UPC CFI 1086/2026
Mar 27, 2026·EP3960072 · COMPACT ON-BODY PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionProvisional measuresCategoryProvisional measures
- Parties
- Respondents
- Shenzhen SiSensing Co., LtdOperating co.
- SiBionics GmbHOperating co.
- Sibio Technology LimitedOperating co.
- Sibio PTE Ltd.Operating co.
- Shanghai International Holding Corp. GmbHOperating co.
Representatives- David Por-Clifford Chance Partnerschaft mbB
- Division
- Milan LD
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Sep 7, 2026
- EPO Opposition
- Stolmár MatthiasAdmissible2025-09-10
- STRAWMAN LIMITEDAdmissible2025-09-10
- SenEaron Healthcare Limited2025-11-14
- Sibio Technology Limited2026-06-24
- Air Liquide Healthcare Limited2026-09-16
| Preliminary injunction granted | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 54% (38/70) | 124 |
| Milan LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Pierluigi Perrotti | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Alima Zana | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Samuel Granata | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Steen Wadskov-Hansen | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Abbott Group (67 cases)·Shenzhen SiSensing Co., Ltd (4 cases)
This dispute contains 4 other proceedings
UPC CFI 3601/2026·UPC CoA 162/2026·UPC CFI 133/2024·UPC APP 39459/2024
4 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CFI 865/2026·UPC CFI 830/2025·CC 14848/2024·UPC CFI 430/2023
- 2026-09-07Provisional measuresPublic
Summary: Milan Local Division order (7 Sep 2026, R. 206 RoP) on Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.'s application for provisional measures against Shenzhen SiSensing Co., Ltd, SiBionics GmbH, Sibio Technology Limited, Sibio PTE Ltd. and their EU authorised representative Shanghai International Holding Corp. GmbH concerning EP 3 960 072 B1 (compact on-body physiological monitoring devices): the GS3-R continuous glucose monitoring system is held, with sufficient certainty, to infringe the patent, validity is not clearly in doubt, the application was filed without undue delay (about six weeks after the launch notices) and the balance of interests (price erosion in tender- and insurance-driven markets) favours the applicant; a provisional injunction is granted for all eighteen Contracting Member States where the patent is in force, with an information order, capped penalty payments, an interim costs award of EUR 120,000 (30% of the EUR 400,000 ceiling, reduced for the respondents' advance launch notice), immediate enforceability and a 31-day deadline to start proceedings on the merits; the customs-goods declaration is inadmissible, delivery-up is left to the merits and the specific request against the authorised representative is unnecessary. Headnote on the admissibility of new non-infringement arguments raised in the last written submission in PI proceedings.
Show the legal issues (6)
- provisional measures Art. 62 UPCA / R. 206-211 RoP: sufficient certainty of infringement, validity, urgency (no undue delay, R. 211.4), balance of interests
- admissibility of new claim-construction and non-infringement arguments in the last written submission in PI proceedings (headnote)
- EU authorised representative under Art. 11 MDR as infringer (Philips v Belkin, UPC_CoA_534/2024)
- price erosion in tender- and reimbursement-driven CGM markets (UPC_CoA_382/2024)
- interim award of costs at 30% of the ceiling (UPC_CoA_19/2026)
- UPC-wide relief justified by regulatory and commercial preparations
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The GS3-R System infringes claim 1 of EP 3 960 072 with sufficient certainty, and each respondent, including the EU authorised representative, is an infringer
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 25, 62, 63 UPCA; R. 211.2 RoP; Philips v BelkinNo undue delay: about six weeks between the launch notices and the application is reasonable
ClaimantLegal basis: R. 211.4 RoPThe balance of interests favours the applicant because of hard-to-reverse price erosion in tender- and insurance-driven markets and uncertainty of recovering damages from a China-based group
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 62(2) UPCA, R. 211.3 RoP; UPC_CoA_382/2024, UPC_CoA_540/2024
The patent is invalid (sufficiency, added matter, inventive step) and the GS3-R does not infringe, including the new argument on feature 1.6
RespondentLegal basis: Art. 65 UPCA; Art. 54, 56, 83, 123(2) EPCDeclaration that the products are goods suspected of infringing an IP right (Reg. 608/2013), delivery-up, and a specific order against the authorised representative
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 2(7) Regulation (EU) No 608/2013; R. 211 RoP