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UPC CFI 658/2025
Jul 16, 2025·EP2697391: METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR LOCALISED OR SPATIAL DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID IN A TISSUE SAMPLE
- Case details
- StatusWritten PhaseActionGenericCategoryCosts Assessments
- Parties
- Division
- Dusseldorf LD
- Technology
- Biotechnology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Feb 2, 2026
Decisions
- 2026-02-02Costs onlyCostsGeneric Order
The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a costs decision in the 10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience proceedings (EP 2 697 391), establishing that costs of PI proceedings and main proceedings are capped separately, that mixing of costs between proceedings is inadmissible, and that in partial success the ceiling is reduced proportionally.
Legal issues:Separate cost ceilings for PI and main proceedingsCost allocation on partial success (Art. 69 UPCA, R. 118.5 RoP)No mixing of PI and merits costs
Documents
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| action.issueDecision.decision | 2026-02-02 | Not public |
| Decision | 2026-02-02 | Public |
| Decision | 2026-02-02 | Not public |
| Costs awarded - Brief of 10x Genomics | 2025-08-27 | Not public |
| Opportunity to respond | 2025-08-13 | Not public |
| 2025.08.13 - CONFIDENTIAL Response to 10x Application for a cost decision dated 16 July 2025 | 2025-08-13 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-08-04 | Not public |
| Closing of the workflow | 2025-08-04 | Public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-08-04 | Not public |
| R. 262A RoP Order | 2025-08-04 | Public |
| R. 262A RoP Order | 2025-08-04 | Not public |
| Confidentiality - Response brief of 10x Genomics | 2025-08-04 | Not public |
| Opportunity to comment | 2025-07-28 | Not public |
| 25.07.2025 - Response to 10xs R. 262A Application of 16 July 2025 (relating to request for a cost decision)_signed | 2025-07-25 | Not public |
| Opportunity to comment | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Opportunity to comment | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Panel-Appointment | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Confidentiality - Request of 10x Genomics | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Confidentiality - Request of 10x Genomics | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Costs awarded - Request of 10x Genomics | 2025-07-16 | Not public |
| Costs awarded - Request of 10x Genomics | 2025-07-16 | Not public |