| 2026-03-23 | UPC_CFI_1963/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division (panel, on R.333 review) upheld the Judge-Rapporteur's order of 17 February 2026 rejecting Bosch's preliminary objections to the territorial competence of Paris Local Division. The panel confirmed that Art. 33.1(b) UPCA requires only a commercial link between all defendants (not a direct link between the anchor defendant and each co-defendant), and that 'same infringement' means infringement of the same patent by all defendants, not identical products. |
| 2026-02-17 | UPC_CFI_1963/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division rejected all of Bosch's preliminary objections to the jurisdiction and internal competence of the Paris Local Division in Valeo's infringement action. The court held that the condition in Art.33.1(b) UPCA ('action relates to the same infringement') requires violation of the same patent by all defendants but does not require identical infringing products. The Paris Local Division was found competent for all defendants. Costs deferred to merits decision. |
| 2026-02-04 | UPC_CFI_530/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division rejected Adobe's application for a default decision against KEEEX under R.158.5 and R.355.1 RoP. The court held that KEEEX had complied with the order to provide a bank guarantee (required following an earlier procedural order of 19 December 2025) and that Adobe's formal objections to the guarantee were unsubstantiated. The lack of diligence required to justify a default decision was not established. |
| 2026-01-23 | UPC_CFI_808/2025 | Paris LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | The Paris Local Division rejected Guardant Health's application for provisional measures under three patents (EP 3 591 073, EP 3 443 066, EP 3 766 986) against Sophia Genetics. The court found issues of added matter in the divisional patent and insufficient evidence to demonstrate infringement with the required degree of certainty. Guardant Health's request regarding a fourth patent (EP 3 470 533) was withdrawn during proceedings. Guardant Health ordered to pay Sophia Genetics EUR 400,000 as interim costs. |
| 2026-01-16 | UPC_CFI_702/2024 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Final decision (in French) in infringement action by IMC Créations against Mul-T-Lock France (EP 4 153 830, unitary patent - lock/padlock). Court found that the MVP 1000 padlock infringed the amended claims 1 and 6 of the unitary patent as limited. Revocation counterclaim rejected (claims 1 and 6 of the amended patent valid). Injunction and corrective measures (recall, removal from channels, destruction) ordered, with a 3-month delay before enforcement per parties' agreement. Disclosure of commercial information ordered. Mul-T-Lock to bear 90% of costs. Claims on the Swiss part of the patent rejected. Key headnotes: amended unitary patent takes effect from original grant date; national parts of European patent in non-UPC states assessed against the patent as originally granted. |
| 2025-12-04 | UPC_CFI_415/2025 | Brussels LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Withdrawal | Costs only | The Brussels Local Division issued a cost decision following withdrawal of CooperSurgical's infringement action against Motiva/Establishment Labs distributors, awarding costs to the defendants including EUR 5,757.90 to Defendants 1-2 and EUR 75,836.60 to Defendant 3, applying an ex ante proportionality assessment with an implied ceiling of EUR 100,000. |
| 2025-11-27 | UPC_CFI_530/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division rejected all preliminary objections raised by the defendants (Adobe, OpenAI, Truepic, JDF Projects and C2PA) in KEEEX's infringement action. The court upheld the jurisdiction of the UPC and the internal competence of the Paris Local Division under Art.33.1(a) UPCA, finding that infringing acts alleged in France established competence. Defendants were ordered to file their statements of defence by 2 January 2026. Costs deferred to the merits decision. |
| 2025-11-17 | UPC_CFI_858/2025 | Lisbon LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Lisbon Local Division (judge-rapporteur Rute Lopes) rejected Zentiva Portugal's preliminary objection challenging UPC jurisdiction over Boehringer Ingelheim's infringement action concerning EP 1 830 843 (nintedanib for treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). The Court held that the action is an Art. 32(1)(a) UPCA infringement action based on an administrative notice (INFARMED No. 0689/2024) creating a threat of infringement, and UPC jurisdiction is properly established. Zentiva's additional argument (no demonstrated acts of manufacture etc.) was held to be a substantive merits defence outside the scope of R. 19 RoP. |
| 2025-10-30 | UPC_CFI_362/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Preliminary objection (R.19 RoP) decided by the Paris Local Division. The court rejected the jurisdictional challenge raised by Vivo (that the UPC lacks jurisdiction over an active FRAND determination request as the main claim), holding that the UPC has jurisdiction to hear the infringement action including FRAND aspects, and that the Paris Local Division is internally competent under Art.33.1(a) UPCA on the basis of alleged infringing sales in France. The preliminary objection was deferred/rejected and the case proceeds on the merits. |
| 2025-10-27 | UPC_CFI_178/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Revoked | The Milan Local Division revoked EP 2 726 230 B1 (mesh production method and device) in its entirety following the defendants' counterclaim, dismissed the application to amend the patent, and dismissed the infringement action; claimant Progress Maschinen bore the majority of costs. |
| 2025-10-27 | UPC_CFI_178/2024 | Milan LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued a rectification order under R. 353 RoP correcting an inaccuracy in the header of its 27 October 2025 decision by adding the full list of defendants' legal representatives (Studio Legale Costa-Creta). |
| 2025-10-24 | UPC_CFI_612/2024 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Not infringed | The Paris Local Division dismissed Raccords et Plastiques Nicoll's infringement action against First Plast and related defendants for EP 3 272 938 (invisible drainage channel grating), finding neither literal nor equivalence infringement of the patent claims by the 'Ghost' grille product. |
| 2025-10-22 | UPC_CFI_587/2025 | The Hague LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI denied | The Hague Local Division dismissed Abbott Diabetes Care's application for provisional measures against Sinocare and A.Menarini Diagnostics concerning EP 3 988 471, finding that the GlucoMen iCan device does not infringe claim 1 because event data icons are displayed in a separate panel rather than within the timeline graph. |
| 2025-10-17 | UPC_CFI_624/2025 | The Hague LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Hague Local Division granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction against Sinocare and A.Menarini Diagnostics regarding infringement of continuous glucose monitoring patent EP 4 344 633 (FreeStyle Libre technology), including information orders and delivery-up of infringing GlucoMen iCan products. |
| 2025-10-13 | UPC_CFI_362/2025 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division (judge-rapporteur Camille Lignieres) issued a preliminary order refusing Vivo's request to postpone the deadline for filing the Statement of Defence pending the outcome of Vivo's preliminary objection on UPC jurisdiction in the SEP/FRAND case (EP 3 407 524). The Court held that R. 19.6 RoP provides that the filing of a preliminary objection should not slow down the main proceedings in the absence of exceptional circumstances. Since Vivo would raise a FRAND defence in any event, no exceptional circumstances were established. The Statement of Defence remained due on 28 November 2025. |
| 2025-10-02 | UPC_CFI_636/2025 | Mannheim LD | Application Rop 333 | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order under R. 333 RoP reviewing the earlier rejection of Centripetal Limited's saisie application against Palo Alto Networks concerning EP 3 281 580 (network security), upholding the rejection for failure to submit sufficient facts about the infringing system. |
| 2025-10-02 | UPC_CFI_636/2025 | Mannheim LD | Request to review an order ex-parte | motionName.ex_parte | outcomeName.other | The Mannheim Local Division granted Palo Alto Networks' request to review and revoked the ex-parte saisie (evidence preservation) order of 3 June 2025 (amended 9 July 2025) issued in favour of Centripetal Limited concerning EP 3 281 580. The Court found that the saisie order should not have been issued because it was not apparent from the ex-ante perspective that the Munich branch office premises (a co-working sales space) contained staff with access to the technical network security system Centripetal sought to inspect. The Court held that a saisie order cannot require a defendant to increase employee access rights or bring equipment not ordinarily present at the premises. The Court also noted that Centripetal had an ongoing duty of candour to update the Court on new material facts. Confidentiality measures from the original order remained in force. |
| 2025-10-01 | UPC_CFI_808/2025 | Paris LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a scheduling order for the oral hearing in Guardant Health's preliminary injunction application against Sophia Genetics entities based on four patents (EP 3 766 986, EP 3 470 533, EP 3 443 066, EP 3 591 073) relating to genomic analysis, after defendants failed to appoint representatives within 15 days of service. |
| 2025-09-08 | UPC_CFI_530/2025 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a procedural order aligning service deadlines for the multiple defendants in the infringement action filed by KEEEX SAS against Adobe, OpenAI, TruePic, the Joint Development Foundation Projects and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) concerning EP 2 949 070. The order addressed technical difficulties encountered in serving defendants located in Ireland and the USA under The Hague Convention, and set extended time limits for responses. |
| 2025-08-26 | UPC_CFI_362/2025 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division granted a three-week extension to Vivo entities for filing their Preliminary Objection and Statement of Defence in Sun Patent Trust's infringement action concerning EP 3 407 524, following the delay caused by confidentiality proceedings and the parties' voluntary agreement to grant access to unredacted files. |
| 2025-07-22 | UPC_APP_31180/2025 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Local Division Paris ruled on TIRU's request for referral of revocation counterclaims to the Central Division Paris and joinder of parallel infringement actions, granting the referral of counterclaims and addressing a possible stay of the infringement proceedings pending the parallel revocation proceedings concerning EP 3 178 578 (waste incineration). |
| 2025-07-22 | UPC_APP_30813/2025 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order of the Paris Local Division in an infringement action brought by TIRU against VALINEA ENERGIE concerning EP 3 178 578. The order addresses TIRU's request to refer counterclaims for revocation to the Central Division (Paris) already seized of a nullity action, to join infringement actions, and to stay the proceedings. The order rules on procedural consolidation and referral of counterclaims. |
| 2025-07-11 | UPC_CFI_636/2025 | Mannheim LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Mannheim Local Division (upon referral from Court of Appeal) granted Centripetal Limited's application for preservation of evidence (saisie) against Palo Alto Networks' network security solution for alleged infringement of EP 3 281 580 B1. An independent court expert (Prof. Dr. Christoph Krauß) was appointed to monitor and examine the defendant's systems at its premises. |
| 2025-06-19 | UPC_CFI_363/2024 | Paris LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Paris Local Division dated 19 June 2025 dealing with security for costs requested by defendant GISELA MAYER GmbH against claimant N.J DIFFUSION SARL in an infringement action. NJ Diffusion had been placed in judicial reorganization (redressement judiciaire) on 5 June 2025. The court had to deal with: (1) the intervention of the court-appointed administrator and judicial representative; (2) request to provide security for costs under R. 158 RoP; and (3) the oral hearing scheduled for 20 June 2025. The order addresses the effect of insolvency proceedings on pending UPC proceedings under R. 311 RoP. |
| 2025-04-29 | UPC_APP_16910/2025 | Paris LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Withdrawal | Withdrawn | ArcelorMittal's application to withdraw the infringement action (UPC_CFI_583/2024) was permitted. The action was withdrawn before closure of the written procedure. The Court declared proceedings closed and ordered 60% reimbursement of court fees to ArcelorMittal under R.370.9(b)(i) RoP. No cost compensation was sought by either party. |
| 2025-04-18 | UPC_APP_6597/2025 | Paris LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division partially granted LIFE365's application under R.262.1(b) RoP for access to the case file in the HP v. LAMA France proceedings. Access was granted to certain pleadings concerning the validity of the patents (statement of claim, statement of defence, claimant's reply) but only in redacted form respecting confidentiality orders. Access to infringement-related pleadings was denied as LIFE365 failed to show the cartridges were of the same origin. Access to exhibits was denied as these were publicly available from the EPO. |
| 2025-04-18 | UPC_CFI_358/2023 | Paris LD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division ruled on a third-party access request to the case file under R.262.1(b) RoP by LIFE365 (Italian companies involved in compatible printer cartridges). The Court granted partial access to certain public procedural documents (including certain memorials and prior art documents cited), but withheld documents covered by confidentiality orders and those declared inadmissible. |
| 2025-03-24 | UPC_CFI_813/2024 | Paris LD | Request to review an order ex-parte | motionName.ex_parte | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division rejected MAGUIN SAS's application to revoke the ex-parte evidence preservation order (saisie) issued on 23 December 2024 in favour of TIRU. The Court found that TIRU had adequately demonstrated the risk of evidence becoming unavailable, that the simultaneous execution of evidence preservation measures at both MAGUIN's and VALINEA's premises was justified by the principle of effectiveness, and that there was no unreasonable delay. The saisie order against MAGUIN was maintained. |
| 2025-03-21 | UPC_APP_10014/2025 | Paris LD | Preliminary objection | motionName.jurisdictional | Dismissed | The Paris Local Division rejected Mul-T-Lock France's preliminary objection challenging UPC jurisdiction over infringement of national (non-unitary) designations of EP 4 153 830 in Spain, the UK and Switzerland, confirming the UPC's competence to hear infringement of all national parts of the patent within UPC Member States. |
| 2025-03-03 | UPC_CFI_142/2025 | Mannheim LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | Mannheim Local Division rejected an ex parte application for preservation of evidence (saisie) against an anonymous defendant for alleged infringement of an anonymous patent. The Court found the evidentiary threshold for granting the saisie was not met. This is a redacted decision with all party and patent details anonymised. |
| 2025-02-17 | UPC_CFI_440/2023 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued an interim management order following the preparatory conference (R. 105.5 RoP) in the infringement action by Seoul Viosys against Laser Components SAS and Photon Wave Co. concerning EP 3 404 726 (UV LEDs). The order summarised the key contested legal and factual issues (claim interpretation, PKB chip characteristics), fixed the case value at EUR 500,000 (rejecting the defendant's argument for EUR 250,000), and scheduled the oral hearing for 13 March 2025. |
| 2025-01-29 | UPC_CFI_468/2023 | Paris LD | Application Rop 365 | — | Settled | The Paris Local Division confirmed the settlement between C-KORE and NOVAWELL pursuant to Rule 365 RoP. The infringement proceedings and the counterclaim for revocation were dismissed. The details of the settlement remain confidential. No order as to costs. |
| 2025-01-09 | UPC_CFI_583/2024 | Paris LD | Generic application | — | Procedural only | Order by the President of the Court of First Instance granting XPENG et al.'s application to change the language of proceedings from German to English (the language in which the patent was granted) pursuant to Rule 323 RoP. ArcelorMittal required to provide English translations of the Statement of Claim at its own expense within 30 days. |
| 2024-12-23 | UPC_CFI_813/2024 | Paris LD | Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 | Evidence | Procedural only | Paris Local Division granted TIRU's application for an order for evidence preservation and inspection of premises (saisie) against MAGUIN under R.192-199 RoP, without hearing the defendant. The court authorised a bailiff-assisted inspection to preserve evidence relating to a furnace allegedly infringing patent EP3178578. The order was conditional on TIRU paying costs and lodging a €10,000 guarantee before 31 December 2024. Measures to be executed by 17 January 2025. |
| 2024-12-11 | ORD_63909/2024 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Infringement merits | Revoked | Decision on the merits from the Paris Local Division (UPC_CFI_395/2023) delivered on 11 December 2024 in DexCom's infringement action against Abbott entities concerning EP 3 831 282. The Court found the patent invalid in its entirety — neither as granted nor as amended by auxiliary requests 1, 2 or 3 — due to added subject-matter under Art. 138(1)(c) EPC. The infringement action was dismissed for lack of legal basis. DexCom was ordered to bear Abbott's costs, with the amount to be determined in separate proceedings. |
| 2024-11-26 | ACT_592899/2023 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a procedural order following the interim conference in C-KORE Systems Limited v Novawell (UPC_CFI_468/2023, EP 2 265 793). The order resolves several procedural disputes: (1) declined to reject exhibit 57 of C-KORE's unredacted statement; (2) ruled on witness requests from Novawell; (3) addressed interpretation and language requests; and (4) confirmed the regularity of previously conducted saisie (seizure) operations, noting that the court-appointed expert was appropriately independent. |
| 2024-11-25 | UPC_CFI_395/2023 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Paris Local Division dated 25 November 2024 on DexCom's application (under R. 334(e) and R. 336 RoP) requesting the court to allow post-hearing submissions regarding a Munich Regional Court decision of 6 November 2024 on EP 2 939 158 (parent patent of EP 3 831 282 in suit). The court had closed the oral hearing on 30 October 2024. DexCom argued the Munich decision finding infringement by Abbott of the parent patent's claim 1 was relevant. Abbott argued the application was inadmissible. The order addresses admissibility of supplemental submissions after closure of hearing under Chapter 8 RoP case management provisions. |
| 2024-11-13 | UPC_CFI_358/2023 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Infringement merits | Infringed | Final decision on the merits (in French) in the infringement action by Hewlett-Packard Development Company LP against LAMA France concerning inkjet printer cartridge technology. The Paris Local Division found that LAMA France infringed the patent in suit (a fluid ejection device patent). The court ordered: (I) patent maintained as valid (invalidity counterclaim rejected); (II) injunction against infringing cartridges; (III) corrective measures including recall from distribution channels and destruction of infringing stock; (IV) disclosure of sales information for damages calculation; (V) costs split equally between parties (50/50); provisional damages on costs rejected. Infringement established without requiring prior notice of the patent to the defendant. |
| 2024-08-21 | ORD_47694/2024 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a procedural order in Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P. v LAMA France (UPC_CFI_358/2023, EP 2 089 230 and EP 1 737 669 — printer cartridge patents). The order resolves LAMA's application to have certain sections and exhibits of HP's last reply brief declared inadmissible, on grounds that they contained new arguments and evidence going beyond the permitted written procedure under R. 12 and R. 29 RoP. |
| 2024-08-09 | UPC_CFI_278/2023 | Hamburg LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Hamburg Local Division issued a confidentiality order under R.262A RoP protecting supply chain and trade secret information submitted by Gucci defendants in their Statement of Defence and Rejoinder. Access was restricted to named representatives of AGFA NV. The order replaced a preliminary order of 2 July. |
| 2024-07-04 | UPC_CFI_230/2023 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Infringement merits | Revoked | Decision on the merits by Paris Local Division (4 July 2024). EP 3 435 866 B1 (analyte monitoring / continuous glucose monitoring system) was entirely revoked for lack of inventive step; auxiliary requests 1 and 2 were also invalid (added subject-matter). DexCom's infringement action was dismissed in full. DexCom was ordered to bear costs. The court addressed jurisdiction on the revocation counterclaim, the carve-out under Art. 83 UPCA, claim interpretation, novelty and inventiveness. |
| 2024-05-06 | UPC_CFI_440/2023 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Order of the Paris Local Division (full panel) on several procedural applications filed by Photon Wave Co. Ltd. (intervener/third party supporter of defendant Laser Components SAS) and Seoul Viosys Co. Ltd. (claimant) in an infringement action concerning EP 3 404 726. The court: (1) held that Photon Wave had not filed its revocation brief within the deadline set for the party it supports, and rejected its application for extension of that deadline; (2) rejected Photon Wave's request to change the language of proceedings from French to another language, holding that neither the nationality of a party's representative nor of the intervener justifies a language change; (3) rejected Photon Wave's request for an autonomous revocation brief on the basis that an intervener cannot develop claims contrary to those of the party it supports; (4) rejected Seoul Viosys's request for postponement of its reply deadline. |
| 2024-03-14 | UPC_CFI_440/2023 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order (in French) granting Laser Components SAS an extension of the deadline for filing its Statement of Defence in the infringement action brought by Seoul Viosys. The extension was granted due to technical difficulties experienced by the third-party intervener (Photon Wave Co.) in the CMS system and the anticipated filing of a separate invalidity counterclaim requiring coordination. |
| 2024-02-27 | UPC_CFI_440/2023 | Paris LD | Generic Order | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division refused the defendant Laser Components SAS's request to change the language of proceedings from French to English (the language in which the patent was granted) in Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd v Laser Components SAS. The Court applied R. 322 RoP and Art. 49.4 UPCA, finding that while the plaintiff is Korean and chose French, the defendant is a French company based in France, and neither the representative's nationality nor a forced intervenor's nationality constitutes sufficient grounds of convenience or equity to justify a language change. The request was therefore rejected. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_APP_588685/2023 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division granted Laser Components SAS's application for forced intervention (joinder) of its LED chip supplier Photon Wave Co. Ltd in the Seoul Viosys v. Laser Components infringement proceedings, finding it useful and necessary for the third party to be bound by the court's decision. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_APP_5858/2024 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division issued a procedural order in ICPillar LLC v. ARM group, granting ICPillar's application for an alternative method of service (Rule 275.1 RoP) on Arm Poland Sp. z.o.o. via French bailiff, after registered letter service had failed, while confirming that service was otherwise successfully effected on the remaining ARM defendants. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_APP_5858/2024 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Paris Local Division (UPC_CFI_495/2023) concerning an alternative method of service under R. 275.1 RoP. The Court addressed the applicant ICPillar's request to serve its Statement of Claim on Arm Poland via a French bailiff and by registered letter. The Court clarified that alternative service is only authorised where service could not otherwise be effected, and that a 10-day delay from sending a registered letter to a Hague Convention Central Authority does not constitute a failure of service. |
| 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. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_CFI_395/2023 | Paris LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Paris Local Division granting an extension and alignment of deadlines for filing the Statement of Defence in an infringement action by DexCom against 14 Abbott group defendants. The parties had orally agreed on a filing date at a case management meeting, which the Judge-Rapporteur considered reasonable. The order also confirmed service completion details for each defendant. |
| 2024-01-30 | UPC_CFI_230/2023 | Paris LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Local Division panel, on review under Rule 333 RoP, partially upheld Abbott's application by increasing the upper limit of the penalty for breach of the confidentiality club from EUR 50,000 to EUR 250,000, to achieve consistency with a parallel confidentiality order issued by the Munich Local Division in related proceedings. |