| 2025-01-14 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Application RoP262A | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 14 January 2025 regarding R. 262A RoP confidentiality applications filed by defendants (Accord Healthcare, Stada, Dr. Reddy's, Zentiva) in Sanofi's infringement actions concerning EP 2 493 466. The order defines which representative and company personnel on each defendant's side are permitted access to unredacted versions of confidential documents produced in the proceedings. |
| 2024-12-30 | UPC_APP_58035/2024 | Milan LD | Generic application | Costs | Dismissed | Milan Local Division dismissed Insulet Corporation's application for a cost decision following the rejection of EOFLOW Co. Ltd.'s intervention request in PI proceedings (EP 4 201 327). The court found the application inadmissible: a cost decision under R. 150 RoP requires a prior decision on costs in principle under R. 118.5 RoP. The order rejecting the intervention (1 October 2024) contained no such costs-in-principle decision, so the cost-determination application lacked the prerequisite under R. 156(e) RoP. Insulet was invited to resubmit once a costs award decision was obtained. |
| 2024-12-17 | ACT_549550/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a pre-trial conference order in Oerlikon v Himson's infringement and revocation proceedings for EP 2 145 848 B1, addressing pending issues including infringement evidence, damages, the Rule 119 penalty request, and setting the case value at EUR 2,000,000 for cost ceiling purposes. |
| 2024-12-17 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order (interim conference summary) of Milan Local Division in Oerlikon Textile v Himson Engineering (EP 2 145 848). The order summarises the procedural history (evidence preservation order, infringement and revocation counterclaim), the issues discussed at the interim conference (settlement proposals, claim construction, auxiliary requests) and confirms procedural arrangements for the oral hearing. Seven auxiliary requests remain before the court. |
| 2024-11-27 | UPC_APP_62687/2024 | Milan LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a short procedural order rescheduling the interim conference in Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG v Himson Engineering Private Limited (UPC_CFI_240/2023, EP 2 145 848) from 10:30 to 14:30 on 6 December 2024, to be held by videoconference rather than in person, following a request from Himson's representatives citing prior professional commitments. |
| 2024-11-25 | ORD_62633/2024 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a case management order ahead of the oral hearing, addressing agenda items including settlement prospects, translation errors in the Italian validation of the patent, the counterclaim for revocation, auxiliary requests, and infringement evidence. |
| 2024-11-05 | UPC_CFI_643/2024 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | Milan Local Division granted Cardo Systems' application for provisional measures (preliminary injunction and seizure) against Shenzhen Asmax Infinite Technology Co. and Hong Kong Yiheng International Technology Co. without hearing the respondents (ex parte). The court ordered: (1) service by bailiff at EICMA 2024 trade fair in Milan; (2) seizure and description of infringing products; (3) institution of merits proceedings within 31 days on pain of revocation. Costs to be settled in the merits proceedings. |
| 2024-11-05 | UPC_CFI_650/2024 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Milan Local Division granted Pirelli an ex-parte provisional measure ordering seizure of infringing motorcycle tyres (EP 2 519 412 B1) exhibited by Tianjin Kingtyre and Kingtyre Deutschland at the EICMA 2024 international motorcycle fair in Milan, with a review right for the defendants within 30 days. |
| 2024-11-05 | UPC_CFI_650/2024 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | Milan Local Division (5 November 2024) granted an ex parte seizure and protective order against Tianjin Kingtyre Group Co. Ltd and Kingtyre Deutschland GmbH at the EICMA 2024 tyre fair in Milan. Order was served by bailiff at the exhibition and immediately enforceable. Defendants may seek review within 30 days. Main proceedings must commence within 31 calendar days. |
| 2024-11-04 | UPC_CFI_241/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Permanent injunction | Decision on the merits by the Milan Local Division (full panel) in an infringement action by Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co KG against Bhagat Textile Engineers (India) concerning a texturing/structuring machine exhibited at ITMA 2023. The defendant did not contest infringement or validity. The court refused to stay proceedings pending parallel revocation proceedings against the same patent by a different defendant. The court granted a permanent injunction prohibiting sale and promotion of the infringing machine in Italy and Germany, imposed a penalty of EUR 12,000 per breach payable to the court, awarded provisional damages of EUR 15,000, set the case value at EUR 750,000, and ordered Bhagat to bear 80% of costs (with 20% offset for Oerlikon's behavior during settlement negotiations). |
| 2024-11-04 | UPC_CFI_241/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Milan Local Division found that Bhagat Textile Engineers infringed EP 2 145 848 by exhibiting its texturing machine at ITMA fair in June 2023. The Court issued a permanent injunction against sales in Italy and Germany, imposed a penalty of EUR 12,000 per violation, and ordered provisional damages of EUR 15,000. Costs were 80% charged to Bhagat, 20% compensated between parties. |
| 2024-10-29 | UPC_APP_10381/2024 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division rejected Sioen NV's preliminary objection in the patent infringement action brought by TEXPORT, finding that parallel Belgian proceedings (for non-infringement declaration regarding the Belgian part of the patent) did not preclude UPC jurisdiction over infringements in Latvia and Portugal under Arts. 29–31 of Brussels I Recast. |
| 2024-10-29 | ACT_953/2024 | Nordic-Baltic RD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division issued a post-interim-conference order in infringement proceedings, setting the value of the action at EUR 500,000, closing the written procedure, partially referring a preliminary objection issue to main proceedings, and allowing certain expert evidence previously contested by the defendant. |
| 2024-10-01 | UPC_APP_40442/2024 | Milan LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division denied EOFLOW CO LTD's application to intervene as a third party in Insulet's provisional measures proceedings against Menarini under R.313 RoP, holding that efficiency of the proceedings and other balancing considerations weighed against admitting the intervention. |
| 2024-10-01 | UPC_CFI_400/2024 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division denied EOFLOW CO LTD's application to intervene as a third party in Insulet's provisional measures proceedings against Menarini under R.313 RoP, holding that efficiency of the proceedings and other balancing considerations weighed against admitting the intervention. |
| 2024-09-17 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division refused Oerlikon's request to admit an eighth auxiliary request to amend EP 2 145 848 B1, finding that AR8 did not constitute an effective response to the new prior art relied upon and that it introduced an inadmissible intermediate generalisation contrary to Art. 84 EPC. |
| 2024-09-17 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division refused Oerlikon's request to admit an eighth auxiliary request to amend EP 2 145 848 B1, finding that AR8 did not constitute an effective response to the new prior art relied upon and that it introduced an inadmissible intermediate generalisation contrary to Art. 84 EPC. |
| 2024-09-11 | UPC_APP_36483/2024 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted Primetals Technologies Austria's ex-parte application for an order to preserve evidence at Danieli's premises concerning steel strip coiler driver technology allegedly infringing EP 2 624 977, ordering inspection, photography, document access and computer forensics assistance. |
| 2024-09-06 | UPC_CFI_165/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | — | PI denied | Order of Düsseldorf Local Division rejecting Novartis/Genentech's application for provisional measures against Celltrion Healthcare entities regarding EP 3 805 248 B1 (biosimilar product Epysqli). The court found the requirements for provisional measures were not met and ordered Novartis/Genentech to pay interim costs of EUR 138,562.80. The court set out important headnotes on: the interpretation of Art. 25 and 62 UPCA as autonomous uniform law; the concept of imminent infringement; group company liability; inapplicability of R. 295 RoP to provisional measures applications; and parties' obligation to present focused technical arguments. |
| 2024-09-04 | UPC_APP_40442/2024 | Milan LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a confidentiality order determining the composition of the confidentiality club in Insulet's provisional measures proceedings against Menarini, granting access to a US attorney from Goodwin Procter to allow coordination of parallel litigation strategies across jurisdictions. |
| 2024-07-23 | ORD_40568/2024 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Evidence | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted a confidentiality order for a license agreement document in Oerlikon's infringement proceedings against Himson, limiting access to a confidentiality club that includes one technical consultant for the defendant and counsel for both parties. |
| 2024-07-23 | UPC_APP_28655/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Milan Local Division (UPC_CFI_240/2023) on Oerlikon's application under R. 262A RoP for confidentiality protection of financial information disclosed in its rejoinder in proceedings concerning EP 2 145 848. The Court ordered creation of a confidential club including at least one natural person from Himson and technical consultants, ruling that excluding natural persons from the respondent would breach the right to adversarial proceedings. |
| 2024-07-23 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order of the Milan Local Division (in Italian) in Oerlikon Textile v Himson Engineering (EP 2 145 848) granting Oerlikon's application for a confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP over financial information provided in reply to a R. 158 RoP request. The court constituted a confidentiality club comprising only legal representatives of Himson (not the party itself), consistent with the financial sensitivity of the documents. |
| 2024-06-26 | UPC_CFI_123/2024 | Hamburg LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | The Hamburg Local Division dismissed Alexion Pharmaceuticals' application for a preliminary injunction against Samsung Bioepis based on EP 3 167 888, finding that while direct infringement could be established, the court could not be sufficiently certain of the patent's validity given the EPO Technical Board of Appeal's history of rejecting correction requests for SEQ ID NO:4, and thus denied the measure. |
| 2024-06-26 | UPC_CFI_124/2024 | Hamburg LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | The Hamburg Local Division dismissed Alexion Pharmaceuticals' application for a preliminary injunction against multiple Amgen entities based on EP 3 167 888, holding that while infringement could be established the court lacked sufficient certainty of patent validity given the EPO's repeated rejection of sequence correction attempts for SEQ ID NO:4. |
| 2024-06-06 | ACT_549585/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order in infringement proceedings by Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG against Bhagat Textile Engineers (Milan Local Division). The judge-rapporteur set the provisional value of the case at EUR 750,000 for purposes of recoverable costs ceiling. Access to expert report obtained via preservation-of-evidence order was granted to both parties. Deadlines were set for submission of additional documents and a case summary ahead of the oral hearing scheduled for 27 September 2024. |
| 2024-05-14 | UPC_CFI_241/2023 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order (in Italian) requiring parties to submit a summary of issues to be addressed at the forthcoming Interim Conference and to notify the court of attendees' names and capacities. The order also addressed the balance between the transparency principle and the right to protect confidential information, particularly regarding costs information in a case where a settlement may have been under discussion. |
| 2024-05-06 | UPC_APP_21554/2024 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted Oerlikon Textile's R. 262A application for confidentiality of financial information produced in response to a cost-disclosure order, restricting access to lawyers only (with parties' consent) in proceedings against Bhagat Textile Engineers. |
| 2024-04-08 | ORD_9710/2024 | Milan LD | Generic Order | Evidence | Procedural only | Milan Local Division order on an application by Progress Maschinen & Automation AG (claimant/applicant) to access the sealed expert report from previously-executed evidence preservation proceedings (ex parte order). As no main action on the merits was commenced and the defendants did not appeal, AWM and Schnell are entitled to have the collected evidence returned to them. The order deferred return of evidence until 5 June 2024 to allow potential Court of Appeal intervention. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_CFI_425/2023 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a procedural order extending and aligning time limits for multiple defendants to file their statements of defence in the infringement action brought by Abbott Diabetes Care, following an oral agreement at a case management meeting on a reasonable date. |
| 2023-11-14 | UPC_CFI_397/2023 | Paris LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division granted an ex parte order for preserving evidence against Novawell, allowing C-Kore Systems Limited to obtain a detailed description and seizure of the allegedly infringing SICOM product, which is alleged to reproduce the claims of EP 2 265 793 covering subsea test apparatus. |
| 2023-09-27 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division rejected a Rule 262.1(b) request for case file access filed by a lawyer claiming to represent Himson Engineering, holding that a lawyer who is party-affiliated (even without formal appearance) is not a 'third party' within the meaning of Rule 262.1(b) and cannot access the file before service is complete. |
| 2023-09-25 | UPC_CFI_286/2023 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted an ex parte order to inspect premises and preserve evidence against AWM S.R.L. and Schnell S.P.A., allowing Progress Maschinen & Automation AG to gather evidence of alleged infringement of EP 2 726 230, which covers a method and device for continuously producing a lattice girder. |
| 2023-07-21 | UPC_CFI_241/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division ordered service of the Statement of Claim on defendants without transmitting the approximately 2,000 pages of exhibits, with the claimant's consent. |
| 2023-07-21 | UPC_CFI_240/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division ordered that the Statement of Claim be served on the defendants without transmitting copies of the approximately 2,000 pages of attached exhibits, with the claimant's prior consent. |
| 2023-06-26 | UPC_CFI_57/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division ordered that service of the Statement of Claim on Autostore defendants be effected without attaching copies of the approximately 2,000 pages of exhibits, with the claimant's consent, in the interest of efficiency. |
| 2023-06-26 | UPC_CFI_57/2023 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division panel issued a procedural order setting out next steps in Ocado Innovation's infringement action against Autostore, following the initial service phase. |
| 2023-06-14 | UPC_CFI_141/2023 | Milan LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted Oerlikon Textile's evidence preservation order against Bhagat Group under Rules 192 ff. RoP, ordering collection of technical and commercial documents from Bhagat's stand at the ITMA trade fair in Milan. |
| 2023-06-13 | UPC_CFI_127/2023 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division granted Oerlikon Textile's application to preserve evidence against Himson Engineering under Rules 192 ff. RoP, ordering collection of technical and commercial documentation from Himson's stand at the ITMA trade fair in Milan. |
| 2023-06-13 | UPC_CFI_127/2023 | Milan LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division standing judge declined to treat Oerlikon's evidence preservation request as extremely urgent and referred it to the presiding judge, as the ITMA trade fair still had one day remaining and an ordinary urgent decision was feasible. |