| 2026-01-13 | UPC_CFI_628/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Not infringed | Final decision on the merits in infringement action by Emboline, Inc. against AorticLab srl (EP 2 129 425, medical device). Court dismissed the infringement action finding the patent not infringed. The defendant's counterclaim for revocation was conditional (dependent on a finding of infringement), and since no infringement was found, no decision was made on the counterclaim. Both parties bear their own costs. Key headnotes: infringement not excluded by normal non-infringing operation if patent-compliant use remains possible; irregular use of a medical device in line with professional practice can constitute infringement; conditional counterclaim limited in scope (Rule 263.3 RoP). |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_525/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Costs | Procedural only | Order of the Munich Local Division granting a security for costs application (Rule 158 RoP) filed by OPPO, OnePlus, Realme and other defendants against ASUS Technology Licensing Inc. (a claimant incorporated in Taiwan) in an infringement action. The Court found that enforcing a cost decision in Taiwan would be at least unduly burdensome given the absence of international agreements or national Taiwanese laws guaranteeing enforcement of foreign judgments, and ordered security in connection with the infringement action (but not the as-yet unfiled counterclaim for revocation). |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_146/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a rectification order under Rule 353 RoP correcting factual errors in a prior decision in the Sanofi v. Stada/Dr Reddy/Zentiva proceedings, including corrections regarding marketing authorisation holders and expert witness attribution. |
| 2025-12-12 | UPC_CFI_146/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | The Munich Local Division found patent EP 2 493 466 (relating to cabazitaxel pharmaceutical formulations) invalid for lack of inventive step in infringement proceedings brought by Sanofi against STADA, Dr. Reddy's and Zentiva entities, dismissing the infringement claims. |
| 2025-11-18 | UPC_CFI_804/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting TP-Link's application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that only one of the seven defendants is based in Germany, that the relevant technology field predominantly uses English, and that the need for internal coordination and technical support among defendants justified the change on grounds of fairness under Art.49(5) UPCA. |
| 2025-11-11 | UPC_CFI_771/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division reviewed a confidentiality order (R. 333 RoP) and upheld admission of Solvay's employee to the confidentiality club in the fluoropolymer infringement proceedings, finding that employment within the claimant's economic unit was sufficient grounds for admission. |
| 2025-10-29 | UPC_CFI_743/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance granting Skechers' application under R.323 RoP to change the language of proceedings from German to English. The court held that all Skechers subsidiaries except one are based outside Germany, that the group's internal working language is English, and that conditions of enforcement of any future judgment were of lesser relevance than the parties' coordination needs during proceedings. |
| 2025-10-17 | UPC_CFI_693/2025 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | The 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. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_688/2024 | Munich LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Revocation merits | Revoked | The same Munich Local Division decision as UPC_CFI_303/2024, in the associated counterclaim proceedings: EP 3 972 309 revoked for added matter and infringement action dismissed. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_448/2024 | Munich LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Revocation merits | Partially revoked | The Munich Local Division issued the same decision (same panel) as UPC_CFI_114/2024 for the associated counterclaim proceedings, finding infringement action dismissed and patent EP 3 215 288 partially revoked. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_303/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | The Munich Local Division revoked Motorola Mobility LLC's EP 3 972 309 (telecommunications patent) in full after finding added matter beyond the parent application, and dismissed the infringement action against ASUSTek, ASUS Computer GmbH and ASUSTEK (UK); costs borne by claimant Motorola. |
| 2025-10-10 | UPC_CFI_114/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Partially revoked | The Munich Local Division dismissed Heraeus Electronics' infringement action against Vibrantz GmbH concerning EP 3 215 288 (metal sintering preparation) and partially allowed the counterclaim for revocation, with the patent maintained in amended form for certain claims; costs split 60% claimant / 40% defendant. |
| 2025-09-15 | UPC_CFI_374/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Sanofi's infringement action relating to multiple sets of generic pharmaceutical defendants (Accord, STADA, Dr Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. The order addressed case management scheduling matters across four related infringement actions. |
| 2025-09-01 | UPC_CFI_848/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 1 September 2025 granting KNAPP Smart Solutions GmbH's application for a 6-day extension of the deadline for its reply to the defence and the response to the counterclaim for revocation (including any patent amendment application) to 9 September 2025. The extension was justified by mutual vacation absences among involved persons and consented to by the defendant Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH. The order notes that irregularities in the CMS upload dates caused uncertainty about the exact deadline. |
| 2025-08-01 | UPC_CFI_54/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Revoked | Munich Local Division found that European Patent 2 391 947 (Headwater, relating to Android device network management) is invalid in all forms including as amended. The panel cancelled the second oral hearing planned for September 2025, indicating the patent was found invalid both as granted and in all amended forms proposed by Headwater. The infringement action was therefore dismissed. |
| 2025-07-28 | UPC_CFI_492/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order granting Roborock Germany GmbH (and co-defendants Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd. and Roborock International B.V.) an extension of time for filing their preliminary objection, Statement of Defence and counterclaim for revocation in the infringement action brought by Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 3 030 943. The extension was agreed by the claimant and was justified by case complexity and the need to align deadlines across all defendants. |
| 2025-07-17 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order of the Munich Local Division (presiding judge Zigann) following the interim conference of 17 July 2025 in four consolidated pharmaceutical patent infringement actions by Sanofi and related entities against generics companies (Accord Healthcare, STADA, Dr. Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. Points addressed: EPO Board of Appeal had upheld the patent but had not yet published its written reasoned decision; French parallel first-instance decisions invalidating the French designation were under appeal; defendants wished to comment on EPO BoA written reasons within three weeks of availability. No substantive infringement ruling. |
| 2025-07-15 | UPC_CFI_302/2024 | Munich LD | Hearing | — | Procedural only | Procedural order scheduling an additional interim hearing on the topic of FRAND licensing on 21 July 2025, to be held in person in English, in camera (non-public), in the parallel case UPC_CFI_302/2024 and UPC_CFI_667/2024 (Lenovo v. ASUSTek). |
| 2025-06-06 | UPC_CFI_324/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Patent amended | Infringement action by Tiroler Rohre GmbH (Austria) against SSAB Swedish Steel GmbH and SSAB Europe Oy concerning a driving pile tip device (Rammspitze) and EP 2 839 083 B9. The court found infringement of the patent as amended. It ordered: injunction, recall and destruction of infringing pile tips and moulds, disclosure of information, publication of decision in four trade journals. The invalidity counterclaim against the patent as originally granted was upheld in part (patent amended). Key headnotes: burden of proof for impossibility of infringement lies with defendant; infringement exists even if patented function only occasionally achieved. |
| 2025-06-02 | ACT_1613/2025 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Scheduling order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_18/2025 and UPC_CFI_439/2025, 2 June 2025) setting dates for interim conference (9 January 2026, videoconference) and oral hearing (18 March 2026, Munich) in BioMarin's infringement action against Ascendis Pharma, with counterclaim for revocation. Both proceedings will proceed together; a technically qualified judge will be appointed. |
| 2025-05-15 | ACT_65882/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division scheduling order in Belparts Group N.V.'s infringement action against IMI Hydronic entities concerning EP 3 812 870. The court decided to proceed with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (not to bifurcate), and set the interim videoconference for 24 March 2026 and the oral hearing for 18 June 2026. The scheduling takes into account a pending EPO Board of Appeal hearing on 27 November 2025 and a possible Central Division hearing. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order in consolidated Sanofi v. Accord Healthcare / Dr Reddy's / betapharm infringement proceedings at Munich Local Division. The judge-rapporteur declined to dispose of the case summarily and determined it would be more efficient to await the outcome of pending EPO Board of Appeal proceedings concerning the patent before deciding difficult substantive issues at an oral hearing. |
| 2025-05-08 | UPC_CFI_145/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from Munich Local Division dated 8 May 2025 (unredacted version) in the consolidated infringement proceedings of Sanofi against Accord Healthcare, Stada, Dr. Reddy's and Zentiva regarding EP 2 493 466. The order sets the timetable for further proceedings, confirms the interim conferences (including one focused on EPO BoA appeal outcome on 17 July 2025), and sets the main interim conference for 12 September 2025 and oral hearing dates for 14–17 October 2025. The order also addresses outstanding procedural issues including Zentiva's request to strike Malta from the revocation request, and provides guidance on the panel's preliminary views on damages calculation and infringement. |
| 2025-04-04 | UPC_CFI_501/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Infringed | Infringement action by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation against Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, and Meril Italy S.r.l. concerning transcatheter heart valve (Myval THV) and EP 3 669 828. The court found infringement, dismissed the invalidity counterclaim (patent valid), and ordered: injunction, recall, seizure and destruction, disclosure of sales data, provisional damages of EUR 663,000, publication of decision in five media outlets. Decision immediately and directly enforceable from date of service. Key headnotes: jurisdiction for multiple defendants with commercial relationship; problem-solution approach for inventive step; cease-and-desist without penalty clause insufficient. |
| 2025-03-18 | ACT_59975/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural scheduling order in Adeia Guides Inc. v. The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V. et al. at Munich Local Division (EP 2 793 430). The panel decided to hear both infringement and counterclaim for revocation jointly. Interim conference set for 4 December 2025; oral hearing scheduled for 15 January 2026. Parties summoned. Written procedure to end 10 September 2025. |
| 2025-03-13 | UPC_CFI_665/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a scheduling order in the Adeia Guides v Walt Disney Company patent infringement proceedings (EP 2 793 430), setting dates for interim conference and oral hearing, and proceeding with both infringement action and counterclaim for revocation. |
| 2025-03-11 | UPC_CFI_201/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Order 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. |
| 2025-03-03 | UPC_CFI_54/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Procedural only | Procedural order issued by the Munich Local Division following the Interim Conference of 28 February 2025 in two consolidated infringement actions by Headwater Research LLC against Samsung. The order addressed procedural matters including inadmissibility of Samsung's invalidity attack under Art. 138(1)(e) EPC, the standing-to-sue issue, treatment of a witness statement, and admissibility of late-filed documents ZP8-ZP9. No substantive ruling on infringement or validity. |
| 2025-02-19 | UPC_CFI_322/2024 | Munich LD | Application Rop 265 | — | Settled | The Munich Local Division declared both the infringement action (by Dyson Technology Limited against SharkNinja Europe Limited and SharkNinja Germany GmbH concerning EP 2 043 492) and the defendants' counterclaim for revocation closed, following an out-of-court settlement. Dyson withdrew the infringement claim and SharkNinja withdrew the revocation counterclaim, both waiving their respective claims. Each party was ordered to receive 60% reimbursement of the relevant court fees. |
| 2025-02-12 | UPC_APP_67626/2024 | Munich LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division judge-rapporteur rejected the defendants' preliminary objection (admissibility challenge under Art. 33(2) UPCA) to the infringement action filed by biolitec Holding GmbH & Co. KG, confirming the Munich Local Division's jurisdiction over the claim and ordering that the statement of claim was validly served on 2 December 2024. |
| 2025-01-27 | UPC_CFI_302/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Munich Local Division dated 27 January 2025 issued by the judge-rapporteur setting the timetable for infringement proceedings brought by Lenovo (Singapore) against ASUSTek Computer Inc. and related entities regarding EP 3 682 587. The order schedules an interim conference via videoconference on 25 September 2025 and an oral hearing in person in Munich on 19 November 2025. |
| 2025-01-27 | UPC_CFI_244/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division ordered a small company (claimant in infringement proceedings, Snowpixie Co., Ltd.) to provide security for costs under Rule 158 RoP based on its operating losses and insufficient assets. The court reduced the security amount to reflect equity principles ensuring effective access to justice. The court also denied legal aid (Prozesskostenhilfe) to the claimant, finding it had sufficient resources given it was supported by a litigation funder. |
| 2025-01-27 | UPC_CFI_244/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | Procedural order requiring SnowPixie Co., Ltd. (defendant/applicant) to provide security for costs pursuant to Rule 158 RoP, in an amount below the EUR 260,000 demanded by the opposing party (claimant), taking into account SnowPixie's status as a small enterprise and equity considerations. The application for legal aid (Prozesskostenhilfe) was rejected. |
| 2025-01-27 | UPC_CFI_52/2023 | Munich LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order (in German) granting patent attorney Christian Läufer of Fuchs Patentanwälte access to the written submissions and exhibits of the counterclaim for revocation proceedings (CC_581177/2023) in the case of Avago Technologies v Tesla, for professional/educational purposes. Neither party opposed. Access limited to the revocation counterclaim workflow. |
| 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. |
| 2025-01-13 | UPC_CFI_298/2023 | Munich LD | Application Rop 333 | — | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a revised order modifying a previous case management order (of 14 October 2024) to require claimant Harvard College to submit its auxiliary requests (in the application to amend the patent) within 20 days after the decision of the EPO Opposition Division, rather than at a fixed date, in light of a pending EPO opposition with oral proceedings scheduled. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 2024-10-02 | UPC_CFI_54/2024 | Munich LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Procedural order on Samsung Electronics entities' application for security for costs (Rule 158 RoP) against Claimant Headwater Research LLC, a US-based patent assertion entity. Applying the CoA standard that the claimant's financial position must give rise to legitimate and real concern about recoverability of a potential cost order, the court assessed whether EUR 200,000 security was appropriate. |
| 2024-09-13 | ACT_583273/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Munich Local Division found Belkin GmbH, Belkin International Inc., and Belkin Limited liable for infringement of Philips' EP 2 867 997 B1 (wireless power transfer technology) and dismissed the counterclaims for revocation. An injunction was granted against Belkin's infringing acts outside Germany (German acts excluded due to opt-out/national proceedings). Defendants were ordered to provide information, recall products, pay EUR 119,000 interim damages, and cover approximately 5/6 of costs. The revocation counterclaims were dismissed. (German territorial acts were carved out from the injunction as a separate matter.) |
| 2024-08-30 | UPC_CFI_52/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Not infringed | The Munich Local Division found EP 1 838 002 B1 invalid (revoked for the territory of Germany) on the counterclaims for revocation filed by Tesla, finding the patent anticipated by prior art D3. The patent amendment requests were dismissed. The infringement action was dismissed as the patent lacks validity. Avago (claimant) bears all costs. |
| 2024-08-27 | ACT_23636/2024 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | Munich Local Division granted a preliminary injunction (inter partes) against respondents ordering them to cease and desist from manufacturing, offering, placing on the market, using, exporting or possessing a herbicide composition (Kagura) infringing a patent with claims directed to a composition, across multiple UPC contracting states. The court held that for a product composition claim the applicant need only allege and prove the composition had all features of the claim; it is not required to explain why the composition had those features. Distributing infringing products outside contracting states while advertising under the same name inside creates a risk of first infringement. An actus contrarius is insufficient to eliminate such risk; a cease-and-desist declaration with penalty clause is required. Respondents may revoke the injunction if applicant does not commence main proceedings within 31 calendar days. |
| 2024-07-31 | ACT_547520/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | Munich Local Division revoked DexCom's patent EP 3 350 592 (CGM system) in its entirety on Abbott's counterclaim for revocation, and dismissed all of DexCom's infringement claims. The patent was found invalid as granted and in its auxiliary request forms (1 and 2) for lack of novelty/inventive step. DexCom was ordered to bear all costs of the proceedings. |
| 2024-07-29 | UPC_CFI_501/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | — | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a case management order fixing dates for the interim conference and oral hearing in this infringement action concerning heart valve technology, balancing the claimant's right to a hearing within one year of service with defendants' representative availability constraints. |
| 2024-07-11 | UPC_CFI_181/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Settled | The Munich Local Division confirmed the withdrawal of KraussMaffei Extrusion GmbH's infringement action against Troester GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 3 221 117, following an out-of-court settlement reached by the parties after the oral hearing of 16 April 2024. The court also ordered partial reimbursement of court fees. |
| 2024-06-16 | UPC_CFI_201/2024 | Munich LD | Generic Order | — | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division granted a confidentiality protection order under Rule 262A RoP for documents in provisional measures proceedings, covering information in Confidential Exhibits SA-1 and SA-9 submitted by the defendants (Sumi Agro). The claimant (Syngenta) did not formally object. The order was issued in a new workflow due to a CMS malfunction in the original application. |
| 2024-05-21 | ACT_589207/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Munich Local Division granted Dyson Technology Ltd. a preliminary injunction against SharkNinja Germany GmbH and SharkNinja Europe Limited, prohibiting them from offering or supplying certain handheld vacuum cleaners (models IW3611EU, IW3611DE, IW1611EU, IW1611DE, BU1120DE) in Germany and France that infringe EP 2 043 492, subject to Dyson commencing main proceedings within 31 calendar days or 20 working days. |
| 2024-05-08 | UPC_APP_11857/2024 | Munich LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Dismissed | The Munich Local Division partially dismissed preliminary objections filed by Volkswagen, Audi, and Texas Instruments in infringement proceedings by Network System Technologies LLC concerning EP1552669, rejecting challenges to standing, admissibility of pre-2022 damages, and the sufficiency of the infringement read, while deferring jurisdiction objections relating to UK-territory claims to a later stage. |