| 2025-07-23 | UPC_CFI_365/2023 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Mannheim Local Division issued an enforcement order imposing penalty payments on Kodak entities for non-compliance with the obligation to destroy infringing embodiments under a prior decision. The Court granted Fujifilm's application for imposition of penalties for each week of non-compliance, while rejecting other enforcement requests. Defendants bear the costs. |
| 2025-07-22 | CC_65201/2024 | Milan CD | Counterclaim for infringement | Infringement merits | Infringed | The Milan Central Division issued a landmark decision finding infringement of EP 4 201 327 (Insulet Corporation) by EOFLOW Co., Ltd. by default on the counterclaim for infringement, following EOFLOW's failure to defend. The court also decided by default on the revocation action (finding insufficient grounds for revocation) and resolved costs of the preliminary injunction proceedings. The court ordered EOFLOW to cease and desist from infringing activities across all UPC contracting member states, recall products from the market, remove products from channels of commerce, destroy infringing products, and provide full information on the extent of infringement. The court applied a unitary approach to cost caps where two parallel proceedings concerned the same patent and infringement acts. |
| 2025-07-21 | UPC_CFI_361/2025 | Paris LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order on Sun Patent Trust's application for confidentiality protection (Rules 262.2 and 262A RoP) of highly confidential information in its infringement action against Vivo. The court set conditions for access by Vivo's representatives and named in-house employees to the unredacted statement of claim, rejecting certain overly restrictive constraints proposed by the claimant. |
| 2025-07-21 | UPC_CFI_380/2023 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Infringement Action | — | outcomeName.other | Decision of the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division dated 21 July 2025 (anonymised) in Edwards Lifesciences Corporation's infringement action against Meril Life Sciences Pvt Limited and related entities regarding EP 3 769 722 (heart valve delivery system). The decision covers the infringement action and multiple counterclaims for revocation filed by Meril entities, as well as applications to amend the patent. The oral hearing was held on 16 January 2025, with further pleadings submitted after the hearing regarding parallel EPO opposition proceedings. The operative part of the decision is not included in the available excerpt; however given the case involves both infringement claims and revocation counterclaims with patent amendment applications, a substantive ruling on both infringement and validity is expected. |
| 2025-07-21 | UPC_CFI_8/2023 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Application Rop 365 | — | Settled | The court confirmed a settlement agreement between Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and the Meril defendants (Meril Lifesciences PVT Limited, Meril GmbH, SMIS International OÜ, and Sormedica UAB) in the infringement action and related counterclaims for revocation concerning EP 2 628 464. Both the infringement action and counterclaims for revocation were settled and confirmed by decision. The court also ordered partial reimbursement of court fees. |
| 2025-07-17 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order of the Munich Local Division (presiding judge Zigann) following the interim conference of 17 July 2025 in four consolidated pharmaceutical patent infringement actions by Sanofi and related entities against generics companies (Accord Healthcare, STADA, Dr. Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. Points addressed: EPO Board of Appeal had upheld the patent but had not yet published its written reasoned decision; French parallel first-instance decisions invalidating the French designation were under appeal; defendants wished to comment on EPO BoA written reasons within three weeks of availability. No substantive infringement ruling. |
| 2025-07-15 | UPC_CFI_302/2024 | Munich LD | Hearing | — | Procedural only | Procedural order scheduling an additional interim hearing on the topic of FRAND licensing on 21 July 2025, to be held in person in English, in camera (non-public), in the parallel case UPC_CFI_302/2024 and UPC_CFI_667/2024 (Lenovo v. ASUSTek). |
| 2025-07-10 | ACT_19746/2024 | Hamburg LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Partially revoked | Final decision from Hamburg Local Division in infringement action by Nera Innovations Ltd. against Xiaomi entities concerning EP 2 642 632 (wireless power receiver). The infringement claim was dismissed as the patent was found to be substantially invalid. The patent was revoked in its main claim form, but maintained in a limited amended form (auxiliary requests 1 and 2). The counterclaim for revocation beyond those auxiliary requests was also dismissed. Costs of the infringement action borne by claimant; costs of counterclaim split 20% claimant / 80% defendants. Case value set at EUR 3,750,000. |
| 2025-07-10 | ACT_19746/2024 | Hamburg LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Hamburg Local Division correction order (R. 353 RoP) correcting several factual errors in its judgment of 10 July 2025 in the Nera Innovations v. Xiaomi infringement proceedings. The corrections related to the patent transfer history (incorrect description of LG Innotek transfer) and heading numbering errors. |
| 2025-06-19 | UPC_CFI_363/2024 | Paris LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Paris Local Division dated 19 June 2025 dealing with security for costs requested by defendant GISELA MAYER GmbH against claimant N.J DIFFUSION SARL in an infringement action. NJ Diffusion had been placed in judicial reorganization (redressement judiciaire) on 5 June 2025. The court had to deal with: (1) the intervention of the court-appointed administrator and judicial representative; (2) request to provide security for costs under R. 158 RoP; and (3) the oral hearing scheduled for 20 June 2025. The order addresses the effect of insolvency proceedings on pending UPC proceedings under R. 311 RoP. |
| 2025-06-17 | ACT_20004/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in infringement proceedings between Progress Maschinen & Automation AG and SCHNELL/AWM, deciding on the admissibility of a new auxiliary request, withdrawing certain evidence production requests, and setting the case for oral hearing. |
| 2025-06-17 | ACT_20004/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a post-interim-conference procedural order in the Progress Maschinen v. AWM/Schnell infringement action, setting the oral hearing schedule and deferring to the panel the admissibility of a new auxiliary patent amendment request. |
| 2025-06-16 | UPC_CFI_140/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | — | Infringed | Decision of the Düsseldorf Local Division finding that Curio Bioscience infringes EP 2 697 391 B1 owned by 10x Genomics. The court ordered: (A) cessation of the infringing acts in UPC member states; (B) recall from distribution channels; (C) permanent removal from distribution channels; (D) rendering of accounts; (E) damages for acts after 30 November 2019; (F) periodic penalty payments of up to EUR 100,000 per day. The action was dismissed in other respects. Costs: borne 30% by claimant, 70% by defendant. Value in dispute set at EUR 3,000,000; ceiling for recoverable representation costs EUR 400,000. |
| 2025-06-15 | UPC_CFI_26/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Samsung's application for security for costs against Headwater Research LLC under R. 158 RoP. The Court found that while enforcing a cost order against a US-domiciled entity might be more burdensome, the evidence showed Headwater generates recurring revenues from licensing, making the concern about non-recovery insufficiently justified. |
| 2025-06-12 | UPC_CFI_351/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural 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. |
| 2025-06-06 | UPC_CFI_324/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Patent amended | Infringement action by Tiroler Rohre GmbH (Austria) against SSAB Swedish Steel GmbH and SSAB Europe Oy concerning a driving pile tip device (Rammspitze) and EP 2 839 083 B9. The court found infringement of the patent as amended. It ordered: injunction, recall and destruction of infringing pile tips and moulds, disclosure of information, publication of decision in four trade journals. The invalidity counterclaim against the patent as originally granted was upheld in part (patent amended). Key headnotes: burden of proof for impossibility of infringement lies with defendant; infringement exists even if patented function only occasionally achieved. |
| 2025-06-06 | UPC_CFI_471/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | — | Not infringed | The Mannheim Local Division ruled on the infringement action and revocation counterclaim regarding EP 2 479 680 (adaptive bitrate HTTP streaming). The infringement claim was dismissed as the defendants' systems did not literally or equivalently infringe the patent. The revocation counterclaim was dismissed; the patent was maintained in amended form under Auxiliary Request 12. Infringement costs were borne by the claimants; revocation counterclaim costs were borne by the defendants. Each party bore its own representation costs. The dispute value was set at EUR 20,000,000. |
| 2025-06-02 | ACT_13227/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division judge-rapporteur issued an interim conference order (R. 105.5 RoP) in the infringement action by Heraeus against Vibrantz concerning EP 3 215 288. The order recorded directions from the videoconference of 28 May 2025, including guidance on admissibility of the counterclaim for revocation in Germany, limitation of late-filed arguments, and consolidation of claim requests. |
| 2025-06-02 | ACT_1613/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Scheduling order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_18/2025 and UPC_CFI_439/2025, 2 June 2025) setting dates for interim conference (9 January 2026, videoconference) and oral hearing (18 March 2026, Munich) in BioMarin's infringement action against Ascendis Pharma, with counterclaim for revocation. Both proceedings will proceed together; a technically qualified judge will be appointed. |
| 2025-06-02 | UPC_CFI_504/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 365 | — | Settled | The 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. |
| 2025-05-28 | UPC_CFI_189/2025 | Mannheim LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division set the preliminary value in dispute at EUR 4,000,000 in Samsung Electronics' 5G SEP infringement action against ZTE entities concerning EP 4 050 804, and ordered Samsung to pay an additional advance on fees of EUR 26,000. The court found the initial estimate of EUR 500,000 greatly underestimated the value given that the action attacked all standard-essential 5G mobile devices of ZTE and had economic bearing on the broader FRAND rate dispute between the parties. |
| 2025-05-27 | UPC_CFI_11/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a rectification order (R. 353 RoP) correcting obvious errors in the operative part of the decision issued on 8 May 2025 in the infringement action by Grundfos Holding A/S against Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump Co., Ltd. concerning EP 2 778 423 B1. The corrections addressed typographical cross-referencing errors in the accounting and rendering of accounts obligations. The defendant did not oppose the rectification. |
| 2025-05-23 | ACT_17434/2024 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | Paris Local Division revoked the Dutch, French, German and Italian parts of claims 1-6 of EP 3 155 936 (Hurom slow juicer) as unconditionally amended in the Main Request, and claims 1-3 as amended in the Auxiliary Request, following NUC Electronics' counterclaim for revocation. The patent was found invalid under Art. 138(1) EPC. All of Hurom's infringement claims were dismissed. Hurom's claims for infringement in Poland were held admissible (BSH v Electrolux principle) but dismissed on the merits for lack of evidence. Hurom was ordered to bear all costs. |
| 2025-05-23 | UPC_CFI_191/2025 | The Hague LD | Preliminary objection | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from The Hague Local Division dated 23 May 2025 ruling on a preliminary objection raised by Moderna defendants. The court dismissed Moderna's jurisdictional objections concerning Moderna Spain, Moderna Poland, and Moderna Norway, finding that the UPC has international jurisdiction under Art. 8(1) Brussels I Recast (commercial relationship within the same group) and that the LD The Hague has local competence under Art. 33(1)(b) UPCA because Moderna Netherlands B.V. is domiciled in the Netherlands. An opt-out validity issue was also addressed. The decision allows the infringement proceedings to proceed on the merits. |
| 2025-05-15 | ACT_65882/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division scheduling order in Belparts Group N.V.'s infringement action against IMI Hydronic entities concerning EP 3 812 870. The court decided to proceed with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (not to bifurcate), and set the interim videoconference for 24 March 2026 and the oral hearing for 18 June 2026. The scheduling takes into account a pending EPO Board of Appeal hearing on 27 November 2025 and a possible Central Division hearing. |
| 2025-05-14 | UPC_CFI_132/2024 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order in infringement action by TOTAL SEMICONDUCTOR against Texas Instruments entities. Decision on Claimant's request for a further written submission under Rules 12.5 and 36 RoP in response to Defendants' rejoinder: final decision partially postponed to the oral hearing; request otherwise rejected. The court found no new arguments by Defendants requiring a response beyond what was already permitted. |
| 2025-05-13 | ACT_597355/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Not infringed | The Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Sanofi and Regeneron's infringement action and Amgen's counterclaim for revocation concerning EP3536712 (a second medical use patent for evolocumab in paediatric patients), finding no infringement of the second medical use claim and that the counterclaim for revocation was also unfounded, with each side bearing the costs of the proceedings they lost. |
| 2025-05-09 | UPC_CFI_241/2023 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Costs | Costs only | The Milan Local Division issued a costs decision pursuant to Rule 156 RoP following a prior merits judgment (ORD_598484/2023) in favour of Oerlikon Textile against Bhagat Textile Engineers for infringement of EP 2 145 848. The court awarded Oerlikon EUR 80,000 in recoverable representation costs (EUR 65,000 for the main action and EUR 15,000 for the preservation of evidence proceedings), reduced from the claimed EUR 120,425.28, on the basis that the case was relatively straightforward with no validity or infringement dispute by the defendant. |
| 2025-05-08 | ACT_2097/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Düsseldorf Local Division final decision in infringement action (with revocation counterclaim) concerning a pump patent (EP 2 778 423 B1), by Grundfos against a Chinese manufacturer (Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump). The court found infringement, granted an injunction, ordered accounting/information, recall from distribution channels, and declared liability for damages from 28 February 2018. The revocation counterclaim was dismissed. Defendant bears all costs. The court addressed the admissibility of new prior art raised for the first time in the defendant's rejoinder to the revocation counterclaim, holding that such new attacks require a convincing explanation of why they could not have been included earlier. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_716/2024 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order granting Claimant Polidoro S.p.a. a one-week extension to 19 May 2025 for filing its Reply to the Statement of Defence and Defence to the Counterclaim for Revocation. Extension justified because access to the unredacted version of the Statement of Defence was delayed under Rule 262A RoP. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order in consolidated Sanofi v. Accord Healthcare / Dr Reddy's / betapharm infringement proceedings at Munich Local Division. The judge-rapporteur declined to dispose of the case summarily and determined it would be more efficient to await the outcome of pending EPO Board of Appeal proceedings concerning the patent before deciding difficult substantive issues at an oral hearing. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 8 May 2025 (unredacted version) in the consolidated infringement proceedings of Sanofi against Accord Healthcare, Stada, Dr. Reddy's and Zentiva regarding EP 2 493 466. The order sets the timetable for further proceedings, confirms the interim conferences (including one focused on EPO BoA appeal outcome on 17 July 2025), and sets the main interim conference for 12 September 2025 and oral hearing dates for 14–17 October 2025. The order also addresses outstanding procedural issues including Zentiva's request to strike Malta from the revocation request, and provides guidance on the panel's preliminary views on damages calculation and infringement. |
| 2025-05-02 | ACT_15774/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Interim procedure closure order in 10x Genomics, Inc. v. Curio Bioscience Inc. at Düsseldorf Local Division (EP 2 697 391 B1). Directions for the oral hearing were issued including: (1) translation of claim motions into English; (2) guidance on publication/media order requirements (Art. 80 UPCA); (3) clarification of 'such as' wording in supporting documents request; (4) parties to submit cost estimates (R. 104(k) RoP); (5) parties may upload hearing aids. Interim procedure closed. |
| 2025-05-02 | UPC_CFI_86/2025 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Order from the President of the Court of First Instance dated 2 May 2025, under R. 323 RoP, changing the language of proceedings in Mannheim Local Division case UPC_CFI_86/2025 to the language of the patent (as applied for by The Walt Disney Company entities as defendants). The order sets out principles on language change: the possibility of changing to the patent language does not conflict with the claimant's initial choice; the defendant's position is decisive when the balancing of interests is equal; and since the claimant has flexibility in choosing where to file, the language of the patent is generally not unfair to the claimant. |
| 2025-04-30 | ACT_561734/2023 | Hamburg LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Not infringed | The Hamburg Local Division dismissed AGFA NV's infringement action against Gucci entities finding that the accused leather goods did not infringe EP 3 170 670 (a patent concerning inkjet-decorated leather), specifically because the ivory-coloured base coat did not constitute a perfect achromatic colour as required by the patent claims; it also dismissed the defendants' counterclaim for revocation. |
| 2025-04-28 | UPC_CFI_319/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | — | Procedural only | Order from the Milan Local Division dated 28 April 2025 on R. 262A RoP applications filed by ASUSTek Computer Inc., Arvato Netherlands B.V. and Digital River Ireland Ltd. in infringement proceedings (and related counterclaim for revocation) brought by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson regarding EP 3 076 673. The court ruled on access restrictions for the 'Asustek Confidential Documents', limiting access to specified representatives, one licensing/valuation expert, and one designated company representative, subject to strict confidentiality obligations. |
| 2025-04-28 | UPC_CFI_318/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | — | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division (Judge-Rapporteur) issued an order in the infringement action by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson against ASUSTek Computer, Arvato Netherlands and Digital River Ireland concerning EP 3 076 673. The defendants' applications under R. 262A and R. 262.2 RoP sought confidential treatment ('external eyes only') for certain Asustek documents in both the main action and the related counterclaim for revocation. The court ruled on the conditions for granting an 'external eyes only' regime, finding it available in cases of proven risk of conflict between the patent system and antitrust law. |
| 2025-04-24 | ACT_588685/2023 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | The Paris Local Division found that Laser Components SAS infringed EP 3 404 726 owned by Seoul Viosys Co. Ltd., ordered corrective measures including withdrawal and destruction of infringing UV-C LED chips from the French market, and directed disclosure of information for damages calculation, while reserving the quantum of damages for a separate procedure. |
| 2025-04-23 | UPC_CFI_537/2024 | Hamburg LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order granting Nintendo's request for confidentiality protection (Rule 262A RoP) of sales data in their Statement of Defence. Access to unredacted information restricted to two named reliable persons on the Claimant's side, subject to conditions. Claimant's request for access for two specific employees was accommodated. |
| 2025-04-23 | UPC_CFI_471/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | — | Procedural only | Pre-trial procedural order from the Mannheim Local Division in an infringement action concerning EP 2 479 680 (adaptive bitrate streaming), confirming the oral hearing date and identifying key contested issues, including claim construction of the HTTP streaming method claims, direct and equivalent infringement, and the defendant's invalidity counterclaim. The order is preparatory and contains no substantive ruling. |
| 2025-04-18 | UPC_CFI_358/2023 | Paris LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division ruled on a third-party access request to the case file under R.262.1(b) RoP by LIFE365 (Italian companies involved in compatible printer cartridges). The Court granted partial access to certain public procedural documents (including certain memorials and prior art documents cited), but withheld documents covered by confidentiality orders and those declared inadmissible. |
| 2025-04-10 | ACT_6665/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Final decision on the merits from the Düsseldorf Local Division (UPC_CFI_50/2024) delivered on 10 April 2025. The Court found that Knaus Tabbert AG infringed EP 3 356 109 B1 (product-by-process claims relating to a structural component) and granted an injunction, recall from distribution channels, definitive removal, and destruction of infringing products. The revocation counterclaim was dismissed. Provisional damages of EUR 100,000 were awarded, with further damages to be determined. The revocation counterclaim and third-party counterclaim were dismissed. Costs were apportioned 75% to Knaus Tabbert and 12.5% each to the claimants. |
| 2025-04-09 | UPC_CFI_846/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Procedural order on applications by BioNTech and Pfizer defendants for security for costs of EUR 5,000,000 each (total EUR 10,000,000) against Claimant Promosome LLC under Rule 158 RoP. The court considered whether Promosome's financial position gave legitimate and real concern that a costs order would not be recoverable. |
| 2025-04-07 | UPC_APP_67917/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted Dainese S.p.A. leave under R.263.3 RoP to limit its claims by excluding all arguments and requests relating to EP 3 498 117 (EP'117), following the EPO Board of Appeal limiting the scope of that patent shortly before the oral proceedings. The action continues in respect of EP 4 072 364 (EP'364) only. The Court rejected Dainese's request for partial reimbursement of court fees (EUR 12,000) as insufficiently reasoned. The defendants' request for a costs decision under R.265(2) RoP was deferred to the final decision. Key headnotes: R.263.3 RoP applies both to limitation of relief (petitum) and limitation of the cause of action (causa petendi); costs are not addressed immediately under R.263 as proceedings continue. |
| 2025-04-04 | UPC_CFI_501/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Infringed | Infringement action by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation against Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, and Meril Italy S.r.l. concerning transcatheter heart valve (Myval THV) and EP 3 669 828. The court found infringement, dismissed the invalidity counterclaim (patent valid), and ordered: injunction, recall, seizure and destruction, disclosure of sales data, provisional damages of EUR 663,000, publication of decision in five media outlets. Decision immediately and directly enforceable from date of service. Key headnotes: jurisdiction for multiple defendants with commercial relationship; problem-solution approach for inventive step; cease-and-desist without penalty clause insufficient. |
| 2025-04-03 | UPC_CFI_846/2024 | Munich LD | Procedural Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order on defendants' application (Rule 190 RoP) for production of detailed experimental materials and raw data underlying an expert report submitted by the claimant. The court ordered disclosure of additional supporting data and methodology to enable the defendants to assess the accuracy and reliability of the claimant's test results. |
| 2025-04-02 | ACT_579338/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | The Mannheim Local Division found that the Kodak defendants infringed EP 3 511 174 B1 owned by FUJIFILM Corporation, ordered an injunction, recall and destruction of infringing products, information disclosure, and an interim award of EUR 300,000 toward legal costs; the defendants' counterclaim for revocation was dismissed. |
| 2025-04-02 | ACT_578818/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | The Mannheim Local Division fully revoked European patent EP 3 476 616 in Germany and dismissed the infringement action brought by FUJIFILM against Kodak entities. The application to amend the patent was also dismissed. The court held that the patent was entirely invalid due to lack of novelty/inventive step in the German territory. No injunction was granted. Claimant was ordered to pay EUR 300,000 as interim award on legal costs. The value in dispute was set at EUR 15,000,000. |
| 2025-04-02 | UPC_CFI_365/2023 | Mannheim LD | Generic Order | Infringement merits | Infringed | The Mannheim Local Division found that Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH, and Kodak Holding GmbH infringed EP 3 511 174 (relating to printing plate technology) owned by FUJIFILM. The defendants were ordered to cease infringement, provide information, destroy infringing products, recall products from commerce, and pay FUJIFILM EUR 300,000 as an interim award on legal costs. The counterclaim for revocation was dismissed. The value of the dispute was set at EUR 15,000,000. |
| 2025-04-02 | UPC_CFI_365/2023 | Mannheim LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Mannheim Local Division separated and ordered independent proceedings for claims and counterclaims relating to the UK national part of European patent EP 3 511 174, following the ECJ's judgment in C-339/22 (BSH Hausgeräte) regarding UPC's jurisdiction under Brussels Ia Regulation. The Court acted after awaiting the ECJ decision which was delivered after the oral hearing. |