| 2024-03-04 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Plant-e's application for a confidentiality order under R.262A RoP protecting financial information submitted with their reply to a R.158 application, with access limited to counsel only with the consent of the parties. |
| 2024-02-15 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division decided to hear both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation jointly (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA), as both parties agreed and joint hearing was considered expedient for uniform interpretation. |
| 2024-02-13 | UPC_APP_586761/2023 | The Hague LD | Generic application | Costs | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division rejected Arkyne Technologies' (Bioo) application under Rule 158 RoP requiring Plant-e to provide security for legal costs, finding that the financial strain a cautio would impose on the claimant (a competing SME with limited finances) would be a serious impediment to access to justice, and also noting that Dutch national law does not permit security for costs against EU-domiciled claimants. |
| 2024-02-02 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order pursuant to Art. 33(3)(b) UPCA, granting all parties' unanimous request to refer the counterclaim for revocation to the Central Division, while deciding to proceed with the infringement proceedings at the Local Division and reserving the possibility to stay the infringement action pending the revocation outcome. |
| 2024-01-17 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order clarifying the deadline for Plant-e to file its defence to the counterclaim for revocation and setting provisional dates for the interim conference and oral hearing, while also inviting parties to comment on the application of Art. 33(3) UPCA regarding bifurcation. |
| 2024-01-02 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in the Amgen v. Sanofi/Regeneron infringement proceedings, setting provisional dates for the interim conference and oral hearing and granting the defendants a short time extension for filing their statement of defence until 8 January 2024. |
| 2024-01-02 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Duplicate version of the 2 January 2024 Munich Local Division procedural order in Amgen v. Sanofi/Regeneron, setting provisional hearing dates and granting defendants a brief time extension for the statement of defence. |
| 2024-01-02 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Third version of the 2 January 2024 Munich Local Division procedural order in Amgen v. Sanofi/Regeneron, setting provisional hearing dates and granting defendants a brief time extension for the statement of defence. |
| 2023-11-03 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order regarding a change of language of proceedings from German to English in the infringement action by Amgen against Sanofi and Regeneron entities concerning EP 3 666 797. |
| 2023-10-20 | UPC_CFI_214/2023 | Helsinki LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The Helsinki Local Division issued an order in a preliminary objection proceeding in an infringement action by AIM Sport Vision AG against Supponor entities; the decision text is largely redacted or not available in the excerpt. |
| 2023-10-18 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The President of the Court of First Instance issued an order pursuant to Rule 323 RoP on the language of proceedings, in an infringement action by Plant-e Knowledge B.V. and Plant-e B.V. against Arkyne Technologies S.L., concerning EP 2 137 782 relating to a device for converting light energy into electrical energy. |
| 2023-09-21 | UPC_CFI_329/2023 | Brussels LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Brussels Local Division granted an ex parte order to preserve evidence and carry out a description under Rule 192 RoP, directed at OrthoApnea S.L., in respect of patent EP 2 331 036 covering a device for treating night-time breathing problems. No substantive infringement ruling was made. |
| 2023-08-29 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division addressed pleading deadlines in Amgen v. Sanofi/Regeneron, ruling that a claim can be validly filed and served without exhibits (with later filing announced), and that the hearing right for late exhibits can be safeguarded by adjusting the timetable. |
| 2023-08-17 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a further case management order establishing that different procedural requests must be lodged in separate workflows for clarity, and addressed the parties' multiple procedural motions concerning deadlines, service dates, and consolidation with the revocation action. |
| 2023-08-17 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order requiring different applications to be submitted through separate CMS workflows, and addressed the question of whether the counterclaim for revocation should be joined with the infringement action. |
| 2023-08-16 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a case management order addressing the parties' requests regarding service dates, deadline alignment for Regeneron, and the proposed consolidation of the infringement action with a revocation action filed before the Central Division, scheduling further procedural steps. |
| 2023-08-03 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Plant-e's request under R. 13(q) / R. 7.1 RoP that English-language exhibits need not be translated into Dutch, as the defendant had no apparent interest in requiring Dutch translations. |
| 2023-07-28 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division withdrew the preliminary separation order for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals after Amgen withdrew its separation request following successful service on Regeneron via email, and declared the earlier provisional order moot. |
| 2023-07-17 | UPC_CFI_14/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a preliminary order in Amgen's SEP infringement action against Sanofi, addressing service of claim on Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and proposing separation of that defendant's proceedings to avoid delay, pending hearing of the served parties. |