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UPC CFI 624/2025

Jul 4, 2025·EP4344633: ANALYTE SENSOR METHODS

Case details
Status
Case Closed
Action
Provisional measures
Category
Provisional Measures
Parties
Claimants
Reps: Christian Dekoninck (Taylor Wessing)
Respondents
Reps: Tjibbe Douma; Edoardo Barbera
Division
The Hague LD
Judges
Technology
Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language
English
First decided
Oct 17, 2025
Decisions
  • 2025-10-17
    PI grantedPreliminary injunctionApplication for provisional measures

    The Hague Local Division granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction against Sinocare and A.Menarini Diagnostics regarding infringement of continuous glucose monitoring patent EP 4 344 633 (FreeStyle Libre technology), including information orders and delivery-up of infringing GlucoMen iCan products.

    Legal issues:Preliminary injunction (continuous glucose monitoring)Claim construction of timeline graph featureProportionality of measures
Documents
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Receipt2026-03-30Not public
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Application document Claimant2026-03-30Not public
action.communication.general2025-11-14Not public
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action.phaseChange.caseClose2025-10-23Not public
action.publishOrderDecision.order2025-10-17Not public
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Final Order2025-10-17Public
action.phaseChange.oralPhaseClose2025-10-14Not public
ORAL_HEARING_REFERENCING_32414_2025_OH_HAG_LOC_UPC2025090309am2025-09-10Not public
ORAL_HEARING_REFERENCING_32414_2025_OH_HAG_LOC_UPC2025090309am2025-09-10Not public
Summon-Oral-Hearing2025-08-31Not public
Annex E32025-08-25Not public
Reply to the Objection EP 6332025-08-25Not public
Opportunity to upload response and OH agenda2025-08-21Public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-08-19Not public
Objection to Application2025-08-19Not public
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Objection Abbott v Sinocare and Menarini EP633 PI2025-08-19Not public
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Objection to Application2025-08-18Not public
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Notification Of Service2025-08-07Not public
2025_08_05 Confirmation of Service ACT_32414_2025 UPC_CFI_624_2025 Sinocare Inc2025-08-07Not public
Acknowledgement of access to case2025-08-05Not public
Outcome of the Order2025-08-01Not public
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Template-Order2025-08-01Not public
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20250716 ACT_32414_2025 UPC_CFI_624_2025 Confirmation of service2025-07-17Not public
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Annex E2 - part 1 (incl JK-1)2025-07-08Not public
Application for Provisional Measures2025-07-08Not public
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Application for Provisional Measures2025-07-08Not public
Annex E2 - part 1 (incl JK-1)2025-07-08Not public
Coverage: Partial.Reasoning extracted with partial coverage — some sections may be incomplete.
Plain-English summary

Abbott Diabetes Care obtained a preliminary injunction from The Hague Local Division against Sinocare and A. Menarini Diagnostics prohibiting the GlucoMen iCan CGM system across all UPC territories for infringement of EP 4 344 633 (FreeStyle Libre analyte sensor technology). The court also ordered delivery-up of infringing products and disclosure of distribution channels, but rejected Abbott's request for a customs-goods declaration under EU Regulation 608/2013 as unavailable in PI proceedings, and limited the information order to distribution data rather than financial figures.

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • GlucoMen iCan infringes EP 4 344 633 covering continuous glucose monitoring sensor technology

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 62 UPCA; R. 211 RoP

    Note: The Hague Local Division found infringement sufficiently demonstrated for PI purposes and granted the injunction across all UPC member states.

  • Defendants should not be ordered to comply jointly and severally as independent companies

    Respondent

    Note: Court agreed that Sinocare and Menarini are independent companies and did not impose joint and several liability for the substantive injunction obligations.

Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.

  • Declaration that GlucoMen iCan is 'goods suspected of infringing an IP right' under EU Regulation 608/2013 should be granted as a provisional measure

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 2(7)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013

    Reason: Court held that such a declaration is not available as a provisional measure regardless of the merits.

  • Information order should include price, sales numbers, and cost data

    ClaimantLegal basis: R. 211 RoP

    Reason: Court found that financial data is only relevant for damages calculation which is premature at the PI stage; the information order was limited to distribution channels and product origins.

  • Information disclosure should be subject to confidentiality

    Respondent

    Reason: Court rejected confidentiality request given the limited scope of the ordered information disclosure.

Key legal principles
Doctrines and rules cited in the reasoning.
Declaration of 'goods suspected of infringing' under EU Customs Regulation 608/2013 is not available as a provisional measureInformation orders in PI proceedings are limited to distribution channels and origins; financial data (pricing, volumes) is premature as it relates to damagesIndependent co-defendants are not subject to joint and several liability for PI compliance orders

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