Outcome base rates
What's normal — PI grant rate, infringement rate, revocation rate, settlement rate. Honest denominators using motion type.
Patentee win rate
Share of merits decisions where the patentee prevailed — infringement cases finding infringement, revocation cases upholding the patent. Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.
No merits decisions in the current scope.
PI grant rate
50%
1 granted · 1 denied · 2 total decisions
PI grant rate (conservative)
50%
Granted / total PI decisions (incl. interim, withdrawn)
Infringement rate
—
Revocation rate
—
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
25% 1 / 4
Settlement timing
When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.
By technology sector
Top sectors by case count (filter scope applied).
By case category
How outcome rates differ across the six L2 buckets.
- Provisional measures7
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- Mannheim LD2 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Dusseldorf LD2 casesPI grant rate: 50%Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- The Hague LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Hamburg LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Munich LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- 2025-07-10UPC_CFI_213/2025Dusseldorf LDPI grantedThe 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.
- 2025-07-09UPC_CFI_445/2025Mannheim LDProcedural onlyThe Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order addressing service of the anti-anti-suit injunction application by InterDigital against Walt Disney entities in proceedings relating to EP 2 465 265, EP 3 259 902, EP 2 080 349, and EP 2 449 782 (video coding SEPs).
- 2025-04-01UPC_CFI_614/2024Munich LDSettledThe Munich Local Division confirmed withdrawal of Mann+Hummel GmbH's application for provisional measures against Sotras S.R.L. concerning EP 2 762 219 following an out-of-court settlement. The court declared the proceedings closed, agreed that no costs application would be made, and ordered 60% reimbursement of court fees to Mann+Hummel.
- 2024-12-20UPC_CFI_541/2024Mannheim LDPI grantedOrder from the Mannheim Local Division dated 20 December 2024 granting provisional measures requested by G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C. KG against pharma-aktiva GmbH, ALDI SÜD, ALDI Nord, ALDI SE, and Hofer KG (Austria) for alleged infringement of EP 1 993 363 B1 (a composition for combating ectoparasites). The provisional measures order prohibits defendants from manufacturing, offering, distributing, using, importing or stocking the infringing products in Germany (defendants 1–4) and Austria (defendants 1 and 5). A penalty of EUR 100 per item non-compliance was imposed. The respondents were also ordered to surrender products in their possession. Defendants were ordered to pay a preliminary cost reimbursement of EUR 11,000 jointly. The measures are effective immediately and will lapse if Syngenta does not commence main proceedings within 31 calendar days / 20 working days from 20 December 2024.
- 2024-09-05UPC_CFI_486/2024Dusseldorf LDPI deniedThe Düsseldorf Local Division rejected Bioletic's application for a preliminary injunction concerning EP 3 685 783 B1 without an oral hearing, holding that the applicant had failed to demonstrate why a main action would be insufficient and had not established an ongoing or imminent harm justifying urgent provisional relief.