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DateCaseDivisionActionMotionOutcomeSummary
2026-02-19UPC_CFI_541/2025Dusseldorf LDInfringement ActionProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued an order on Wizart's request for security for costs under R. 158 RoP in proceedings against Leap Tools (Canada), addressing whether the claimant's Canadian domicile and financial situation justify ordering security.
2026-02-11UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDInfringement ActionInfringement meritsInfringedThe Düsseldorf Local Division found Canon's developer supply container patent EP 3 686 683 infringed by Katun and General Plastic entities, granting an injunction and ordering defendants to publish the operative part of the decision on their websites; the counterclaim for revocation was dismissed.
2025-12-29UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDInfringement ActionProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division addressed Canon's request for simultaneous interpretation from English into Japanese during the oral hearing, for corporate representatives joining remotely from Japan.
2025-12-10UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in the Canon v. Katun proceedings, setting the feature breakdown of claim 1 of EP 3 686 683 to be used at the oral hearing.
2025-12-10UPC_CFI_316/2024Dusseldorf LDCounterclaim for revocationRevocation meritsInfringedThe Düsseldorf Local Division found indirect infringement of EP 2 061 575 B1 by Altech Makina and granted an injunction with removal from channels of commerce, while dismissing the revocation counterclaim; the infringement action was otherwise dismissed in part, with claimant bearing 30% and defendant 70% of costs.
2025-12-04UPC_CFI_307/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in the Aesculap v. Shanghai Bojin medical instrument case, scheduling the oral hearing and addressing requests for claim extension (R. 263), addition of a party (R. 305), and reinstatement in prior status (R. 320).
2025-11-20UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted Canon's application for a further round of written pleadings under R. 36 RoP against Katun, to address the EPO Opposition Division's preliminary opinion and additional test purchases of allegedly infringing toner cartridge products.
2025-11-19UPC_CFI_87/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division ruled on InterDigital's application for a further round of written pleadings under R. 36 RoP against Disney entities in a video streaming patent case concerning EP 2 449 782.
2025-11-17UPC_CFI_541/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication Rop 265ProceduralWithdrawnThe Düsseldorf Local Division permitted the claimant to withdraw the infringement action against Defendant 2 (Wizart LLC) under R. 265.1 RoP after Defendant 1 asserted that Wizart LLC was a non-existent entity; the statement of claim had not yet been served on Defendant 2.
2025-10-15UPC_CFI_541/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted the claimant's application to serve the statement of claim on Defendant 2 (Wizart LLC) by an alternative method — delivery to the CEO's business address in Poland — after service at the registered address had failed.
2025-10-14UPC_CFI_807/2024Dusseldorf LDApplication Rop 333ProceduralProcedural onlyThe panel dismissed the defendants' application for review of a case management order (R. 333 RoP) concerning an auxiliary request for claim amendment in a stroller swivel-locking device infringement action. The judge-rapporteur's procedural order was confirmed.
2025-10-14UPC_CFI_135/2024Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued an order cancelling the scheduled oral hearing in the Dolby v Beko/Arçelik infringement proceedings concerning EP 3 605 534 B1 (audio coding), due to the unavailability of one of the lead counsel for personal reasons.
2025-08-14UPC_CFI_135/2024Dusseldorf LDGeneric applicationProceduralProcedural onlyProcedural order granting Dolby's application to file an additional written submission pursuant to Rule 36 RoP in the infringement action against Beko/Arçelik, as Dolby made the request before the judge-rapporteur intended to close the written procedure.
2025-06-12UPC_CFI_351/2024Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyProcedural order in Canon v. Katun/General Plastic infringement action. The Düsseldorf Local Division decided under R. 37.2 RoP to proceed jointly with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA) for reasons of efficiency, allowing validity and infringement to be decided on a unified factual record.
2025-06-02UPC_CFI_504/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication Rop 365SettledThe court confirmed a partial settlement between the claimants (Roche) and defendants 1 and 2 (Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. and Tandem Diabetes Care Europe B.V.) pursuant to Rule 365.1 RoP. The details of the settlement are confidential. Proceedings against defendants 3 to 6 continue. Each settling party bears its own costs.