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 Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.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
16 merits decisions; 24 inconclusive cases excluded (small sample)
8 won · 8 lost · ↓ 75.0pp vs. prior 12 months
Win rate by year
Patentee win rate by year of first decision.
- 2024: 100% (1/1)
- 2025: 50% (6/12)
Win rate by division
Top divisions by merits-decision volume.
- Dusseldorf LD50%(n=16)
When patentees lose, why?
Of 8 losses…
50%
50%
Patent invalidated — 4 (50%)No infringement found — 4 (50%)
PI grant rate
82%
9 granted · 2 denied · 11 total decisions
PI grant rate (conservative)
82%
Granted / total PI decisions (incl. interim, withdrawn)
Infringement rate
63%
5 infringed · 3 not infringed
Revocation rate
100%
1 revoked / partially · 0 maintained / amended
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
30% 11 / 37
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When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.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.
- Infringement77
- Revocation40
- Other17
- Provisional measures15
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- Dusseldorf LD149 casesPI grant rate: 82%Infringement rate: 63%Revocation rate: 100%
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- 2026-02-19UPC_CFI_541/2025Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe 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.
- 2026-02-18UPC_CFI_466/2025Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyProvisional 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.
- 2026-02-16UPC_CFI_716/2025Dusseldorf LDSettledDecision 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.
- 2026-02-11UPC_CFI_1648/2025Dusseldorf LDSettledThe 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.
- 2026-02-11UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDInfringedThe 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.
- 2026-02-11UPC_CFI_336/2024Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a decision under R. 265 RoP on the withdrawal or termination of proceedings in case UPC_CFI_336/2024.
- 2026-02-02UPC_CFI_515/2025Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe 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.
- 2026-02-02UPC_CFI_449/2025Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyThe 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.