| 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. |
| 2024-04-30 | UPC_CFI_463/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The 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. |
| 2024-02-14 | UPC_CFI_463/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The 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. |
| 2024-01-29 | UPC_CFI_463/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The 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. |
| 2024-01-25 | UPC_CFI_452/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division panel issued a procedural order in the Ortovox v. Mammut provisional measures case, setting out the criteria for reviewing a unilateral (ex parte) provisional measures order under Rule 212.3 / 197.3-4 RoP, and noting that the patent's validity must be sufficiently established before granting provisional measures. |
| 2024-01-24 | UPC_CFI_452/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in the Ortovox v. Mammut provisional measures proceedings, directing the respondents (Mammut) to re-upload their inspection requests in the dedicated CMS workflow for Rule 212.3 RoP applications within a set deadline. |
| 2024-01-16 | UPC_CFI_373/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The President of the Court of First Instance granted Aarke AB's application to change the language of the Düsseldorf infringement proceedings from German to English (the language in which EP1793917 was granted), finding a significant imbalance between the parties given Aarke's status as a smaller Swedish company and considerations of fair access to justice. |
| 2023-12-19 | UPC_CFI_201/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division clarified that the deadline for Nutricia's defence to the counterclaim for revocation and patent amendment application is 20 December 2023, per Rule 29.1 RoP (duplicate version of the same order). |
| 2023-12-19 | UPC_CFI_201/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order pursuant to Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA and Rule 37.2 RoP, deciding to proceed jointly with both the infringement action brought by Nutricia and the counterclaim for revocation filed by Nestlé Health Science, rather than bifurcating the proceedings. |
| 2023-12-14 | UPC_CFI_201/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division clarified, at Nutricia's request, that the deadline for filing a defence to the counterclaim for revocation and any application to amend the patent is 20 December 2023 (two months after service of the defence with counterclaim on 20 October 2023), per Rule 29.1 RoP. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_452/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted an ex parte order for provisional measures (Rule 212.1 RoP) in favour of Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH against Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH, in relation to EP 3 466 498 B1 covering an avalanche transceiver (Lawinen-Verschütteten-Suchgerät). |
| 2023-12-04 | UPC_CFI_363/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order under Rules 302.1 and 302.2 RoP concerning possible bifurcation or severance of issues in an infringement action by Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. against expert e-Commerce GmbH and others, involving EP 3 926 698 B1 and EP 3 223 320 B1. |
| 2023-12-01 | UPC_CFI_7/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division decided under Rule 37.2 RoP to proceed with infringement and validity issues together (Article 33(3)(a) UPCA) in the patent dispute between Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG and Bette GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 3 375 337 B1. |
| 2023-11-22 | UPC_CFI_260/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division decided under Rule 37.2 RoP (before close of written proceedings) to proceed with both the infringement claim and the invalidity counterclaim together (Article 33(3)(a) UPCA), finding joint hearing efficient and beneficial given the moderate technical complexity and the overlap between the validity and infringement issues. |
| 2023-07-03 | UPC_CFI_177/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The 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. |
| 2023-06-30 | UPC_CFI_177/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The 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). |
| 2023-06-22 | UPC_CFI_177/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The 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. |
| 2023-06-22 | UPC_CFI_177/2023 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The 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. |