallel case UPC_CFI_302/2024 and UPC_CFI_667/2024 (Lenovo v. ASUSTek). |
| 2025-06-27 | UPC_APP_24524/2025 | Munich LD | Application Rop 333 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from the Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_148/2024 and UPC_CFI_503/2024) on Zentiva's application under R. 333 RoP for panel review of the judge-rapporteur's case management order of 8 May 2025 in Sanofi's infringement action concerning EP 2 493 466. The full panel reviewed how preliminary objections should be handled and the timetable for subsequent proceedings. |
| 2025-06-06 | UPC_CFI_324/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Patent geändert | Infringement action by Tiroler Rohre GmbH (Austria) against SSAB Swedish Steel GmbH and SSAB Europe Oy concerning a driving pile tip device (Rammspitze) and EP 2 839 083 B9. The court found infringement of the patent as amended. It ordered: injunction, recall and destruction of infringing pile tips and moulds, disclosure of information, publication of decision in four trade journals. The invalidity counterclaim against the patent as originally granted was upheld in part (patent amended). Key headnotes: burden of proof for impossibility of infringement lies with defendant; infringement exists even if patented function only occasionally achieved. |
| 2025-06-03 | UPC_APP_21220/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division procedural order on Meril's applications (R. 353 RoP) for rectification of a decision of 4 April 2025 in infringement proceedings concerning a prosthetic heart valve patent (EP 3 669 828) between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril. Meril sought corrections to factual statements about which claims were alleged to be infringed (independent claims 1 and 12 vs. only claim 1 as independent). The order addresses the scope of rectification available under R. 353 RoP. |
| 2025-06-03 | UPC_APP_23569/2025 | Munich LD | Application Rop313 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division granted the application by Shenzhen Dianming Technology Co., Ltd. to join UPC_CFI_245/2025 (SWARCO FUTURIT v Yunex GmbH, EP 2 643 717) as an intervener (Streithelferin) supporting the defendant. The Court also rejected Yunex's earlier application for intervention given it was superseded. Shenzhen Dianming was given 10 days to submit its intervention brief and to respond to the security for costs application. |
| 2025-06-02 | ACT_1613/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Scheduling order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_18/2025 and UPC_CFI_439/2025, 2 June 2025) setting dates for interim conference (9 January 2026, videoconference) and oral hearing (18 March 2026, Munich) in BioMarin's infringement action against Ascendis Pharma, with counterclaim for revocation. Both proceedings will proceed together; a technically qualified judge will be appointed. |
| 2025-05-28 | ORD_25482/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Beweis | Nur prozessual | Order of the Munich Local Division on a review (Rule 197.3 RoP) requested by ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH of an ex-parte evidence preservation and inspection order made on 3 February 2025 in favour of Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 3 083 107. After an oral hearing, the panel reviewed whether the evidence preservation order should be upheld or annulled. |
| 2025-05-15 | ACT_65882/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division scheduling order in Belparts Group N.V.'s infringement action against IMI Hydronic entities concerning EP 3 812 870. The court decided to proceed with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (not to bifurcate), and set the interim videoconference for 24 March 2026 and the oral hearing for 18 June 2026. The scheduling takes into account a pending EPO Board of Appeal hearing on 27 November 2025 and a possible Central Division hearing. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order in consolidated Sanofi v. Accord Healthcare / Dr Reddy's / betapharm infringement proceedings at Munich Local Division. The judge-rapporteur declined to dispose of the case summarily and determined it would be more efficient to await the outcome of pending EPO Board of Appeal proceedings concerning the patent before deciding difficult substantive issues at an oral hearing. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 8 May 2025 (unredacted version) in the consolidated infringement proceedings of Sanofi against Accord Healthcare, Stada, Dr. Reddy's and Zentiva regarding EP 2 493 466. The order sets the timetable for further proceedings, confirms the interim conferences (including one focused on EPO BoA appeal outcome on 17 July 2025), and sets the main interim conference for 12 September 2025 and oral hearing dates for 14–17 October 2025. The order also addresses outstanding procedural issues including Zentiva's request to strike Malta from the revocation request, and provides guidance on the panel's preliminary views on damages calculation and infringement. |
| 2025-04-16 | UPC_APP_8962/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division judge-rapporteur ordered AorticLab srl (defendant/counterclaimant) to provide security for costs in favour of the claimant Emboline Inc., finding that AorticLab's own statement that it would be driven to insolvency by an injunction demonstrated a legitimate and real concern that a costs order might not be recoverable. |
| 2025-04-14 | UPC_APP_15498/2025 | Munich LD | Amend Document | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division order on Syngenta's application (R. 263 RoP) for leave to amend its claim in infringement proceedings concerning a pesticide patent to extend the territorial scope of its claim to Poland, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. Sumi Agro opposed the amendment. The order addresses the conditions for late amendment of claim and territorial expansion under R. 263 RoP. |
| 2025-04-11 | UPC_APP_17187/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division ruled on continuation of written proceedings in the 10x Genomics v. Bruker infringement action, holding that four auxiliary requests is a reasonable number under Rule 30.1(c) RoP and authorising continuation of the written procedure following the EPO Opposition Division's decision maintaining the patent in limited form. |
| 2025-04-09 | UPC_APP_60159/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division judge-rapporteur issued a procedural order dealing with Meril's applications for cost reimbursement and confidentiality protection (R. 262A RoP) in the Edwards Lifesciences v. Meril proceedings. Following the judge-rapporteur's guidance, Meril withdrew the cost reimbursement applications. The order addressed the scope of confidentiality protection for legal fee invoices and related documents. |
| 2025-04-09 | UPC_APP_59832/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order by Munich Local Division in Edwards Lifesciences v Meril Life Sciences concerning costs and confidentiality applications arising from a third-party access-to-file application by Erik Krahbichler (KIPA AB). Following withdrawal of Krahbichler's access application, Meril applied for a costs decision. The court dismissed Meril's costs application because a costs decision from the Central Division Paris on a related matter had already been issued, and because proceedings about access applications under R. 262.1(b) do not automatically give rise to separate costs decisions. |
| 2025-04-04 | UPC_CFI_501/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Verletzt | Infringement action by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation against Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, and Meril Italy S.r.l. concerning transcatheter heart valve (Myval THV) and EP 3 669 828. The court found infringement, dismissed the invalidity counterclaim (patent valid), and ordered: injunction, recall, seizure and destruction, disclosure of sales data, provisional damages of EUR 663,000, publication of decision in five media outlets. Decision immediately and directly enforceable from date of service. Key headnotes: jurisdiction for multiple defendants with commercial relationship; problem-solution approach for inventive step; cease-and-desist without penalty clause insufficient. |
| 2025-03-31 | UPC_APP_7618/2025 | Munich LD | Amend Document | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division granted JingAo Solar Co., Ltd.'s application to amend its patent claims under R. 30 RoP in response to counterclaim for revocation, clarifying that the patentee is not restricted to amending only claims directly targeted by invalidity grounds and that EPO-amended claim versions may be introduced into UPC proceedings. |
| 2025-03-20 | ORD_13670/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division issued a one-paragraph order correcting a typographical error in a scheduling order for the oral hearing in the Adeia Guides v. Walt Disney patent infringement case concerning EP 2 793 430. |
| 2025-03-19 | UPC_APP_54919/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Kosten | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division ruled on a security for costs application by Chint/Astronergy defendants in infringement proceedings brought by JingAo Solar, addressing enforceability of potential cost orders against a Chinese claimant and China's compliance with the Hague Service Convention. |
| 2025-03-19 | UPC_APP_11680/2025 | Munich LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_146/2024, 26 March 2025) granting Medac's application to withdraw its third-party access application, ordering deletion of a confidential Sanofi letter that Medac had uploaded without authorisation, imposing the deletion costs on Medac, and issuing a formal warning to Medac's representative for negligent conduct in uploading a privileged document. The court declined to award costs in the R.262(1)(b) application. |
| 2025-03-18 | ACT_59975/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural scheduling order in Adeia Guides Inc. v. The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V. et al. at Munich Local Division (EP 2 793 430). The panel decided to hear both infringement and counterclaim for revocation jointly. Interim conference set for 4 December 2025; oral hearing scheduled for 15 January 2026. Parties summoned. Written procedure to end 10 September 2025. |
| 2025-03-13 | UPC_CFI_665/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division issued a scheduling order in the Adeia Guides v Walt Disney Company patent infringement proceedings (EP 2 793 430), setting dates for interim conference and oral hearing, and proceeding with both infringement action and counterclaim for revocation. |
| 2025-03-11 | UPC_CFI_201/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Nur prozessual | Order from Munich Local Division dated 11 March 2025 on procedural matters arising from a preliminary injunction dispute between Syngenta and Sumi Agro. The panel upheld the judge-rapporteur's earlier order dismissing Sumi Agro's application to revoke provisional measures (which had been granted on 27 August 2024). The panel held that Syngenta had filed and paid court fees for the main proceedings in time to satisfy R. 213(1) and R. 15(2) RoP, confirming that payment does not require receipt by the court before the deadline, only that the fee was paid. Syngenta's application for re-establishment of rights was also dismissed as unfounded. Leave to appeal was granted given the fundamental interpretive issues involved. |
| 2025-03-03 | UPC_CFI_54/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Nur prozessual | Procedural order issued by the Munich Local Division following the Interim Conference of 28 February 2025 in two consolidated infringement actions by Headwater Research LLC against Samsung. The order addressed procedural matters including inadmissibility of Samsung's invalidity attack under Art. 138(1)(e) EPC, the standing-to-sue issue, treatment of a witness statement, and admissibility of late-filed documents ZP8-ZP9. No substantive ruling on infringement or validity. |
| 2025-02-26 | UPC_APP_2369/2025 | Munich LD | Application Rop 362 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division issued a corrective order amending the operative part of a prior decision to reflect the substitution of the party in the revocation counterclaim proceedings, and deferred ruling on an application to bar proceedings under Rule 362 RoP until the main hearing. |
| 2025-02-26 | ORD_9486/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order of the Munich Local Division in infringement and revocation counterclaim proceedings concerning a metal sintering preparation patent. The order addresses: (1) correction of a prior order of 2 December 2024 by adding an operative clause ordering the substitution of the counter-claimant in the revocation proceedings from Heraeus Precious Metals to Heraeus Electronics; (2) request for review by the panel under R. 333 RoP; and (3) a claimant application regarding the counterclaim under R. 362 RoP concerning the German designation of the patent. |