| 2025-01-29 | UPC_APP_68465/2024 | The Hague LD | Application Rop 265 | Procedural | Withdrawn | Order from the Hague Local Division (UPC_CFI_424/2023) declaring infringement and revocation counterclaim proceedings closed following withdrawal of all claims by all parties. Both parties jointly requested withdrawal; the court found no final decision existed and no party had a legitimate interest in a court ruling. No cost decision was requested. |
| 2025-01-29 | UPC_APP_68474/2024 | The Hague LD | Generic application | Procedural | Withdrawn | The Hague Local Division order allowing withdrawal of all claims and counterclaims in infringement proceedings between Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. and Dexcom Inc. concerning EP 4 070 727. All parties requested withdrawal; the court allowed the withdrawals and ordered reimbursement of 20% of court fees to the defendant/counterclaimant Dexcom per R. 370.9. The proceedings are closed. |
| 2025-01-22 | ACT_1474/2025 | The Hague LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Mammoet Holding B.V.'s application for preserving evidence against PTS Machinery B.V., ordering an expert inspection of the defendant's premises without prior hearing to gather evidence of alleged infringement of EP 4 171 996. Security of EUR 20,000 was required. |
| 2025-01-10 | UPC_CFI_168/2024 | Munich LD | Application Rop 265 | — | Withdrawn | Infringement action and counterclaim for revocation (including patent amendment applications) were both withdrawn by mutual agreement of the parties pursuant to Rule 265 RoP. Both parties bear their own costs. 40% of court fees refunded to each party. Oral hearing dates cancelled. |
| 2025-01-02 | ORD_48265/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division ordered that the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (CC_20512/2024) be heard together before the Munich Local Division, and set dates for an interim conference and oral hearing. |
| 2024-12-30 | UPC_CFI_168/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a procedural order requesting the President of the Court of First Instance to reassign a new technically qualified judge to the panel, following the resignation of the previously assigned technically qualified judge Patrice Vidon. |
| 2024-12-18 | UPC_CFI_390/2023 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Costs only | Order imposing penalty payments of EUR 46,000 against Belkin companies for non-compliance with the court's disclosure order (accounting for infringement) in Philips v Belkin. The penalty ran at EUR 500/day for 26 days. Remaining requests by Philips were rejected. Philips bears 25% of costs; Belkin bears 75%. |
| 2024-12-02 | UPC_CFI_114/2024 | Munich LD | Application Rop 333 | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order (in German) addressing multiple applications in the infringement action by Heraeus Electronics against Vibrantz GmbH (EP 3 215 288, metal sintering preparation). The panel reviewed: (1) rejection of amendment to include indirect infringement of process claim; (2) amendment to include Romania; (3) Vibrantz's application to expand invalidity counterclaim to Romania; (4) replacement of counter-defendant in revocation counterclaim; and (5) various other claimant applications. |
| 2024-11-22 | ACT_545551/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | The Mannheim Local Division found that Guangdong OPPO and OROPE Germany infringed Panasonic's EP 2 568 724 (radio communication patent), granted injunction, recall and other relief, while dismissing the invalidity counterclaim and the FRAND counterclaim. |
| 2024-11-22 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Revocation merits | Infringed | The Hague Local Division held that the patent is valid and infringed by equivalence. The Court ordered Arkyne Technologies (Bioo) to cease and desist from infringing EP 2 137 782 by applying the patented method or supplying Bioo Panels, Bioo Benches, or Bioo products in Benelux, France, Germany, and Italy. The Court rejected the counterclaim for revocation. The Court also ordered a customer notification letter/website publication. |
| 2024-11-14 | UPC_APP_43938/2024 | Munich LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_114/2024 and UPC_CFI_448/2024) on Vibrantz's application for confidentiality protection under R. 262A RoP in infringement proceedings by Heraeus Electronics concerning EP 3 215 288. The full panel (including technically qualified judge) addressed the composition of the confidential club, the scope of protected information, and clarifications on which paragraphs of the statement of defence were subject to the confidentiality regime. |
| 2024-10-14 | UPC_APP_52022/2024 | The Hague LD | Generic application | Evidence | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division (judge-rapporteur Brinkman) partially granted Winnow Solutions Limited's request under R. 190 RoP to order Orbisk B.V. to produce evidence (specific documents relating to its food waste monitoring product 'Orbi') in infringement proceedings concerning EP 3 198 245. The court found a prima facie case of infringement and that Winnow had presented reasonably available evidence; however, the request was too broad and was limited. Arguments on non-infringement and invalidity were reserved for full panel assessment. Orbisk's requests for a stay of the R.190 decision and for access restrictions were addressed in the order. |
| 2024-10-14 | UPC_CFI_327/2024 | The Hague LD | Procedural Order | — | Procedural only | Order from The Hague Local Division dated 14 October 2024 partially granting Winnow Solutions Limited's request to produce evidence under R. 190 RoP in its infringement action against Orbisk B.V. The court found a prima facie case of infringement of EP 3 198 245 B1 and ordered Orbisk to produce certain documents, but limited the scope as the original request was too broad. Non-infringement and invalidity arguments were reserved for full panel evaluation. Orbisk was granted a period to file a R. 262A motion and access to the produced documents was restricted to Winnow's legal representatives. |
| 2024-09-17 | UPC_APP_44664/2024 | The Hague LD | Amend Document | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order on Dexcom's request to amend its counterclaim for revocation against Abbott Diabetes Care concerning EP4070727, to add a declaration of non-infringement for the Dexcom G7-System used with a G7-Receiver following Abbott's partial withdrawal of its infringement claim concerning that product. |
| 2024-09-17 | UPC_APP_44663/2024 | The Hague LD | Amend Document | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division considered Dexcom's application to amend its counterclaim for revocation to add a declaration of non-infringement claim regarding the G7-System used with the G7-Receiver, following Abbott's partial withdrawal of its infringement claim (i.e. Abbott maintained infringement only for the G7-System with the G7-App, not the G7-Receiver). |
| 2024-09-16 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Mannheim Local Division scheduling and structuring the oral hearing in a SEP infringement action. The order confirms hearing dates and provides guidance on the structure of oral submissions, seating arrangements, and confidentiality measures. No substantive ruling on the merits. |
| 2024-09-10 | UPC_APP_45837/2024 | Mannheim LD | Application Rop 333 | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued an order on panel review under Rule 333 RoP of a time extension granted by the judge-rapporteur in the Panasonic v. Xiaomi parallel infringement proceedings concerning EP 2 568 724 and EP 2 207 270. |
| 2024-08-06 | UPC_CFI_327/2024 | The Hague LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order granting defendant Orbisk B.V. an extension to respond to Winnow Solutions Limited's evidence production request (R. 190 RoP) until 6 September 2024 (one week beyond the three-week period previously granted and the four-week extension Winnow agreed to), rather than allowing Orbisk to defer its response until its Statement of Defence on 27 September 2024. The extension was granted solely on account of the summer holiday period. |
| 2024-07-31 | UPC_CFI_195/2024 | The Hague LD | Application for provisional measures | — | PI granted | The Hague Local Division granted a preliminary injunction against the defendant prohibiting direct infringement of EP 1 993 350 B2 (relating to a hybrid Agaricus bisporus mushroom strain) in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy. The court held that the mushroom strain was not excluded from patentability under Art. 53(b) EPC and found a prima facie case of infringement. The defendant was ordered to deliver up infringing Cayene mushroom strains, provide customer information, pay an interim award of EUR 11,000 in costs, and penalties of up to EUR 50,000 per day for non-compliance. The injunction was made conditional on Amycel providing security of EUR 200,000. |
| 2024-07-29 | UPC_APP_39789/2024 | The Hague LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order granting Powell Gilbert LLP's application for public access to the register (R. 262.1 RoP) in the Abbott Diabetes Care v Sibio Technology preliminary injunction proceedings. The court applied the criteria from Ocado v AutoStore and granted access despite objections from both Abbott and Sibio that proceedings were still ongoing on appeal. |
| 2024-07-29 | UPC_APP_39761/2024 | The Hague LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted law firm Powell Gilbert LLP's application for public access to the written pleadings and evidence in the provisional measures proceedings between Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. and Sibio Technology Limited / Umedwings Netherlands B.V. concerning EP 2 713 879 (a continuous glucose monitoring patent), following the conclusion of those proceedings by a final order. The court applied the Ocado v AutoStore criteria and held that Powell Gilbert had a legitimate interest in understanding the decision, and that the protection-of-integrity interest no longer applied once proceedings had ended at first instance (even if an appeal was pending, per CoA precedent). Annex E1 (confidential) was subject to further consideration. |
| 2024-07-09 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Mannheim Local Division granted an extension of deadlines for the defendants' submissions on FRAND aspects until 14 August 2024, following the conclusion of confidentiality proceedings. The extension was granted as necessary to allow for complete submissions on FRAND-related material, while taking into account that the parties were already familiar with the documents from parallel national proceedings. |
| 2024-06-27 | UPC_CFI_457/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in Dolby International's HEVC-SEP infringement action against HP entities concerning EP 3 490 258 B1. The order addressed an extension of time for Dolby's reply brief necessitated by a confidentiality protection application (R. 262A) over HP's FRAND licence negotiation submissions. The court held that where a R. 262A application temporarily prevents the claimant from consulting Access Advance (the pool administrator), a full time extension—not merely a partial one—may be granted where it does not prejudice the oral hearing date. |
| 2024-06-21 | UPC_APP_35134/2024 | The Hague LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division rejected a request for simultaneous interpretation facilities between English and Polish at the oral hearing in the Amycel v. Spyra preliminary injunction proceedings, but granted a different request for interpretation under Rule 109.4 RoP after applying the double appropriateness test. |
| 2024-06-19 | ACT_14945/2024 | The Hague LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | Application for a preliminary injunction by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. against Sibio Technology Limited and Umedwings Netherlands B.V. concerning EP 3 831 283 (wearable glucose monitoring device) was denied by The Hague Local Division. The court found it more likely than not that claim 1 of the patent would be held invalid for added matter (the claimed feature of a connector support being received through a distal-facing opening into a recess was not directly and unambiguously derivable from the application as filed). As a result, Abbott must bear defendants' costs. Value of the action set at EUR 4,000,000. |
| 2024-05-08 | UPC_APP_22295/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | Evidence | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order requiring Huawei to disclose a recently concluded licence agreement with Amazon under confidentiality restrictions (Rule 262A RoP) for use in the FRAND/SEP infringement proceedings. |
| 2024-05-01 | UPC_CFI_379/2023 | The Hague LD | Generic application | — | Withdrawn | The Hague Local Division (full panel) declared the infringement action by Keestrack N.V. against Geha Laverman B.V. concerning EP 3 713 672 closed following withdrawal of the action with the consent of the defendant. Each party bears its own costs. A 60% reimbursement of the fixed court fee was ordered pursuant to R. 370.11 RoP as the withdrawal occurred before the end of the written procedure. |
| 2024-04-30 | UPC_CFI_218/2023 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued an order in Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action against Xiaomi entities concerning EP 3 096 315, ruling on a production of licence agreements application (R. 190 RoP). The court ordered disclosure of certain licence agreements (with redactions permitted for irrelevant passages) where the parties holding those agreements had not provided valid reasons to refuse consent to production. |
| 2024-04-24 | UPC_APP_9728/2024 | Munich LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order of the Munich Local Division in infringement proceedings concerning a Wi-Fi 6 standard-essential patent. The order granted the defendants' R. 190 RoP request for production of a Qualcomm patent licence agreement (claimed relevant to an exhaustion defence), subject to confidentiality protection measures (R. 262A RoP). The court ordered the agreement to be produced in full and unredacted, designated a named person (Anna Lam) to receive the confidential document on the defendants' behalf, and ordered associated protective measures. |
| 2024-03-04 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | 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. |
| 2024-03-04 | 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. |
| 2024-02-22 | ORD_7587/2024 | Mannheim LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division decided, under R. 37.2 and Art. 33(3) UPCA, to hear Panasonic Holdings Corporation's infringement action and OPPO's counterclaims for revocation and FRAND licence together before the same panel, finding joint adjudication efficient and consistent with uniform claim interpretation. |
| 2024-02-19 | UPC_APP_6074/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a post-hearing order in Huawei v. Netgear following a separate hearing under Rule 334(d) RoP on 19 February 2024, characterising that hearing as a separate hearing and setting out procedural steps regarding the recording and a pending Rule 336 RoP interim decision application. |
| 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. |
| 2024-02-14 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division established a confidentiality regime in the Panasonic v. OPPO infringement proceedings for the production of licence agreements and confidential commercial information under Rules 190/191, 262, and 262A RoP, setting out a structured multi-step process to protect trade secrets while enabling their use in the proceedings. |
| 2024-02-14 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | German-language version of the Mannheim Local Division order establishing a confidentiality regime (Geheimnisschutzregime) in Panasonic v. OPPO, covering the same rules for the protection of licence agreement contents as trade secrets under Rules 190/191, 262, and 262A RoP. |
| 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. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_CFI_114/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Heraeus v Vibrantz, upholding the claimant's amendment of infringement claims to include indirect infringement of a process claim without requiring court leave, granting other amendments to extend claims to Romania, and allowing substitution of parties in the revocation counterclaim. |
| 2024-02-09 | UPC_CFI_424/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order in Abbott v. Dexcom, granting Abbott's request to align the statement of defence deadlines for both Dexcom defendants so that both run from the later service date on Dexcom International Limited (20 December 2023), ensuring synchronised pleading schedules. |
| 2024-02-09 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order under Rule 322 RoP in the Huawei v. Netgear infringement proceedings, deciding that, although German remains the language of proceedings, the oral hearing shall be conducted in English, relying on Rules 1.1 and 14.2(c) RoP to ensure an efficient and fair hearing given the international nature of the case and the parties' agreement. |
| 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. |
| 2024-01-03 | UPC_APP_598021/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Philips IP Ventures v. Edrich et al. (Belkin), granting Philips a one-week extension of the reply deadline in the infringement proceedings, taking into account that the written grounds of a Bundespatentgericht decision revoking the German part of the patent had only been served shortly before Christmas 2023. |
| 2024-01-03 | UPC_APP_598024/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Edrich et al. (Belkin), granting Philips a one-week extension of the reply deadline, mirroring the parallel Philips IP Ventures case and noting that the German part of EP2628233 had also been found invalid by the Bundespatentgericht. |
| 2023-12-22 | UPC_CFI_424/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a final procedural order confirming that effective service of the statement of claim on Dexcom International Limited had been effected on 20 December 2023 via an Irish process server, thereby setting the deadline for Dexcom International's statement of defence at three months from that date. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division dismissed Netgear's Rule 333 RoP request to have the full panel review the judge-rapporteur's decision to deal with the preliminary objection in the main proceedings, holding that a Rule 20.2 notification cannot be appealed or subject to panel review, and that inadmissible Rule 333 requests are decided by the rapporteur alone. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division granted Huawei's application under Rule 263 RoP to amend its infringement claim to add EP 3 678 321 as an additional patent in suit alongside EP 3 611 989, having originally sued only on the latter patent; the court addressed the admissibility of claim amendment after conclusion of a limitation procedure. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a provisional order under Rule 302.1 RoP considering possible severance of the newly added EP 3 678 321 claims from the main case following the grant of the claim amendment, inviting submissions from parties on whether the new patent should be heard separately. |
| 2023-12-08 | UPC_CFI_219/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order addressing the validity of service of the statement of claim on Xiaomi entities domiciled in China and Hong Kong, with Panasonic Holdings arguing that service at Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH's address was effective for all group companies given their integrated corporate structure. |
| 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. |
| 2023-10-03 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order clarifying obligations to use CMS official workflows, including the Rule 262.2 workflow for confidentiality protection from third parties and the Rule 262A workflow for confidentiality between parties, in an infringement action by Huawei against Netgear. |