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 Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.
40%patentees prevail on the merits
10 merits decisions; 29 inconclusive cases excluded (small sample)
4 won · 6 lost · Flat vs. prior 12 months
Win rate by year
Patentee win rate by year of first decision.
- 2023: 0% (0/1)
- 2024: 0% (0/1)
- 2025: 60% (3/5)
Win rate by division
Top divisions by merits-decision volume.
- Hamburg LD100%(n=1)
- Dusseldorf LD100%(n=1)
- Vienna LD100%(n=1)
- Munich CD20%(n=5)
- Munich LD0%(n=1)
- Brussels LD0%(n=1)
When patentees lose, why?
Of 6 losses…
83%
17%
Patent invalidated — 5 (83%)No infringement found — 1 (17%)
PI grant rate
75%
6 granted · 2 denied · 9 total decisions
PI grant rate (conservative)
67%
Granted / total PI decisions (incl. interim, withdrawn)
Infringement rate
100%
2 infringed · 0 not infringed
Revocation rate
80%
4 revoked / partially · 1 maintained / amended
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
31% 8 / 26
Outcomes by category (detailed)
Stacked breakdown using sharper outcome enums — revocation cases split into revoked_full / revoked_partial / maintained_as_*, etc.
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When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.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.
- Infringement58
- Revocation47
- Other16
- Provisional measures12
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- Munich LD58 casesPI grant rate: 100%Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Dusseldorf LD30 casesPI grant rate: 75%Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Munich CD17 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: 80%
- Mannheim LD11 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Hamburg LD6 casesPI grant rate: 100%Infringement rate: 100%Revocation rate: —
- Milan LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Brussels LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Paris LD2 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Vienna LD2 casesPI grant rate: 0%Infringement rate: 100%Revocation rate: —
- Lisbon LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- —UPC_CFI_254/2025Procedural onlyProcedural 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.
- 2026-02-24UPC_CFI_337/2025Munich CDPatent maintainedThe Central Division (Munich) dismissed TCL Europe's revocation action against Corning's EP 3 296 274 (glass composition), finding all invalidity attacks unsuccessful. The patent was maintained as granted; TCL was ordered to bear Corning's legal costs.
- 2026-02-24UPC_CFI_829/2024Munich CDRevokedThe Central Division (Munich) revoked EP 2 611 800 (sugar compositions) in its entirety for Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden, finding the claims lacked inventive step and the application to amend was dismissed. The defendant bears UPM's costs.
- 2026-02-24UPC_CFI_735/2024Mannheim LDoutcomeName.otherThe 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.
- 2026-01-08UPC_CFI_377/2025Milan LDProcedural onlyThe 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.
- 2025-12-23UPC_CFI_538/2025Mannheim LDWithdrawnSun 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.
- 2025-12-22UPC_CFI_936/2025Mannheim LDProcedural onlyThe Mannheim Local Division issued a further procedural order in the InterDigital v. Amazon preliminary measures proceedings, addressing additional case management steps following the oral hearing of 14 November 2025.
- 2025-12-05UPC_CFI_712/2025Dusseldorf LDPI grantedThe 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.