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 Settled, withdrawn, and procedural-only outcomes excluded from the denominator.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
4 merits decisions; 14 inconclusive cases excluded (small sample)
2 won · 2 lost · Insufficient prior-period data
Win rate by year
Patentee win rate by year of first decision.
- 2023: 100% (1/1)
- 2025: 50% (1/2)
Win rate by division
Top divisions by merits-decision volume.
- Milan LD100%(n=1)
- The Hague LD100%(n=1)
- Hamburg LD0%(n=1)
- Brussels LD0%(n=1)
When patentees lose, why?
Of 2 losses…
50%
50%
Patent invalidated — 1 (50%)No infringement found — 1 (50%)
PI grant rate
75%
3 granted · 1 denied · 4 total decisions
PI grant rate (conservative)
75%
Granted / total PI decisions (incl. interim, withdrawn)
Infringement rate
100%
1 infringed · 0 not infringed
Revocation rate
—
0 revoked / partially · 0 maintained / amended
Settlement / withdrawal rate
Settled / withdrawn / dismissed as a share of all non-pending outcomes.
41% 7 / 17
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When settled or withdrawn cases actually closed — relative to procedural milestones.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.
- Infringement43
- Provisional measures13
- Revocation10
- Other4
By division
PI grant rate · infringement rate · revocation rate per division (within scope).
- The Hague LD20 casesPI grant rate: 100%Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Brussels LD13 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Hamburg LD7 casesPI grant rate: 50%Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Milan LD7 casesPI grant rate: 100%Infringement rate: 100%Revocation rate: —
- Mannheim LD6 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Lisbon LD5 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Munich LD4 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Dusseldorf LD4 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Helsinki LD3 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
- Paris LD1 casesPI grant rate: —Infringement rate: —Revocation rate: —
Recent decisions
Most recent decisions in scope.
- 2026-03-18UPC_CFI_1357/2025Brussels LDProcedural onlyBrussels Local Division ordered Establishment Labs SA to provide security for costs of EUR 600,000 within 21 days in both UPC_CFI_1357/2025 and UPC_CFI_629/2026 proceedings concerning EP 3 107 487 B1. The Court held that the claimant's non-EU incorporation (Costa Rica) and concerns about recoverability of a cost order justified the security requirement, rejecting other elements of the defendants' R. 158 application.
- 2026-01-16UPC_CFI_1048/2025The Hague LDSettledThe Hague Local Division allowed BTL Medizintechnik GmbH's withdrawal of its infringement action against Lexter Microelectronic Engineering Systems S.L. following a settlement. The proceedings were declared closed with no cost decision required.
- 2026-01-15UPC_CFI_1357/2025Brussels LDProcedural onlyThe Brussels Local Division issued a procedural order on a preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP) filed by GC Aesthetics and Romed N.V. challenging jurisdiction in the infringement action brought by Establishment Labs S.A. concerning EP 3 107 487 B1 (breast implant).
- 2025-12-23UPC_CFI_683/2025Mannheim LDWithdrawnHuawei Technologies Co. Ltd. withdrew its infringement action concerning EP 3 471 419 against all defendants (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings and associated entities) before closure of the written procedure. Defendants 1-4 and 6 consented; Defendant 5 (ASD SAS) was unrepresented. No cost compensation was sought. Huawei was ordered a 60% reimbursement of court fees under R.370.9(b)(i) and R.370.11 RoP.
- 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.
- 2025-12-04UPC_CFI_415/2025Brussels LDCosts onlyThe Brussels Local Division issued a cost decision following withdrawal of CooperSurgical's infringement action against Motiva/Establishment Labs distributors, awarding costs to the defendants including EUR 5,757.90 to Defendants 1-2 and EUR 75,836.60 to Defendant 3, applying an ex ante proportionality assessment with an implied ceiling of EUR 100,000.
- 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.
- 2025-11-19UPC_CFI_802/2024Milan LDInfringedThe Milan Local Division issued a default judgment against the defendants (Gastroteam Abbe AB and Marciuliano Attrezzature) for infringement of Morello Forni's patent rights, ordering an injunction and information disclosure regarding the 'Pizza Former' machine, as defendants failed to participate in proceedings.