| 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. |
| 2026-02-18 | 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. |
| 2026-02-16 | 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. |
| 2026-02-11 | 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. |
| 2026-02-02 | UPC_CFI_515/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a further procedural order under R. 275.2 RoP in HP's logic circuitry patent provisional measures proceedings, addressing service-related steps following the December 2025 preliminary injunction order. |
| 2026-02-02 | UPC_CFI_449/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a further order of good service under R. 275.2 RoP for HP's printer patent PI proceedings against Zhuhai ouguan, after additional enquiries to China's central authority produced no further response, deeming service sufficient. |
| 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. |
| 2026-01-15 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 2025-12-19 | UPC_CFI_515/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI erteilt | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Andreas Rentmeister and Shenzhen Moan Technology for infringement of HP's logic circuitry patent EP 3 835 965, deciding on the merits after the defendants failed to lodge an objection following deemed service. |
| 2025-12-10 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in the Canon v. Katun proceedings, setting the feature breakdown of claim 1 of EP 3 686 683 to be used at the oral hearing. |
| 2025-12-10 | UPC_CFI_316/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Nichtigkeit (Hauptsache) | Verletzt | The Düsseldorf Local Division found indirect infringement of EP 2 061 575 B1 by Altech Makina and granted an injunction with removal from channels of commerce, while dismissing the revocation counterclaim; the infringement action was otherwise dismissed in part, with claimant bearing 30% and defendant 70% of costs. |
| 2025-12-05 | UPC_CFI_712/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI erteilt | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction to Roche against A. Menarini Diagnostics for infringement of EP 1 962 668 B1 (implantable glucose sensor), ordering a recall and seizure of infringing sensors in France, Italy, and Germany, with an order to disclose distribution information and payment of EUR 32,051 provisional costs. |
| 2025-12-04 | UPC_CFI_307/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in the Aesculap v. Shanghai Bojin medical instrument case, scheduling the oral hearing and addressing requests for claim extension (R. 263), addition of a party (R. 305), and reinstatement in prior status (R. 320). |
| 2025-11-28 | UPC_CFI_449/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI erteilt | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology (Defendant 1) for infringement of HP's printer-related patents EP 2 826 630 B1 and EP 3 530 469 B1 (ink cartridges), after service was deemed good and the defendant failed to file an objection; penalty payments of up to EUR 250,000 per day ordered. |
| 2025-11-20 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Canon's application for a further round of written pleadings under R. 36 RoP against Katun, to address the EPO Opposition Division's preliminary opinion and additional test purchases of allegedly infringing toner cartridge products. |
| 2025-11-19 | UPC_CFI_87/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on InterDigital's application for a further round of written pleadings under R. 36 RoP against Disney entities in a video streaming patent case concerning EP 2 449 782. |
| 2025-11-17 | UPC_CFI_541/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division permitted the claimant to withdraw the infringement action against Defendant 2 (Wizart LLC) under R. 265.1 RoP after Defendant 1 asserted that Wizart LLC was a non-existent entity; the statement of claim had not yet been served on Defendant 2. |
| 2025-11-11 | UPC_CFI_515/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division deemed service of the HP preliminary injunction application on Shenzhen Moan Technology Co. (Defendant 2) to be good service under R. 275.2 RoP, after the Chinese central authority failed to process the Hague Convention request for several months. |
| 2025-11-07 | UPC_CFI_1041/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on Micron's application to extend procedural deadlines (preliminary objections and statement of defence) in a large-scale YMTC v. Micron patent infringement campaign, partially granting extended deadlines. |
| 2025-10-31 | UPC_CFI_630/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI abgelehnt | The Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the application for provisional measures filed by Occultech GmbH against Lepu Medical (Europa) Cooperatief U.A. and others concerning EP 1 998 686 B2. The court found that the requirements for a preliminary injunction were not met (infringement not established with sufficient certainty), and ordered the applicant to bear the costs. The case value was provisionally set at EUR 1,000,000. |
| 2025-10-17 | UPC_CFI_515/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI erteilt | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Defendant 1 (Andreas Rentmeister e.K.) prohibiting the sale and distribution of ink cartridges allegedly infringing HP's patent EP 3 835 965 B1 on logic circuitry for replaceable print apparatus components, with penalty payments of up to EUR 250,000 per day. |
| 2025-10-16 | UPC_CFI_449/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division deemed service of an application for provisional measures on a Chinese defendant (Zhuhai ouguan) to be good service under R. 275.2 RoP, after service via the Hague Convention failed due to the defendant being untraceable at the provided address. |
| 2025-10-15 | UPC_CFI_541/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted the claimant's application to serve the statement of claim on Defendant 2 (Wizart LLC) by an alternative method — delivery to the CEO's business address in Poland — after service at the registered address had failed. |
| 2025-10-15 | UPC_CFI_115/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Nichtigkeit (Hauptsache) | Teilweise nichtig | The Düsseldorf Local Division found that the infringement action failed (patent not infringed) while partially upholding the defendants' counterclaim for revocation: the patent EP 2 755 901 B1 (egg packaging) was revoked in part, with the counterclaim otherwise dismissed. Priority, inventive step, and equivalence were the key issues. |
| 2025-10-14 | UPC_CFI_807/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 333 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The panel dismissed the defendants' application for review of a case management order (R. 333 RoP) concerning an auxiliary request for claim amendment in a stroller swivel-locking device infringement action. The judge-rapporteur's procedural order was confirmed. |
| 2025-10-14 | UPC_CFI_135/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued an order cancelling the scheduled oral hearing in the Dolby v Beko/Arçelik infringement proceedings concerning EP 3 605 534 B1 (audio coding), due to the unavailability of one of the lead counsel for personal reasons. |
| 2025-10-14 | UPC_CFI_100/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a further procedural order under R. 35 and 36 RoP in the Ona Patents v Google infringement proceedings (EP 2 263 098), addressing procedural steps in the case. |
| 2025-10-13 | UPC_CFI_100/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 333 | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a R. 333 RoP review order in the Ona Patents v Google infringement proceedings concerning EP 2 263 098 B1 (Wi-Fi positioning), addressing procedural aspects of the case management. |
| 2025-10-02 | UPC_CFI_496/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a rectification order correcting a clerical error in the decision of 29 September 2025 in the Headwater v Samsung proceedings concerning EP 3 110 072. |
| 2025-10-01 | UPC_CFI_712/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application RoP262A | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division (judge-rapporteur Dr. Schumacher) issued a confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP in the infringement proceedings brought by F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Roche Diabetes Care GmbH against A. Menarini Diagnostics entities concerning EP 1 962 668 B1 (glucose sensor). |
| 2025-09-30 | UPC_CFI_320/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded Samsung's withdrawal of their counterclaim for revocation and application for cost decision following the court's 30 July 2025 decision dismissing the Headwater infringement action and revoking EP 3 110 069, with each party to bear own costs. |
| 2025-09-29 | UPC_CFI_496/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Prozessual | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded Headwater Research LLC's withdrawal of its infringement action against Samsung Electronics entities concerning EP 3 110 072, with 60% of court fees reimbursed as the withdrawal occurred before closure of the written procedure. |
| 2025-09-26 | UPC_CFI_315/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Procedural Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order under R. 108 RoP in the infringement action by Labrador Diagnostics LLC against bioMérieux entities concerning EP 3 756 767 B1 (diagnostic testing apparatus). |
| 2025-09-26 | UPC_CFI_26/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Rücknahme | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded the withdrawal by Headwater Research LLC of its infringement action (EP 3 110 069) against Samsung Electronics entities after the court had issued a decision on 30 July 2025 dismissing the infringement action and revoking the patent; both parties to bear own costs. |
| 2025-09-17 | UPC_CFI_99/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | — | Nur Kosten | Order from the Düsseldorf Local Division dated 17 September 2025 concerning reimbursement of court fees under R. 370.9 and R. 370.11 RoP. The infringement action (filed March 2024 by Ona Patents SL against Apple entities) and subsequently a counterclaim for revocation (filed August 2025 by Apple) were pending when the order was issued. The order deals specifically with court fee reimbursement procedural matters; no substantive ruling on infringement or validity was made. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_CFI_99/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | — | Zurückgenommen | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Ona Patents SL leave to withdraw its patent infringement action against Apple entities concerning EP 2 263 098 B1. Simultaneously, the defendants withdrew their counterclaim for revocation. The parties agreed that each side bears its own costs, and no cost decision was issued. The proceedings were declared closed. |
| 2025-08-22 | UPC_CFI_459/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | — | Nur prozessual | Düsseldorf Local Division suspended the file access proceedings under R.262.1(b) RoP concerning the Tridonic/CUPOWER infringement case, pending ongoing settlement negotiations in the parallel main proceedings, with consent of all parties. |
| 2025-08-14 | UPC_CFI_135/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order granting Dolby's application to file an additional written submission pursuant to Rule 36 RoP in the infringement action against Beko/Arçelik, as Dolby made the request before the judge-rapporteur intended to close the written procedure. |
| 2025-08-04 | UPC_CFI_519/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order on the handling of multiple related infringement actions and counterclaims for revocation concerning three patents, deciding on the approach under Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA before close of written procedure. |
| 2025-08-01 | UPC_CFI_100/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order requiring further written submissions from the parties in the infringement action concerning patent ownership and the presentation of exhibits. The court noted inconsistencies in the claimant's statements on patent ownership and directed supplementary presentations. |
| 2025-07-30 | ACT_3932/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Verletzung (Hauptsache) | Nichtig erklärt | The Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Headwater Research LLC's infringement action against Samsung and revoked European patent EP 3 110 069 B1 to the extent of claim 1, on the basis of a successful counterclaim for revocation; all costs were borne by the claimant. The court also rejected a new argument on added matter as inadmissible under R. 9.2 RoP. |
| 2025-07-29 | UPC_CFI_336/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order in infringement action by Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. against Aiko/Memodo/Libra/VDH Solar/PowerDeal/Coenergia entities (EP 3 065 184 B1, solar panels) on the cost ceiling under Rule 158 RoP. The court held that when a claim is brought against multiple defendants without specifying their respective liability, all defendants must have an equal opportunity to defend against the alleged infringement as a whole, and the cost ceiling should reflect the claim as brought against all defendants collectively. |
| 2025-07-10 | UPC_CFI_213/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Einstweilige Verfügung | PI erteilt | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Aesculap AG a preliminary injunction against Shanghai International Holding Corporation GmbH (Europe) based on EP 2 892 442 B1 (surgical instrument), with the court proceeding on the merits despite the defendant's non-appearance at the oral hearing; the defendant's general denial without substantive engagement was deemed inadequate. |
| 2025-06-16 | UPC_CFI_140/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | — | Verletzt | Decision of the Düsseldorf Local Division finding that Curio Bioscience infringes EP 2 697 391 B1 owned by 10x Genomics. The court ordered: (A) cessation of the infringing acts in UPC member states; (B) recall from distribution channels; (C) permanent removal from distribution channels; (D) rendering of accounts; (E) damages for acts after 30 November 2019; (F) periodic penalty payments of up to EUR 100,000 per day. The action was dismissed in other respects. Costs: borne 30% by claimant, 70% by defendant. Value in dispute set at EUR 3,000,000; ceiling for recoverable representation costs EUR 400,000. |
| 2025-06-15 | UPC_CFI_26/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Samsung's application for security for costs against Headwater Research LLC under R. 158 RoP. The Court found that while enforcing a cost order against a US-domiciled entity might be more burdensome, the evidence showed Headwater generates recurring revenues from licensing, making the concern about non-recovery insufficiently justified. |
| 2025-06-12 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Prozessual | Nur prozessual | Procedural order in Canon v. Katun/General Plastic infringement action. The Düsseldorf Local Division decided under R. 37.2 RoP to proceed jointly with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA) for reasons of efficiency, allowing validity and infringement to be decided on a unified factual record. |