UPC CFI 806/2025

At the UPC: Barco N.V. (9 cases)·Yealink (Xiamen) Network Technology Co. Ltd. (9 cases)

• 2026-10-19
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: Procedural Order 2 (R. 105.5 RoP) of the Brussels Local Division's judge-rapporteur after the interim conference. It confirms the value of the proceedings at EUR 2.5 million (infringement EUR 1 million, counterclaim EUR 1.5 million), asks the parties to report by 28 October 2026 on any agreement on recoverable costs, and confirms the oral hearing on 3 November 2026 with a timeframe. No substantive ruling.

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  • Case value after interim conference (R. 105.5 RoP)
  • Agreement on recoverable costs
  • Confirmation of oral hearing and pleading timeframe
  • Effect of Court of Appeal confirmation of refusal of leave to amend (AR6)
• 2026-09-14
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: Brussels Local Division procedural order under R. 105.5 RoP (judge-rapporteur Granata, 14 Sep 2026) after the interim conference in BARCO NV v YEALINK (Xiamen) Network Technology and YEALINK (Europe) Network Technology (EP 3 732 827; infringement action UPC_CFI_806/2025 and counterclaim for revocation UPC_CFI_185/2026): the value is set at EUR 1 million for the infringement action and EUR 1.5 million for the counterclaim (EUR 2.5 million total), the parties must report any agreement on recoverable costs by 28 Oct 2026, and the oral hearing of 3 Nov 2026 is maintained or rescheduled depending on the Court of Appeal's ruling on the pending appeal against the order of 17 Aug 2026.

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  • Interim conference order under R. 105 RoP
  • Value of a counterclaim for revocation: infringement value plus up to 50% under the court-fee guidelines
  • Scheduling of the oral hearing pending an appeal
• 2026-08-17
  InfringementPublic

  Summary: Procedural order dismissing BARCO's application for leave to amend the patent under R. 30.2 and R. 263 RoP, on the ground that the amendment could have been foreseen from the outset and that the applicant had not shown the required connection to the defendant's invalidity arguments. Leave to appeal granted.

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  • leave to change or amend the case (R. 263 RoP)
  • application to amend the patent (R. 30 RoP)
  • procedural efficiency
• 2025-12-04
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: The Brussels Local Division issued a final order under R. 19 RoP accepting Yealink's withdrawal of its preliminary objection to territorial competence, noting that the LD Brussels had already established its jurisdiction in the earlier PI proceedings between the same parties over EP 3 732 827.

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  • R. 19 RoP preliminary objection to territorial competence
  • Withdrawal of preliminary objection
  • Brussels LD jurisdiction already established in PI proceedings
• 2025-11-26
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: Brussels Local Division procedural order (R. 19 RoP, second order) in Barco v. Yealink infringement proceedings. Yealink raised a preliminary objection to territorial competence of the Brussels Local Division under Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA. The Court had already held it had territorial competence in related PI proceedings (UPC_CFI_582/2024). Order sets out how the preliminary objection will be handled in the main infringement proceedings.

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  • Preliminary objection to territorial competence (R. 19 RoP)
  • Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA
  • Brussels Local Division jurisdiction