| 2026-02-10 | UPC_CFI_1738/2025 | Milan LD | Application For Costs | Kosten | Nur Kosten | The Milan Local Division ruled on an application for a cost decision following the first-instance decision in UPC_CFI_178/2024 and 432/2024. The court held the application was not rendered premature by Progress's pending appeal, as cost proceedings are independent from appeal proceedings. |
| 2025-12-05 | UPC_CFI_342/2025 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division dismissed the defendants' challenge to a previously granted evidence preservation order in the 3V Sigma v. AGA/ACEF chemical patent case, holding that the claimant had fulfilled its duty of disclosure and that sufficient prima facie evidence of infringement was presented to justify the order. |
| 2025-10-27 | UPC_CFI_127/2025 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division, following panel review (R.333 RoP) at Xelom's request, confirmed the ex-parte evidence preservation order (sequestro / saisie) issued in favour of Prinoth S.p.A. against Xelom s.r.l. The order confirmed the preservation of evidence relating to EP 1 995 159 and EP 2 507 436 (snow grooming / ski slope preparation equipment). Key holdings: (1) For ex-parte evidence preservation, the court's assessment is necessarily ex ante and does not require proof of certain destruction—statistical probability of evidence alteration suffices. (2) Procedural correctness of the patent holder must be assessed relative to the patent at issue; references to foreign patent prosecution are irrelevant. (3) The adequate security (garanzia) must be proportionate to potential damage and costs of litigation at the evidence acquisition stage only, not projected across the entire future proceedings. |
| 2025-09-23 | UPC_CFI_342/2025 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued an order on the confidentiality of documents seized during evidence preservation proceedings, setting a temporary confidentiality regime and inviting the parties to submit observations on 3V Sigma's access to the unredacted confidential documentation. |
| 2025-09-09 | UPC_APP_33377/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Vergleich | The Milan Local Division allowed mutual withdrawal of all claims in the Oerlikon Textile v. Himson Engineering infringement action (UPC_CFI_240/2023) following a settlement reached by both parties, with costs fully offset. |
| 2025-07-15 | UPC_APP_24226/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 365 | Prozessual | Vergleich | Milan Local Division received Pirelli Tyre S.p.A.'s application under Rule 365 RoP to record a settlement agreement with Kingtyre Deutschland GmbH (effective 25 February 2025) in an infringement action over EP 2 519 412. The proceedings against Kingtyre Deutschland were to be withdrawn pursuant to the settlement; the settlement amount was to remain confidential. The case against Tianjin Kingtyre Group Co., Ltd. (no settlement) continues with all of Pirelli's claims maintained. |
| 2025-07-14 | UPC_APP_26266/2025 | Milan LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division rejected Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber's application for re-establishment of rights under Rule 320 RoP to file a late request for review of the provisional seizure order executed at the EICMA trade fair, finding that Pirelli had properly served the order at the time of execution despite the respondent's refusal to accept service. |
| 2025-07-08 | UPC_APP_31860/2025 | Milan LD | Generic application | Kosten | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a procedural order determining the value of the infringement action in the Progress Maschinen v. AWM/Schnell proceedings for the purpose of applying the scale of ceilings for recoverable costs under Rule 370.6 RoP. |
| 2025-06-20 | UPC_APP_22313/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 333 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Milan Local Division panel dismissed Ericsson's application for review (Rule 333 RoP) of the judge-rapporteur's order refusing to impose an 'external eyes only' confidentiality regime for license agreements submitted as FRAND evidence. The panel held that Ericsson failed to substantiate the specific antitrust risk from allowing one Asustek employee access to the documents. Leave to appeal was granted to allow the Court of Appeal to set a standard on external-eyes-only confidentiality regimes in SEP/FRAND cases. |
| 2025-05-19 | UPC_CFI_342/2025 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted 3V Sigma S.p.A. an ex parte order for preservation of evidence against ACEF S.p.A. and ACEF S.r.l. concerning EP 3 275 872 and EP 3 275 426 (triazine UV stabilisers / cosmetic UV filter compositions). |
| 2025-05-07 | UPC_APP_12517/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | Decision of the Milan Local Division permitting Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson to withdraw its infringement action against Digital River Ireland Ltd. (which is in insolvency proceedings in Ireland), and permitting Digital River to withdraw its counterclaim for revocation. The Court ordered each party to bear its own costs for the infringement proceedings. Digital River was ordered to bear costs of the counterclaim proceedings and the stay application (EUR 5,500). |
| 2025-05-07 | UPC_APP_12519/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | Milan Local Division (7 May 2025) allowed Ericsson's withdrawal of the infringement action against Digital River Ireland Ltd. (in insolvency) and Digital River's withdrawal of its counterclaim for revocation, while the proceedings continued against Asustek and Arvato. Each party bears its own costs in the withdrawal proceedings. |
| 2025-04-07 | UPC_APP_8545/2025 | Milan LD | Amend Document | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division allowed Dainese's application under Rule 263 RoP to limit its claim by withdrawing all arguments related to EP 3 498 117 (following an EPO Board of Appeal limitation), while dismissing defendants' request for a costs order under Rule 265 RoP. |
| 2025-03-18 | UPC_CFI_127/2025 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted Prinoth S.p.A. an order for preservation of evidence, inspection and seizure against Xelom S.r.l. concerning EP 1 995 159 and EP 2 507 436 (snow grooming vehicles), in advance of main proceedings. |
| 2025-02-20 | UPC_APP_3348/2025 | Milan LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division denied Bhagat Textile Engineers' application for access to the counterclaim for revocation file under Rule 262.1(b) RoP, finding the information sought could be obtained through other means and that access would compromise the integrity of ongoing settlement negotiations. |
| 2025-02-20 | UPC_APP_3348/2025 | Milan LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Prozessual | Abgewiesen | Application by Bhagat Textile Engineers for public access under R.262.1(b) RoP to the counterclaim for revocation case file (Himson v. Oerlikon) in proceedings before the Milan Local Division was rejected. The court held that the information sought was obtainable from other public sources, that Bhagat had already been found to infringe the patent in parallel proceedings and had procedurally chosen not to challenge the patent, and that granting access would compromise the integrity of pending settlement negotiations between the parties. |
| 2025-02-07 | UPC_APP_5885/2025 | Milan LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted Dainese S.p.A.'s application under R. 9 RoP to extend the deadline for filing its defence to counterclaims for revocation and reply to statements of defence, in light of a concurrent EPO oral hearing on 13 February 2025 for the parallel opposition proceedings, and invited the parties to submit a joint request for alignment of future procedural deadlines. |
| 2025-01-29 | UPC_APP_68468/2024 | The Hague LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | Order of The Hague Local Division permitting withdrawal of the infringement action by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. against Dexcom Inc. and Dexcom International Limited, and withdrawal of the counterclaims for revocation by both defendants. All parties mutually consented. The Court also allowed claimant's request for 20% reimbursement of court fees under Rule 370.9 RoP. |
| 2025-01-29 | UPC_APP_68465/2024 | The Hague LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | Order from the Hague Local Division (UPC_CFI_424/2023) declaring infringement and revocation counterclaim proceedings closed following withdrawal of all claims by all parties. Both parties jointly requested withdrawal; the court found no final decision existed and no party had a legitimate interest in a court ruling. No cost decision was requested. |
| 2025-01-24 | UPC_APP_63772/2024 | Milan LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a procedural order on Dainese's application under Rule 262A RoP for confidential protection of information contained in its partial withdrawal application, granting limited access to the confidential exhibit. |
| 2025-01-24 | UPC_APP_63878/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from the Milan Local Division (UPC_CFI_472/2024) on Dainese's application for protection of confidential information under R. 262A RoP relating to a partial withdrawal submission. The Court ordered creation of a confidential club including at least one natural person from each party and their legal representatives, balancing confidentiality against the right to an effective defence. Access by Alpinestars/Motocard to unredacted documents was restricted to designated individuals. |
| 2025-01-21 | UPC_APP_64021/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Local Division Munich held that where formal service of the provisional measures application under R.274 RoP was impossible, a subsequent decision by default need not be re-attempted under R.274 before proceeding to an order under R.275.2 RoP, in order to preserve the right to effective judicial protection. |
| 2025-01-21 | UPC_APP_64978/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division order on service of a decision by default on a Chinese defendant (Guangzhou Aiyun Yanwu Technology) in provisional measures proceedings brought by air up group GmbH. Service under R. 274 RoP via the Hague Service Convention through Chinese authorities had failed after more than six months (Chinese authority seriously and definitively refusing to process the service). The court held that (1) service rules must be interpreted in accordance with effective legal protection principles, so it must always be possible to establish good service under R. 275.2 RoP; (2) where R. 274 service has failed for the original application, there is no need to attempt R. 274 service again for the subsequent default decision before ordering alternative service under R. 275.2 RoP. |
| 2025-01-20 | UPC_APP_68693/2024 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division declared the proceedings closed following the mutual withdrawal of Abbott Diabetes Care's infringement action and Dexcom's counterclaim for revocation (both relating to EP 3 977 921). Both parties consented to withdrawal with no cost decision requested or made. |
| 2025-01-20 | UPC_APP_68369/2024 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division permitted the withdrawal of Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.'s infringement action (ACT_588346/2023) and Dexcom's counterclaim for revocation (CC_14848/2024) in Abbott v Dexcom proceedings (UPC 430/2023, EP 3 977 921). Both parties consented to each other's withdrawals and agreed that no costs order would be made. The Court declared the proceedings closed. |
| 2025-01-15 | UPC_APP_1176/2025 | Milan LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Milan Local Division granted Alpinestars S.p.A.'s request to extend the deadline for filing its Statement of Defence and counterclaim for revocation from 20 January 2025 to 20 February 2025, to allow the outcome of EPO appeal proceedings concerning EP 3 498 117 (oral hearing on 13 February 2025) to be incorporated. The court held that extending time limits, rather than staying proceedings, best balances procedural efficiency and the right to be heard in light of concurrent EPO appeal proceedings. |
| 2025-01-09 | ORD_1358/2025 | Munich LD | Decision By Default | Versäumnisurteil | Endgültige Untersagung | Decision by default of the Munich Local Division against Guangzhou Aiyun Yanwu Technology Co., Ltd. (a Chinese company that failed to appear), granting air up group GmbH an injunction to cease and desist from offering, placing on the market, using, importing or storing a drinking device infringing EP 3 655 341 (claims 1, 2, 4, 10) throughout all UPC Member States. The defendant is also ordered to pay a penalty of up to EUR 100,000 per day for each infringement and costs of proceedings. |
| 2025-01-09 | UPC_CFI_509/2023 | Munich LD | Decision By Default | — | Verletzt | Decision by default of Munich Local Division in air up group GmbH v Guangzhou Aiyun Yanwu Technology Co. Ltd. concerning EP 3 897 305 (drinking device with aroma). The defendant (Chinese company) failed to enter an appearance. The court found infringement and ordered: (A) cease and desist from offering, placing on the market, using, importing or storing the infringing drinking devices and aroma containers across all 17 UPC member states; (B) rendering of accounts; (C) damages; (D) recall, removal and destruction of infringing products; and penalty payments for non-compliance. |
| 2024-12-30 | UPC_APP_58035/2024 | Milan LD | Generic application | Kosten | Abgewiesen | Milan Local Division dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for a cost decision following the rejection of EOFLOW Co. Ltd.'s intervention request in PI proceedings (EP 4 201 327). The court found the application inadmissible: a cost decision under R. 150 RoP requires a prior decision on costs in principle under R. 118.5 RoP. The order rejecting the intervention (1 October 2024) contained no such costs-in-principle decision, so the cost-determination application lacked the prerequisite under R. 156(e) RoP. Insulet was invited to resubmit once a costs award decision was obtained. |
| 2024-12-09 | UPC_CFI_509/2023 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division held that steps already taken to bring a request for preliminary injunction to defendant's attention constituted good service under R.275.2 RoP, after service via Chinese authorities had failed or been seriously delayed for more than six months. The order established service rules when Hague Convention service fails. |
| 2024-11-27 | UPC_APP_62687/2024 | Milan LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a short procedural order rescheduling the interim conference in Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG v Himson Engineering Private Limited (UPC_CFI_240/2023, EP 2 145 848) from 10:30 to 14:30 on 6 December 2024, to be held by videoconference rather than in person, following a request from Himson's representatives citing prior professional commitments. |
| 2024-11-25 | ORD_62633/2024 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a case management order ahead of the oral hearing, addressing agenda items including settlement prospects, translation errors in the Italian validation of the patent, the counterclaim for revocation, auxiliary requests, and infringement evidence. |
| 2024-10-07 | ORD_55063/2024 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (judge-rapporteur Kai Härmand) preliminary/case management order in Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.'s infringement action against Dexcom Inc. and Dexcom International Limited concerning EP 3 977 921 (a continuous glucose monitoring patent). The order addresses multiple pending applications including Abbott's R. 190 application to communicate information (partially dismissed following Paris LD precedent), Abbott's R. 191 application (found admissible but not justified), Abbott's application to change the statement of claim, Dexcom's request for security for legal costs, and sets procedural deadlines and oral hearing preparation steps. |
| 2024-10-01 | UPC_APP_40442/2024 | Milan LD | Procedural Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division denied EOFLOW CO LTD's application to intervene as a third party in Insulet's provisional measures proceedings against Menarini under R.313 RoP, holding that efficiency of the proceedings and other balancing considerations weighed against admitting the intervention. |
| 2024-09-11 | UPC_APP_36483/2024 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted Primetals Technologies Austria's ex-parte application for an order to preserve evidence at Danieli's premises concerning steel strip coiler driver technology allegedly infringing EP 2 624 977, ordering inspection, photography, document access and computer forensics assistance. |
| 2024-09-04 | UPC_APP_40442/2024 | Milan LD | Procedural Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division issued a confidentiality order determining the composition of the confidentiality club in Insulet's provisional measures proceedings against Menarini, granting access to a US attorney from Goodwin Procter to allow coordination of parallel litigation strategies across jurisdictions. |
| 2024-08-13 | UPC_APP_39047/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Vergleich | The Munich Local Division permitted Network System Technologies LLC's partial withdrawal of its infringement action against Texas Instruments Incorporated and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH following a settlement, while the action against Volkswagen AG and AUDI AG continued, applying R.265 RoP to a partial subjective withdrawal. |
| 2024-08-06 | UPC_APP_25259/2024 | Munich LD | Amend Document | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from Munich Local Division (full panel) in SEP/FRAND infringement proceedings concerning EP 3 780 758. Motorola Mobility LLC (claimant) applied for leave to amend its claim to add a request for an injunction. The order addresses whether Motorola could have made the amendment earlier with reasonable diligence. Application denied: the panel found no justification for the late amendment, as the relevant circumstances had been known to Motorola since at least December 2023. No ruling on patent infringement or validity. |
| 2024-07-23 | ORD_40568/2024 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Beweis | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted a confidentiality order for a license agreement document in Oerlikon's infringement proceedings against Himson, limiting access to a confidentiality club that includes one technical consultant for the defendant and counsel for both parties. |
| 2024-07-23 | UPC_APP_28655/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order from the Milan Local Division (UPC_CFI_240/2023) on Oerlikon's application under R. 262A RoP for confidentiality protection of financial information disclosed in its rejoinder in proceedings concerning EP 2 145 848. The Court ordered creation of a confidential club including at least one natural person from Himson and technical consultants, ruling that excluding natural persons from the respondent would breach the right to adversarial proceedings. |
| 2024-05-08 | UPC_APP_12111/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Nur prozessual | Order on preliminary objections (Rule 19 RoP) and requests pursuant to Rule 361 RoP filed by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc. and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH against Network System Technologies LLC in an infringement action concerning EP 1 552 399 B1. The Court addressed issues of admissibility of the infringement action, withdrawal of opt-out validity under Rule 5 RoP, and standing to sue. No final substantive ruling on infringement or patent validity. |
| 2024-05-08 | UPC_APP_12109/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Nur prozessual | Order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_514/2023, 8 May 2024) dismissing preliminary objections by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and Texas Instruments entities. The court upheld the validity of the opt-out withdrawal, NST's standing to sue including for pre-assignment infringement, and rejected challenges to the admissibility of the infringement action concerning EP 1 875 683 B1. |
| 2024-05-08 | UPC_APP_12101/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Nur prozessual | Munich Local Division order (full panel) on preliminary objections and R. 361 RoP requests by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc., and TI Deutschland GmbH in infringement proceedings by Network System Technologies LLC concerning EP 1 875 683. The R. 361 requests to declare the action manifestly inadmissible or unfounded were dismissed. The preliminary objections were partially dismissed with the remaining jurisdictional issue on patent assignment and pre-assignment infringement deferred to main proceedings. Leave to appeal granted. Costs deferred. |
| 2024-05-06 | UPC_APP_21554/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Milan Local Division granted Oerlikon Textile's R. 262A application for confidentiality of financial information produced in response to a cost-disclosure order, restricting access to lawyers only (with parties' consent) in proceedings against Bhagat Textile Engineers. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11732/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division dismissed applications by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH requesting that the patent troll claimant Network System Technologies LLC provide security for legal costs, finding the conditions under Art. 69(4) UPCA and R. 158 RoP were not met. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11434/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division dismissed applications by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH requesting that claimant Network System Technologies LLC provide security for legal costs of €600,000 per defendant under Art. 69(4) UPCA; costs of the applications to be addressed in the main proceedings. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11444/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Munich Local Division ruled on security for costs applications by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Incorporated and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH against Network System Technologies LLC under Art. 69.4 UPCA. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11835/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Abgewiesen | The Munich Local Division dismissed applications by Volkswagen, Audi, and Texas Instruments for security for legal costs against Network System Technologies LLC (NST), finding that the defendants failed to sufficiently substantiate that NST's financial position posed a legitimate and real risk that a cost order would not be recoverable. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11454/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Kosten | Nur prozessual | Order of the Munich Local Division on three applications for security for legal costs (Rule 158 RoP, Art. 69.4 UPCA) filed by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc. and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH against Network System Technologies LLC as claimant in an infringement action concerning EP 1 552 399 B1. The Court denied the security applications, balancing the risk of non-enforcement against the right of NST to an effective remedy. |
| 2024-04-23 | UPC_APP_11833/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Kosten | Nur prozessual | Order of the Munich Local Division on applications for security for legal costs (Rule 158 RoP, Art. 69.4 UPCA) filed by Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Texas Instruments Inc. and Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH against Network System Technologies LLC as claimant in a separate infringement action concerning EP 1 875 683 B1. As with the parallel case (UPC_APP_11454/2024), the Court denied the security applications, applying the same balancing analysis. |