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UPC CFI 537/2024

Sep 23, 2024·EP2579551 · Method and apparatus pertaining to automatically performing an application function of an electronic device based upon detecting a change in physical configuration of the device

Case details
Status
Case Closed
Action
Infringement
Category
Main infringement action
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Hamburg LD
Technology
  • Electrical engineering
    Telecommunications
Language
English
First decided
Oct 28, 2025
How this compares
The court's record for this kind of case, counted in first-instance rulings. A figure in brackets is the number of rulings a rate rests on.
Infringement foundMedian days to first decision
All UPC53% (62/117)124
Hamburg LDLockedLocked
Judge Sabine KlepschLockedLocked
Judge Stefan SchillingLockedLocked
Judge Marije KnijffLockedLocked
Judge Ulrike Keltsch—Locked

At the UPC: Malikie Innovations Ltd. (20 cases)·Nintendo of Europe SE (5 cases)

Decisions
  • 2025-10-28
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: Hamburg Local Division procedural order summarising the interim conference of 22 October 2025 in Malikie Innovations v. Nintendo, including case management orders: case value set at EUR 7.5 million (EUR 3m infringement + EUR 4.5m counterclaim), agreement on reimbursable legal costs (approximately 50% of ceiling), updates on parallel proceedings, and admission of second round of patent amendment auxiliary requests.

    Show the legal issues (4)
    • Case management (interim conference, R. 105.5 RoP)
    • Case value
    • Patent amendment auxiliary requests
    • Parallel German Federal Patent Court proceedings
  • 2025-04-23
    Application RoP262APublic

    Summary: Procedural order granting Nintendo's request for confidentiality protection (Rule 262A RoP) of sales data in their Statement of Defence. Access to unredacted information restricted to two named reliable persons on the Claimant's side, subject to conditions. Claimant's request for access for two specific employees was accommodated.

    Show the legal issues (3)
    • Confidentiality protection (Rule 262A RoP)
    • Trade secrets
    • Access to confidential information in litigation
Document titleDatePublic
Case closed2025-12-02Not public
Order2025-11-28Not public
Order2025-11-28Public
Cover sheet2025-11-27Not public
Other document Defendant2025-11-27Not public
Receipt2025-11-27Not public
Cover sheet2025-11-27Not public
Application document Claimant2025-11-27Not public
Receipt2025-11-27Not public
Interim procedure opened2025-11-26Not public