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DateCaseDivisionActionMotionOutcomeSummary
UPC_CFI_59/2025Costs onlyThe Munich Local Division ruled that the anti-anti-suit injunction application by Dolby International against Roku became moot after Roku voluntarily withdrew its US proceedings, declaring the application for provisional measures groundless and the earlier interim order void, with costs awarded against Roku.
UPC_CFI_755/2024PI grantedThe Munich Local Division granted Avago Technologies an anti-suit/anti-enforcement injunction preventing Realtek Semiconductor from pursuing an anti-enforcement injunction in US proceedings that would block Avago from enforcing EP 1 770 912 before UPC courts, holding the UPC has jurisdiction for such provisional measures under Art. 32(1)(a)(c) UPCA.
2026-02-25UPC_CFI_692/2026Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedDüsseldorf Local Division granted provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Yaham Recience Technology for infringement of EP 3 757 442 B1 (LED display module for temporary exhibition stands). The order was issued ex parte during the EuroShop trade fair in Düsseldorf, with penalty payments ordered for non-compliance and provisional cost reimbursement of EUR 400,000.
2026-02-25UPC_CFI_1927/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyDüsseldorf Local Division issued a preliminary procedural order scheduling an oral hearing in the provisional measures proceedings by Ottobock against BrainPortfolio Inc. and BrainRobotics Inc. for 22 April 2026. The order set filing deadlines for the parties' written submissions in preparation for the hearing and invited parties to notify participants. This is a case management order with no substantive ruling on the merits.
2026-02-12UPC_CFI_723/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedDüsseldorf Local Division granted provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Angelalign defendants 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 for infringement of EP 4 346 690 B1 (dental aligner technology), with penalty payments of up to EUR 10,000 per infringing product or EUR 20,000 per day for continuing infringement, and provisional cost reimbursement of EUR 400,000. The application against defendant 3 (Angelalign Technology Inc., Cayman Islands holding company) was rejected as no actions beyond typical shareholder role were alleged.
2026-02-02UPC_CFI_515/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a further procedural order under R. 275.2 RoP in HP's logic circuitry patent provisional measures proceedings, addressing service-related steps following the December 2025 preliminary injunction order.
2026-02-02UPC_CFI_449/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a further order of good service under R. 275.2 RoP for HP's printer patent PI proceedings against Zhuhai ouguan, after additional enquiries to China's central authority produced no further response, deeming service sufficient.
2026-01-23UPC_CFI_808/2025Paris LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Paris Local Division rejected Guardant Health's application for provisional measures under three patents (EP 3 591 073, EP 3 443 066, EP 3 766 986) against Sophia Genetics. The court found issues of added matter in the divisional patent and insufficient evidence to demonstrate infringement with the required degree of certainty. Guardant Health's request regarding a fourth patent (EP 3 470 533) was withdrawn during proceedings. Guardant Health ordered to pay Sophia Genetics EUR 400,000 as interim costs.
2025-12-29UPC_CFI_723/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed Align Technology's application for a preliminary injunction against Angelalign entities concerning dental aligner patent EP 4 346 690, and addressed a request for leave to appeal the order.
2025-12-22UPC_CFI_936/2025Mannheim LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Mannheim Local Division issued a further procedural order in the InterDigital v. Amazon preliminary measures proceedings, addressing additional case management steps following the oral hearing of 14 November 2025.
2025-12-19UPC_CFI_515/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Andreas Rentmeister and Shenzhen Moan Technology for infringement of HP's logic circuitry patent EP 3 835 965, deciding on the merits after the defendants failed to lodge an objection following deemed service.
2025-12-05UPC_CFI_712/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction to Roche against A. Menarini Diagnostics for infringement of EP 1 962 668 B1 (implantable glucose sensor), ordering a recall and seizure of infringing sensors in France, Italy, and Germany, with an order to disclose distribution information and payment of EUR 32,051 provisional costs.
2025-11-28UPC_CFI_449/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Zhuhai ouguan Electronic Technology (Defendant 1) for infringement of HP's printer-related patents EP 2 826 630 B1 and EP 3 530 469 B1 (ink cartridges), after service was deemed good and the defendant failed to file an objection; penalty payments of up to EUR 250,000 per day ordered.
2025-11-27UPC_CFI_936/2025Mannheim LDRequest Rop115ProceduralProcedural onlyThe Mannheim Local Division denied Amazon's request for a full transcript of an audio recording of the oral hearing in InterDigital v. Amazon preliminary injunction proceedings, ruling that R. 115 RoP does not permit full transcripts, especially where confidentiality regimes are in place and the transcript could be distributed in foreign jurisdictions.
2025-11-11UPC_CFI_515/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division deemed service of the HP preliminary injunction application on Shenzhen Moan Technology Co. (Defendant 2) to be good service under R. 275.2 RoP, after the Chinese central authority failed to process the Hague Convention request for several months.
2025-11-06UPC_CFI_723/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyDüsseldorf Local Division procedural order in Align Technology's application for provisional measures against Angelalign. The order addresses Angelalign's request for security for costs under R. 158.1 RoP based on Align Technology's US domicile and assesses whether enforcement of a cost order would be unduly burdensome. This order was issued before the final provisional measures order of 12 February 2026.
2025-11-06UPC_CFI_1443/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedHamburg Local Division granted ex parte provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Fileder Filter Systems Sp. z o.o. (Poland) for infringement of Brita SE's EP 2 131 940 B1 (water filter device with locking shaft). The injunction covers Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Slovenia. Security of EUR 50,000 and provisional cost reimbursement of EUR 34,700 ordered.
2025-10-31UPC_CFI_630/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the application for provisional measures filed by Occultech GmbH against Lepu Medical (Europa) Cooperatief U.A. and others concerning EP 1 998 686 B2. The court found that the requirements for a preliminary injunction were not met (infringement not established with sufficient certainty), and ordered the applicant to bear the costs. The case value was provisionally set at EUR 1,000,000.
2025-10-22UPC_CFI_587/2025The Hague LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Hague Local Division dismissed Abbott Diabetes Care's application for provisional measures against Sinocare and A.Menarini Diagnostics concerning EP 3 988 471, finding that the GlucoMen iCan device does not infringe claim 1 because event data icons are displayed in a separate panel rather than within the timeline graph.
2025-10-21UPC_CFI_553/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Hamburg Local Division granted Occlutech GmbH's application for a preliminary injunction against Lepu Medical Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. and Lepu Medical (Europe) Cooperatief U.A. for threatened infringement of EP 2 387 951 (braided occlusion device). The Court held that CE-mark approval for the defendants' competing medical device constituted imminent infringement under R. 206.2(c) RoP, regardless of whether the applicant had prior knowledge. An injunction was issued prohibiting offering, placing on the market, and use in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Ireland. Value: EUR 1,000,000; defendants bear costs.
2025-10-17UPC_CFI_693/2025Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Munich Local Division denied ONWARD Medical's application for provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Niche Biomedical regarding EP 3 421 081 B1 (spinal cord stimulation), holding that the patent was likely invalid in its granted form and that auxiliary requests seeking provisional measures based on amended claim versions are generally inadmissible.
2025-10-17UPC_CFI_624/2025The Hague LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Hague Local Division granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction against Sinocare and A.Menarini Diagnostics regarding infringement of continuous glucose monitoring patent EP 4 344 633 (FreeStyle Libre technology), including information orders and delivery-up of infringing GlucoMen iCan products.
2025-10-17UPC_CFI_515/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Defendant 1 (Andreas Rentmeister e.K.) prohibiting the sale and distribution of ink cartridges allegedly infringing HP's patent EP 3 835 965 B1 on logic circuitry for replaceable print apparatus components, with penalty payments of up to EUR 250,000 per day.
2025-10-16UPC_CFI_449/2025Dusseldorf LDGeneric OrderProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division deemed service of an application for provisional measures on a Chinese defendant (Zhuhai ouguan) to be good service under R. 275.2 RoP, after service via the Hague Convention failed due to the defendant being untraceable at the provided address.
2025-10-01UPC_CFI_808/2025Paris LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Paris Local Division issued a scheduling order for the oral hearing in Guardant Health's preliminary injunction application against Sophia Genetics entities based on four patents (EP 3 766 986, EP 3 470 533, EP 3 443 066, EP 3 591 073) relating to genomic analysis, after defendants failed to appoint representatives within 15 days of service.
2025-10-01UPC_CFI_712/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication RoP262AProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division (judge-rapporteur Dr. Schumacher) issued a confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP in the infringement proceedings brought by F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG and Roche Diabetes Care GmbH against A. Menarini Diagnostics entities concerning EP 1 962 668 B1 (glucose sensor).
2025-09-17UPC_CFI_479/2025The Hague LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Hague Local Division granted provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Defendants 2-5 (IBBH, BEGA Consult, BEGA BBK, NEG Novex) for infringement of EP 3 522 755 B1 (washing machine cabinet). The claim against Defendant 1 (Wasombouw) was settled. Injunctions ordered against specific infringing products (Laundreezy and Respekta Clara cabinets), with costs of EUR 56,000 plus court fees awarded against the defendants jointly.
2025-09-05UPC_CFI_202/2025Milan LDApplication Rop 365SettledMilan Local Division confirmed the settlement agreement between Edwards Lifesciences and the respondents (Sintec and Value Med) in provisional measures proceedings concerning EP 3 646 825. The Court confirmed the settlement under Art. 79 UPCA and R.365 RoP, making it enforceable as a final decision. The request for reimbursement of 60% of court fees was dismissed.
2025-08-29ACT_19943/2025The Hague LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Hague Local Division dismissed Cilag GmbH International's and Ethicon LLC's application for provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against RiVOLUTiON GmbH for alleged infringement of EP 3 689 262 (a staple cartridge patent for surgical staplers). The court found that the urgency requirement for provisional measures was not satisfied: Cilag had known or should have known by November 2024 (following a Bariatric Study result) of the potential infringement and related market risks, and had not filed the application promptly. The fact that a Sana group tender outcome became clearer later did not revive urgency as it was foreseeable. Cilag was ordered to pay EUR 80,000 as an interim costs award to RiVOLUTiON. Ancillary applications were also dismissed.
2025-08-29UPC_CFI_500/2025Mannheim LDApplication Rop 360Costs onlyMannheim Local Division declared the provisional measures proceedings against Blankenhorn GmbH (defendant 2) terminated due to both parties agreeing the matter was resolved, and ordered Blankenhorn to bear the costs of that part of the proceedings. The Court found that Blankenhorn had not formally submitted to the claims before the application was served, and therefore bears costs.
2025-08-14UPC_CFI_387/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Hamburg Local Division granted Dyson Technology Limited a preliminary injunction against Dreame International (HK) and related defendants for infringement of EP 3 119 235 (vacuum cleaner technology), including against an Authorised Representative as intermediary under Art. 63(1) UPCA.
2025-08-14UPC_CFI_387/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedFinal order from the Hamburg Local Division dated 14 August 2025 granting a preliminary injunction in favour of Dyson Technology Limited against Dreame entities regarding EP 3 119 235 (vacuum cleaner hair attachment). The injunction was granted against defendants 1 (Dreame International Hong Kong), 2 (Teqphone GmbH) and 4 (Dreame Technology AB) for direct infringement of claims 1 and 11 within the UPCA territory, and against defendants 1 and 3 (Eurep GmbH) also with respect to Spain. The application was partially dismissed for remaining embodiments. Key rulings: (1) UPC has jurisdiction regardless of defendant's domicile for infringements in UPC member states; (2) an Authorized Representative in the EU under product safety regulations can serve as an anchor defendant under Art. 8(1) Brussels I; (3) such Authorized Representatives can be subject to injunctions as intermediaries under Art. 63(1) UPCA. A penalty of EUR 250,000 per case of non-compliance was imposed. Each party bears its own costs; court fees shared 50/50.
2025-07-10UPC_CFI_213/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted Aesculap AG a preliminary injunction against Shanghai International Holding Corporation GmbH (Europe) based on EP 2 892 442 B1 (surgical instrument), with the court proceeding on the merits despite the defendant's non-appearance at the oral hearing; the defendant's general denial without substantive engagement was deemed inadequate.
2025-07-09UPC_CFI_445/2025Mannheim LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order addressing service of the anti-anti-suit injunction application by InterDigital against Walt Disney entities in proceedings relating to EP 2 465 265, EP 3 259 902, EP 2 080 349, and EP 2 449 782 (video coding SEPs).
2025-06-16ACT_14764/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedHamburg Local Division granted a preliminary injunction ordering OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH to cease and desist from manufacturing, offering, placing on the market, using, exporting, or possessing in 18 UPC contracting states an electrolytic medium for electropolishing processes that infringes a patent for such a medium. The court held that validity is established on a balance of probabilities standard (more likely than not valid); the burden for invalidity lies with the defendant. The weighing of interests favoured the applicant as the defendant's product enabled new machine sales creating market opportunities lost to the applicant. The defendant's request for security for enforcement was denied as no sufficient facts (e.g. financial difficulties) were presented. Penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per non-compliance.
2025-06-16ACT_14764/2025Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Hamburg Local Division (full panel: Klepsch, Schilling, Rinkinen, Goedeweeck) partially granted OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH's application for rectification (R. 353 RoP) of the provisional measures order of 16 June 2025 granted to Steros GPA Innovative S.L. concerning EP 4 249 647. The court corrected clerical mistakes (omitted letters) and certain erroneous references (water-in-oil to oil-in-water emulsion, a missing table reference, and a result table entry). However, the court rejected OTEC's request to alter the description of the 'skilled person' in the art, finding that this went beyond rectification of obvious slips.
2025-06-10UPC_APP_26391/2025Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted Aesculap AG's request for simultaneous interpretation at the oral hearing in preliminary injunction proceedings against Shanghai International Holding Corporation GmbH concerning EP 2 892 442 B1, and permitted video conference participation.
2025-05-19UPC_CFI_58/2025Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralCosts onlyParallel Munich Local Division order to UPC_CFI_59/2025 in a related Dolby v Roku anti-anti-suit injunction application, also declaring the application moot after Roku's voluntary withdrawal, with costs awarded against Roku.
2025-05-19UPC_CFI_59/2025Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Munich Local Division found the application for provisional measures by Sun Patent Trust (anti-anti-suit injunction / anti-anti-enforcement injunction against Roku) moot because Roku had already issued a cease-and-desist undertaking after the prior interim order of 28 January 2025; the application was rejected but costs were borne by Roku since it had given cause for the proceedings.
2025-05-08ACT_3186/2025Lisbon LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedLisbon Local Division denied Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH's application for a preliminary injunction against Zentiva Portugal, LDA concerning EP 1 830 843 (nintedanib for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). The court found no imminent infringement: Zentiva's receipt of marketing authorisations and filing of a parallel exclusivity period (PEP) request did not demonstrate that market entry was imminent before patent expiry. The PEP request was filed in the usual course of business and the Defendant was aware of the risk of PEP expiry. Value of case set at EUR 1,000,000.
2025-05-08UPC_CFI_582/2024Brussels LDGeneric applicationDismissedThe Brussels Local Division dismissed Yealink's application for rectification (R. 353 RoP) of the Final Order of 21 March 2025, which had dismissed Barco's application for provisional measures and ordered Barco to pay Yealink's costs up to the EUR 112,000 ceiling. Yealink sought to clarify the order by adding the word 'interim' to the costs award, but the court found no clerical error, miscalculation or obvious omission warranting rectification. The court confirmed that the costs award of EUR 112,000 against Barco (the unsuccessful party in the provisional measures) was already clearly an interim award on the face of the Final Order.
2025-04-01UPC_CFI_614/2024Munich LDApplication Rop 265SettledThe Munich Local Division confirmed withdrawal of Mann+Hummel GmbH's application for provisional measures against Sotras S.R.L. concerning EP 2 762 219 following an out-of-court settlement. The court declared the proceedings closed, agreed that no costs application would be made, and ordered 60% reimbursement of court fees to Mann+Hummel.
2025-03-21UPC_CFI_582/2024Brussels LDApplication for provisional measuresPI deniedThe Local Division Brussels dismissed Barco's application for provisional measures against Yealink due to lack of urgency. Barco had waited an unreasonably long period before filing, having been aware of the allegedly infringing products since at least May 2023. Barco was ordered to pay Yealink's costs up to EUR 112,000. Dispute value set at EUR 1,000,000.
2025-03-11UPC_CFI_201/2024Munich LDGeneric applicationProcedural onlyOrder from Munich Local Division dated 11 March 2025 on procedural matters arising from a preliminary injunction dispute between Syngenta and Sumi Agro. The panel upheld the judge-rapporteur's earlier order dismissing Sumi Agro's application to revoke provisional measures (which had been granted on 27 August 2024). The panel held that Syngenta had filed and paid court fees for the main proceedings in time to satisfy R. 213(1) and R. 15(2) RoP, confirming that payment does not require receipt by the court before the deadline, only that the fee was paid. Syngenta's application for re-establishment of rights was also dismissed as unfounded. Leave to appeal was granted given the fundamental interpretive issues involved.
2025-02-21ACT_61342/2024Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Hamburg Local Division dismissed Teleflex Life Sciences II LLC's application for provisional measures against Speed Care Mineral GmbH regarding hemostatic wound-care products, because Teleflex failed to demonstrate with sufficient certainty that the attacked embodiment contained a 'binder' as required by the patent claims, and the burden of proof was not reversed.
2025-02-19UPC_CFI_112/2025Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPermanent injunctionThe Munich Local Division granted Nokia Technologies and related entities an ex parte anti-anti-suit injunction (AASI) against Shanghai Sunmi Technology entities, prohibiting them from pursuing proceedings before a Chinese court in Kunming seeking to prevent Nokia from enforcing its standard-essential patents at the UPC.
2024-12-20UPC_CFI_541/2024Mannheim LDGeneric OrderPI grantedOrder from the Mannheim Local Division dated 20 December 2024 granting provisional measures requested by G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C. KG against pharma-aktiva GmbH, ALDI SÜD, ALDI Nord, ALDI SE, and Hofer KG (Austria) for alleged infringement of EP 1 993 363 B1 (a composition for combating ectoparasites). The provisional measures order prohibits defendants from manufacturing, offering, distributing, using, importing or stocking the infringing products in Germany (defendants 1–4) and Austria (defendants 1 and 5). A penalty of EUR 100 per item non-compliance was imposed. The respondents were also ordered to surrender products in their possession. Defendants were ordered to pay a preliminary cost reimbursement of EUR 11,000 jointly. The measures are effective immediately and will lapse if Syngenta does not commence main proceedings within 31 calendar days / 20 working days from 20 December 2024.
2024-12-11ACT_65376/2024Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe 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.
2024-12-09UPC_CFI_755/2024Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division issued a rectification order (R. 353 RoP) correcting a factual error in the anti-suit/anti-enforcement injunction order of 9 December 2024 against Realtek Semiconductor, clarifying language about the prior license agreement between Avago's predecessor and Realtek.
2024-11-25ACT_43563/2024Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Local Division Munich denied Häfele's application for provisional measures against Kunststoff KG Nehl & Co for alleged infringement of a patent relating to furniture fittings, finding that serious doubts about patent validity (inventive step, prior art D8) outweighed the likelihood of success and that the balance of interests did not favour an injunction.
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