UPC CFI 636/2025

At the UPC: Centripetal Limited (22 cases)·Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (12 cases)

• 2025-10-02
  Application RoP 333Public

  Summary: The Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order under R. 333 RoP reviewing the earlier rejection of Centripetal Limited's saisie application against Palo Alto Networks concerning EP 3 281 580 (network security), upholding the rejection for failure to submit sufficient facts about the infringing system.

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  • Review of saisie order rejection (R. 333 RoP)
  • Insufficient substantiation of infringement
• 2025-10-02
  Request to review an order ex-partePublic

  Summary: The Mannheim Local Division granted Palo Alto Networks' request to review and revoked the ex-parte saisie (evidence preservation) order of 3 June 2025 (amended 9 July 2025) issued in favour of Centripetal Limited concerning EP 3 281 580. The Court found that the saisie order should not have been issued because it was not apparent from the ex-ante perspective that the Munich branch office premises (a co-working sales space) contained staff with access to the technical network security system Centripetal sought to inspect. The Court held that a saisie order cannot require a defendant to increase employee access rights or bring equipment not ordinarily present at the premises. The Court also noted that Centripetal had an ongoing duty of candour to update the Court on new material facts. Confidentiality measures from the original order remained in force.

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  • Review of ex-parte saisie order under R.197.3 RoP
  • Duty of candour under R.192.3 RoP
  • Limits of evidence preservation order at inspected premises
  • Obligation to provide access rights under saisie order
• 2025-07-11
  Procedural OrderPublic

  Summary: Mannheim Local Division (upon referral from Court of Appeal) granted Centripetal Limited's application for preservation of evidence (saisie) against Palo Alto Networks' network security solution for alleged infringement of EP 3 281 580 B1. An independent court expert (Prof. Dr. Christoph Krauß) was appointed to monitor and examine the defendant's systems at its premises.

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  • Preservation of evidence / saisie (Art. 60 UPCA, R. 192 RoP)
  • Court-appointed expert for real-time monitoring
  • Network security software infringement
  • Referral from Court of Appeal