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DateCaseDivisionActionMotionOutcomeSummary
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.
2025-12-05UPC_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.
2025-11-27UPC_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.
2025-10-31UPC_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.
2025-10-01UPC_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).
2025-08-29UPC_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.
2024-09-09UPC_CFI_516/2024Hamburg LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Hamburg Local Division granted Philips a preliminary injunction against Shenzhen Yunding at the IFA 2024 trade fair based on EP 3 197 316 B1 (oral care system with post-brushing feedback), ordering the defendant to deliver infringing products to a court bailiff for storage and to pay a fine of up to EUR 250,000 per violation.
2024-04-30UPC_CFI_463/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against Curio Bioscience Inc. prohibiting it from offering, marketing, using, importing or storing arrays for spatially localised nucleic acid detection in Germany, France and Sweden, finding prima facie infringement of EP 2 697 391 B1 (owned by 10x Genomics). Both parties were ordered to pay each other interim costs of EUR 100,000. The injunction was conditional on 10x Genomics providing security of EUR 2,000,000. 10x Genomics' application for security for costs from the defendant was rejected.
2024-02-14UPC_CFI_463/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in 10x Genomics v. Curio Bioscience establishing a structured confidentiality protection procedure under Rule 262A RoP, clarifying the CMS workflow for trade secret protection and setting out the process for granting preliminary access restrictions before a final confidentiality order is made.
2024-01-29UPC_CFI_463/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in the 10x Genomics v. Curio Bioscience provisional measures proceedings, deciding ex officio to appoint a technically qualified judge given the technical complexity of the patent (spatial transcriptomics), relying on Art. 8(5) UPCA even in the absence of an express provision for interim proceedings.
2023-12-05UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division imposed a penalty payment of EUR 100,000 on NanoString Technologies entities for non-compliance with a preliminary injunction under Article 62 UPCA, clarifying that no separate enforcement order is required under Article 82(4) UPCA and that national enforcement law requirements do not apply.
2023-10-26UPC_CFI_357/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionWithdrawnThe Munich Local Division accepted the withdrawal of the application for provisional measures (anti-anti-suit injunction) filed on 5 October 2023 by 10x Genomics and Harvard College, and declared the proceedings terminated; court fees were to be borne by the applicants.
2023-10-06UPC_CFI_357/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division issued a provisional order in an application for provisional measures, serving a written procedure on NanoString Technologies Inc. in connection with a request by 10x Genomics and Harvard College for an anti-anti-suit/enforcement injunction (AASI/AAEI) to prevent NanoString from seeking a US anti-suit injunction against UPC proceedings.
2023-09-19UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Munich Local Division granted provisional measures to 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College against NanoString Technologies (EP 4 108 782 — spatial genomics), prohibiting NanoString from offering, selling or delivering MERSCOPE decoder probes, with penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per violation; the amount in dispute was set at EUR 7 million.
2023-09-19UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThis is the German-language version of the same Munich Local Division provisional measures decision of 19 September 2023 (EP 4 108 782), granting provisional measures to 10x Genomics/Harvard College against NanoString Technologies with substantially identical operative provisions.
2023-09-13UPC_CFI_182/2023Vienna LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI deniedThe Vienna Local Division denied CUP&CINO's application for provisional measures against ALPINA COFFEE SYSTEMS GmbH (EP 3 398 487 B1 — milk foam device), finding no patent infringement because the attacked product did not implement the claimed pipe section feature, and ordering CUP&CINO to pay EUR 25,600 in final costs.
2023-07-10UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division granted a deadline extension in the 10x Genomics/Harvard v. NanoString preliminary injunction proceedings following a request by the respondent side.
2023-07-06UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division issued an order under Rule 7.1 RoP determining that translations of English-language exhibits were not required in the 10x Genomics/Harvard v. NanoString preliminary injunction proceedings.
2023-07-03UPC_CFI_177/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted myStromer AG's application to add a certificate of service and deposit confirmation to the case file in the preliminary injunction proceedings against Revolt Zycling AG.
2023-06-30UPC_CFI_177/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a rectification order under Rule 353 RoP correcting the patent number cited in a prior preliminary injunction order in myStromer AG's action against Revolt Zycling AG (EP 2 546 134, not EP 2 456 134).
2023-06-30UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division issued a supplementary procedural order correcting an earlier scheduling order to require that the defence include the arguments from the protective brief (Schutzschrift) in German, the language of proceedings.
2023-06-23UPC_CFI_2/2023Munich LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Munich Local Division issued a scheduling and briefing order for the oral hearing in 10x Genomics and Harvard's preliminary injunction application against NanoString Technologies.
2023-06-22UPC_CFI_177/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresPreliminary injunctionPI grantedThe Düsseldorf Local Division granted ex parte provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Revolt Zycling AG restraining it from infringing EP 2 546 134 B1 (bicycle frame/motor hub combination) at the Eurobike 2023 trade fair, ordering EUR 500,000 security and penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per violation.
2023-06-22UPC_CFI_177/2023Dusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measuresProceduralProcedural onlyThe Düsseldorf Local Division issued a scheduling order in myStromer AG's application for provisional measures against Revolt Zycling AG, setting pleading deadlines for the preliminary injunction proceedings.