UPC CFI 2307/2026

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Case details: Status
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Action
Provisional measures
Category
Provisional Measures
Parties: Claimants
Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
Reps: Marianne Schaffner (Gowling WLG (France) AARPI); Charlotte Chambon (Gowling WLG (France) AARPI)
Respondents
MGI Tech GmbH
MGI Tech Co., Limited
BGI Hangzhou CycloneSEQ Technology Co., Ltd
Shenzhen BGI Genomics Co., Ltd
Reps: Stephan Neuhaus (A&O Shearman); Frits Gerritzen (A&O Shearman); Caroline Bley (A&O Shearman); Teresa Limberg (A&O Shearman); Sara Swinkels (A&O Shearman); Lasse Weinmann (Hoffmann Eitle); Boris Tchitchanov (Hoffmann Eitle); Elisabeth Engelhard (Hoffmann Eitle); Michael Pfeifer (Hoffmann Eitle); Dominik Scheible (Hoffmann Eitle); Sofie McPherson (Hoffmann Eitle); Daniel Offenbartl-Stiegert (Hoffmann Eitle)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · presiding
Tobias Pichlmaier · legally qualified
Rute Lopes · legally qualified
Steen Wadskov-Hansen · technically qualified
Language: —
First decided: Jul 20, 2026

Decisions

2026-07-20
Provisional measures
The court rejected the respondents' application for an extension of the time period to file an objection to Oxford Nanopore's provisional measures application. The judge-rapporteur found that the time period (with a fixed deadline of 24 July 2026) was sufficient given the respondents' prior knowledge of the patents and the allegations from Australian proceedings, and that altering the schedule would prevent thorough panel preparation and necessitate a later oral hearing.
Legal issues:Extension of time period to file objection to provisional measures application (R. 206 RoP)Balance between respondent's right to be heard and applicant's right to fast and effective remediesEffect of inaccessibility to CMS case file on time period calculationRelevance of parallel foreign proceedings to time sufficiency

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