UPC CFI 676/2025

At the UPC: AX Wireless, LLC (4 cases)·Xiaomi Group (92 cases)

• 2026-10-12
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: Order of the Judge-Rapporteur (Munich Local Division) summarising the interim conference in two parallel actions between AX Wireless and Xiaomi: sets the value of each infringement action at EUR 1 million and each revocation counterclaim at EUR 1.5 million, deadlines of 26 October 2026 on costs allocation and on responses to late-filing objections, and the agenda for the oral hearing on 19-20 January 2027. No substantive ruling.

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  • Interim conference, R. 105.5 RoP
  • Case value and ceiling for recoverable costs (EUR 400,000 per case)
  • FRAND-related defence (to be heard at oral hearing)
  • Admissibility of late filings
  • Conditional counterclaim for revocation
• 2026-10-08
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: The Munich Local Division's judge-rapporteur ruled on the admissibility of late submissions in the interim procedure. Passages of the defendants' rejoinder on the application to amend (Section A, mn. 5-7 and 9-13) and claimant exhibits AMPER CC 5 and CC 6 are inadmissible and disregarded; the other requests are dismissed. No ruling on infringement or validity.

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  • Scope of rejoinders (R. 29(e) and R. 32.3 RoP)
  • Admissibility of new arguments in a rejoinder to the reply to the defence to an application to amend the patent
  • Late-filed exhibits disregarded under R. 9.2 RoP
  • Front-loaded procedure
  • Application under R. 336 in the interim procedure
• 2026-10-08
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: Munich LD judge-rapporteur grants the defendants' request for a refund of EUR 4,900 of the counterclaim-for-revocation fee, holding the fee is the same as the infringement-action fee (EUR 15,000) under the old Table of Court Fees because the action was filed before 31 December 2025. No substantive patent ruling.

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  • Refund of court fee for counterclaim for revocation
  • Transitional application of amended Table of Court Fees (filed before 1 January 2026)
  • Counterclaim fee equals infringement action fee
• 2025-10-17
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: The Munich Local Division granted the defendants' request to extend and align procedural deadlines (preliminary objection and statement of defence) for all Xiaomi defendants, to match the later statutory deadlines applicable to the Chinese defendants who accepted service voluntarily.

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  • Extension and alignment of procedural deadlines
  • Service on Chinese defendants
  • Efficient case management