UPC CFI 387/2025
May 2, 2025·EP3119235 Unitary patent · ATTACHMENT FOR A HAND HELD APPLIANCE
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionProvisional measuresCategoryProvisional measures
- Parties
- Respondents
- DREAME INTERNATIONAL (HONGKONG) LIMITEDOperating co.
- Teqphone GmbHOperating co.
- Eurep GmbHOperating co.
- Dreame Technology ABOperating co.
Representatives- Anna Friese-Okoro-Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Christian Stoll-Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Division
- Hamburg LD
- Technology
- Other fieldsOther consumer goods
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Aug 14, 2025
- Last decision
- Jun 4, 2026
- EPO Opposition
- Dreame International (Hong Kong) LtdAdmissible2026-01-30
| Preliminary injunction granted | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 54% (38/70) | 124 |
| Hamburg LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Sabine Klepsch | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Schilling | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Johansson | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Dyson Technology Limited (16 cases)·DREAME INTERNATIONAL (HONGKONG) LIMITED (9 cases)
This dispute contains 6 other proceedings
UPC CFI 946/2026·UPC CFI 2255/2025·UPC CFI 851/2025·UPC CoA 789/2025·UPC CoA 813/2025 and 1 more
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More cases: Hamburg LD·2025
- 2026-06-04Application for provisional measuresPublic
Summary: The applicant (Dyson) withdrew its request to impose a penalty payment against the defendant (Dreame International) as part of a settlement reached between the parties during the oral hearing in related case UPC_CFI_962/2026. The court permitted the withdrawal, confirmed no cost decision was required, and set the value of the enforcement proceedings at EUR 100,000.
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- Withdrawal of penalty enforcement request (R. 265.2 RoP)
- Settlement of penalty proceedings
- Cost decision waiver by agreement
- 2025-08-14Application for provisional measuresPublic
Summary: The Hamburg Local Division granted Dyson Technology Limited a preliminary injunction against Dreame International (HK) and related defendants for infringement of EP 3 119 235 (vacuum cleaner technology), including against an Authorised Representative as intermediary under Art. 63(1) UPCA.
Show the legal issues (4)
- Preliminary injunction Art. 62(2) UPCA
- International jurisdiction Art. 7(2) Brussels I recast
- Authorised Representative as anchor defendant
- Intermediary injunction Art. 63(1) UPCA
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Order | 2026-06-09 | Not public |
| Order | 2026-06-09 | Public |
| Receipt | 2026-05-27 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-05-27 | Not public |
| Application document Defendant | 2026-05-27 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-05-26 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-05-26 | Not public |
| Application document Claimant | 2026-05-26 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-04-21 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-04-21 | Not public |
Dyson Technology Limited obtained a preliminary injunction from the Hamburg Local Division against Dreame International (HK) and related Dreame entities for infringement of EP 3 119 235 (hair attachment for handheld appliances such as hair dryers). The decision established that EU-mandated Authorized Representatives can serve as both anchor defendants and intermediaries subject to injunctions under Art. 63(1) UPCA, and that the UPC has jurisdiction over all infringements in UPC member states regardless of defendant domicile, with costs shared equally as Dyson succeeded on only half its claims.
UPC has jurisdiction regardless of defendant's domicile for infringements in UPC member states
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 71b(2) UPCA; Art. 7(2) Brussels I recast (1215/2012/EU)Note: Court affirmed UPC's cross-border jurisdiction as a common court, extending beyond traditional domicile-based rules.
Claims against non-EU defendants are closely connected within the same defendant group, enabling joinder under Art. 8(1) Brussels I
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 8(1) Brussels I recast (1215/2012/EU)Note: Where defendants not domiciled or active in Germany are part of the same corporate group attacking the same embodiments, claims are closely connected.
EU-mandated Authorized Representative (Eurep GmbH) qualifies as anchor defendant under Art. 8(1) Brussels I and as intermediary subject to injunction under Art. 63(1) UPCA
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 63(1) UPCA; Regulations 2023/988/EU and 2019/1020/EU; Art. 8(1) Brussels I recastNote: Court found that non-EU manufacturers cannot sell electronics in the EU without an Authorized Representative, making such representative an indispensable party in the distribution chain and thus both an anchor defendant and an intermediary subject to injunction.
Direct infringement of EP 3 119 235 claims 1 and 11 by Dreame's hair attachment for handheld appliance
ClaimantLegal basis: EP3119235 claims 1 and 11Note: Court granted PI against Defendants 1, 2, and 4 for direct infringement of the Dyson Airwrap-style attachment within UPCA territory, and against Defendants 1 and 3 also with respect to Spain.
Application for provisional measures as to remaining embodiments (second group of attacked products)
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 62 UPCAReason: Applicant succeeded with only one of two groups of attacked embodiments; the remaining part of the application was dismissed without further explanation in the available excerpt.
International jurisdiction for Spanish national part of Defendant 4 (Dreame Technology AB)
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 71b(2) UPCA; Art. 7(2) Brussels I recastReason: Court required at least a plausible allegation of infringing acts by the specific party in Spain; Defendant 4 did not meet this threshold.
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The injunction order reproduces the claim text of EP 3 119 235 claims 1 and 11 verbatim (tubular hair attachment with overlapping slot, Coanda effect fluid outlet), indicating these were the construed scope applied to Dreame's products. No specific disputed terms or divergent constructions are recorded in the excerpt.