UPC APP 55795/2024
EP4072364 Unitary patent +1 more · PROTECTIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAID PROTECTIVE DEVICE
- Case details
- StatusClaim dismissedActionPreliminary objectionCategoryPreliminary objection
- Parties
- Claimants
- Alpinestars Research S.p.A.Operating co.
Respondents- Dainese S.p.A.Operating co.
- Division
- Milan LD
- Judges
- Technology
- Mechanical engineeringTransport
- Other fieldsOther consumer goods
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Apr 15, 2025
- EPO Opposition
- Alpinestars S.p.A.Admissible2022-06-08
- Alpinestars S.p.A.Admissible2024-10-03
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Milan LD | Locked |
| Judge Alima Zana | Locked |
At the UPC: Alpinestars Research S.p.A. (13 cases)·Dainese S.p.A. (17 cases)
This dispute contains 12 other proceedings
UPC CoA 97/2026·UPC CFI 1781/2026·UPC CoA 931/2025·UPC CFI 792/2024·UPC APP 1176/2025 and 7 more
4 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CFI 182/2025·UPC CFI 831/2024·UPC CFI 472/2024·UPC APP 61708/2024
- 2025-04-15Preliminary objectionPublic
Summary: The Milan Local Division dismissed Alpinestars Research's preliminary objection challenging the UPC's jurisdiction to adjudicate on infringement of European patents validated in Spain (a non-UPC contracting state). The court held, following the CJEU decision in C-339/2022, that the UPC has universal jurisdiction over European patents under Brussels I Regulation (recast) where the defendant is domiciled in a UPC member state, including for non-UPC validated patents such as in Spain.
Show the legal issues (5)
- UPC jurisdiction over European patents validated in non-UPC countries
- Application of Brussels I Regulation (recast) Art. 71a and 71b
- CJEU ruling C-339/2022 and UPC jurisdiction
- Preliminary objection under Rule 19 RoP
- Jurisdiction for European patents not validated in UPC contracting states
- 7EB6DE6AB95A7B878AC937C4F88C8C70_en.pdf2025-04-15EN