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UPC CFI 806/2025

Sep 29, 2025·EP3732827 Unitary patent · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING FUNCTIONAL DEVICES AVAILALBLE TO PARTICIPANTS OF MEETINGS

Case details
Status
Oral Phase
Action
Infringement
Category
Main infringement action
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Division
Brussels LD
Technology
  • Electrical engineering
    Digital communication
Language
English
First decided
Nov 26, 2025
Last decision
Oct 19, 2026
EPO Opposition
How this compares
The court's record for this kind of case, counted in first-instance rulings. A figure in brackets is the number of rulings a rate rests on.
Infringement foundMedian days to first decision
All UPC53% (62/117)124
Brussels LDLockedLocked
Judge Samuel GranataLockedLocked
Judge Petri RinkinenLockedLocked
Judge Mélanie BessaudLockedLocked
Judge Steven KitchenLockedLocked

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

Decisions
  • 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.

    Show the legal issues (4)
    • 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.

    Show the legal issues (3)
    • 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.

    Show the legal issues (3)
    • 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.

    Show the legal issues (3)
    • 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.

    Show the legal issues (3)
    • Preliminary objection to territorial competence (R. 19 RoP)
    • Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA
    • Brussels Local Division jurisdiction
Documents
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Oral procedure opened2026-10-19Not public
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