UPC CFI 1568/2025

At the UPC: Ericsson Group (53 cases)·Transsion Group (31 cases)

• 2026-08-26
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: The Hague Local Division allowed Ericsson's withdrawal, under R. 265 RoP, of three parallel SEP infringement actions against the Transsion group of defendants (UPC_CFI_1568/2025 re EP 2712236, UPC_CFI_1791/2025 re EP 3836631, and UPC_CFI_1793/2025 re EP 3245744) following a settlement with all defendants, and declared the proceedings closed. The Registry was ordered to reimburse the claimant 25% of the court fees paid in each case, reduced from the standard 50% under R.370.9(e) RoP given the claimant's procedural conduct, with no further costs decision needed.

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  • Withdrawal of an infringement action under R. 265.1 RoP following settlement with all defendants
  • Deemed consent to withdrawal from a non-responding defendant
  • Reimbursement of court fees under R. 370.9(b) RoP and reduction under R. 370.9(e) RoP for procedural conduct in multiple parallel SEP actions
  • Applicability of the RoP as amended 1 January 2026 to applications filed in 2026
  • Value of the action for fee-reimbursement purposes
• 2026-06-15
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: The court refused leave to appeal the R.20.2 RoP order of 13 May 2026 (dealing with a preliminary objection that will be addressed in the main proceedings), but granted leave to appeal the Confidentiality Order of 27 May 2026 regarding a phased confidentiality club regime for comparable licence documents.

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  • Leave to appeal under R.220.2 RoP
  • Confidentiality club regime for comparable licence documents
  • Phased confidentiality regime for SEP/FRAND proceedings
  • Preliminary objection to be dealt with in main proceedings (R.20.2 RoP)