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 Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.
50%patentees prevail on the merits
2 merits decisions; 10 inconclusive cases excluded (small sample)
1 won · 1 lost · Insufficient prior-period data
Win rate by year
Patentee win rate by year of first decision.
- 2025: 50% (1/2)
Win rate by division
Top divisions by merits-decision volume.
- The Hague LD100%(n=1)
- Dusseldorf LD0%(n=1)
When patentees lose, why?
Of 1 loss…
100%
Patent invalidated — 0 (0%)No infringement found — 1 (100%)
PI grant rate
100%
1 granted · 0 denied · 1 total decisions
PI grant rate (conservative)
100%
Granted / total PI decisions (incl. interim, withdrawn)
Infringement rate
50%
1 infringed · 1 not infringed
Revocation rate
—
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
38% 3 / 8
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When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.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.
- Infringement15
- Revocation11
- Provisional measures6
- Other2
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- Dusseldorf LD11 casesPI grant rate: 100%Infringement rate: 0%Revocation rate: —
- Nordic-Baltic RD5 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Mannheim LD4 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Brussels LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Helsinki LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- The Hague LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: 100%Revocation rate: —
- Munich LD2 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Paris CD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Munich CD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Copenhagen LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- 2026-02-05UPC_CFI_666/2024The Hague LDSettledThe Hague Local Division declared the proceedings closed in both the infringement claim (Adeia v. Walt Disney) and the counterclaim for revocation, following the parties' mutual withdrawal of their actions under R.265.1 RoP after reaching a settlement. The court reimbursed 40% of the court fees paid, corresponding to the stage of proceedings at time of withdrawal (after interim procedure but before oral procedure). The settlement terms were not disclosed.
- 2026-01-28UPC_CFI_315/2024Dusseldorf LDNot infringedThe 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.
- 2025-12-04UPC_CFI_806/2025Brussels LDProcedural onlyThe Brussels Local Division issued a final order under R. 19 RoP accepting Yealink's withdrawal of its preliminary objection to territorial competence, noting that the LD Brussels had already established its jurisdiction in the earlier PI proceedings between the same parties over EP 3 732 827.
- 2025-11-26UPC_CFI_806/2025Brussels LDProcedural onlyBrussels Local Division procedural order (R. 19 RoP, second order) in Barco v. Yealink infringement proceedings. Yealink raised a preliminary objection to territorial competence of the Brussels Local Division under Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA. The Court had already held it had territorial competence in related PI proceedings (UPC_CFI_582/2024). Order sets out how the preliminary objection will be handled in the main infringement proceedings.
- 2025-11-03UPC_CFI_666/2024The Hague LDProcedural onlyThe Hague Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in Adeia Guides v. Walt Disney entities (EP 1 969 839, electronic programme guide patent), setting out decisions on scheduling and procedural steps following the interim conference.
- 2025-10-14UPC_CFI_807/2024Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe 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.
- 2025-10-10UPC_CFI_386/2024The Hague LDInfringedThe Hague Local Division found HL Display's European Patent EP 2 432 351 B1 (shelf divider system) valid and infringed (including indirect infringement) by Black Sheep Retail Products. The Court granted an injunction, ordered BSRP to cease infringing activities across all territories where the patent is in force. A counterclaim for declaration of non-infringement regarding a revised product was declared inadmissible. Long-arm jurisdiction was established for sales outside the Netherlands.
- 2025-09-26UPC_CFI_315/2024Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe 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).