UPC CFI 791/2024
Dec 9, 2024·EP3611989 SEP +1 more · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK INFORMATION
Action number: ACT 65376/2024
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionProvisional measuresCategoryProvisional measures
- Parties
- Claimants
- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.Operating co.
Representatives- Tobias J. Hessel-Clifford Chance Partnerschaft mbB
- Christian Harmsen-Bird & Bird LLP
Respondents- Netgear Inc.Operating co.
- Netgear International LimitedOperating co.
- NETGEAR Deutschland GmbHOperating co.
Representatives- Henning Gutheil-Freshfields
- Division
- Munich LD
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringDigital communication
- Language
- German
- First decided
- Dec 11, 2024
| Preliminary injunction granted | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 54% (38/70) | 124 |
| Munich LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Matthias Zigann | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Edger Brinkman | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Tobias Pichlmaier | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Huawei Group (62 cases)·Netgear Group (20 cases)
This dispute contains 16 other proceedings
CC 20512/2024·UPC CFI 152/2024·UPC CoA 36/2024·UPC CoA 44/2024·UPC CFI 168/2024 and 11 more
9 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CoA 180/2026·UPC CFI 1271/2026·UPC CFI 3450/2026·UPC CFI 3451/2026·UPC CFI 3452/2026 and 4 more
- 2024-12-11Application for provisional measuresPublic
Summary: The Munich Local Division granted Huawei an anti-suit/anti-enforcement injunction ordering Netgear to withdraw its anti-enforcement injunction application before a US court (C.D. Cal.) that sought to prevent Huawei from enforcing its SEP patents (EP 3 611 989 and EP 3 678 321) before the UPC, holding that such foreign proceedings violate the EU Charter right to access to justice.
Show the legal issues (4)
- anti-suit injunction / anti-enforcement injunction Art. 32(1)(a)(c) UPCA
- standard-essential patents FRAND
- Art. 47 EU Charter access to justice
- UPC jurisdiction for AASI
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Headnote-and-Keyword-Translated | 2025-01-14 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-01-13 | Not public |
| R 265 final | 2025-01-13 | Public |
| Receipt | 2025-01-13 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-01-13 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-01-13 | Not public |
| R 265 final | 2025-01-13 | Public |
| 25-01-10_-_UPC_CFI_791_2024_-_Freigabe_Sicherheitsleistung_-_Huawei_vs_Netgear | 2025-01-10 | Not public |
| 25-01-10_-_UPC_CFI_791_2024_-_Freigabe_Sicherheitsleistung_-_Huawei_vs_Netgear | 2025-01-10 | Not public |
| 25-01-10_-_UPC_CFI_791_2024_-_Freigabe_Sicherheitsleistung_-_Huawei_vs_Netgear | 2025-01-10 | Not public |
Huawei applied for an anti-anti-suit / anti-enforcement injunction against Netgear, which had filed a US proceeding (C.D. Cal.) seeking to prevent Huawei from enforcing its SEP patents (EP 3 611 989 and EP 3 678 321) at the UPC. The Munich Local Division granted the measure, holding that the UPC has jurisdiction to issue such orders, and that foreign anti-enforcement injunctions violate the EU Charter right of access to justice (Art. 47) and constitute a tortious act under German law. Netgear was ordered to immediately withdraw its US application on pain of daily fines up to EUR 250,000.
UPC has jurisdiction under Art. 32(1)(a) and (c) UPCA to issue anti-anti-suit / anti-enforcement injunctions against foreign proceedings threatening UPC access
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 32(1)(a)(c) UPCANote: The Munich Local Division established UPC subject-matter jurisdiction for AASI/AEI measures against Netgear's US court proceedings.
Foreign anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions violate the fundamental EU right of access to justice and constitute a tort under German law
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 47 EU Charter; Art. 2(1), 19(4) GG; § 823(1) BGBNote: The court found that Netgear's US AEI application before the C.D. Cal. violated Huawei's EU Charter right to access to justice and constituted an unlawful act under German tort law.
Provisional measures including requirement to withdraw the US AEI application within 24 hours are appropriate
ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 62 UPCANote: The court ordered Netgear to withdraw its C.D. Cal. AEI application within 24 hours of service, or face fines up to EUR 250,000 per day.
No rejected arguments captured.