UPC CFI 134/2025
Feb 28, 2025·EP3652914 · CYBERANALYSIS WORKFLOW ACCELERATION
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Patent revoked)ActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Henrik Lehment-Hogan Lovells International LLP
Respondents- Centripetal LimitedOperating co.
Representatives- Niclas Gajeck-Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB
- Division
- Mannheim LD
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringDigital communication
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Dec 19, 2025
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| Mannheim LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Peter Tochtermann | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Tobias Sender | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Kai Härmand | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Steven Kitchen | — | Locked |
At the UPC: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (12 cases)·Centripetal Limited (22 cases)
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More cases: Mannheim LD·2025
- 2025-12-19Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Court revoked European patent EP 3 652 914 B1 in its entirety in the territories of France and Germany on the basis of the counterclaim for revocation filed by Palo Alto Networks. The claims (including the unconditionally amended main request and all auxiliary requests) were found to lack inventive step in light of the prior art. As a consequence, the infringement action was dismissed. Centripetal was ordered to bear the costs of the litigation. The value in dispute was set at EUR 2 million (EUR 1 million each for the infringement action and counterclaim).
Show the legal issues (4)
- Lack of inventive step
- Claim amendment under R.30.1 RoP
- Counterclaim for revocation
- Methods and systems for cyberanalysis workflow
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Other Documents | 2026-08-03 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Application document Defendant | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Case closed | 2025-12-22 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-12-19 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-12-19 | Public |
| Oral procedure opened | 2025-11-13 | Not public |
| Other Documents | 2025-11-13 | Public |
| Interim procedure opened | 2025-10-02 | Not public |