| 2026-02-24 | UPC_CFI_337/2025 | Munich CD | Revocation Action | Revocation merits | Patent maintained | The Central Division (Munich) dismissed TCL Europe's revocation action against Corning's EP 3 296 274 (glass composition), finding all invalidity attacks unsuccessful. The patent was maintained as granted; TCL was ordered to bear Corning's legal costs. |
| 2026-02-18 | UPC_CFI_819/2024 | Mannheim LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Withdrawal | Withdrawn | The Mannheim Local Division permitted Corning's partial withdrawal of its infringement action (EP 3 296 274) against defendants Hisense Gorenje Germany GmbH and Hisense Europe Holding GmbH (defendants 1 and 2) under R. 265 RoP. The infringement action continues against TCL and LG (defendants 3–6). Simultaneously, the counterclaim for revocation filed by defendants 1 and 2 was also withdrawn and declared closed. Corning bears the costs of the withdrawn infringement proceedings against defendants 1–2; defendants 1–2 receive a 40% reimbursement (EUR 8,000) of their counterclaim court fees. |
| 2025-12-01 | UPC_CFI_337/2025 | Munich CD | Revocation Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Central Division (Section Munich) judge-rapporteur issued a Rule 105.5 interim conference order in the revocation action concerning EP 3 296 274, setting procedural timetable, case valuation, and directions for further submissions including responses to an expert opinion. |
| 2025-10-03 | UPC_CFI_819/2024 | Mannheim LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Withdrawal | Withdrawn | Decision permitting Corning Incorporated's partial withdrawal of its infringement action (EP 3 296 274) against Defendants 7 to 9 (LG Electronics entities). Defendants 7-9 did not contest the withdrawal. The proceedings against LG Electronics entities were declared closed. The counterclaim for revocation filed by Defendants 3-9 (TCL and LG entities) concerning the same case was addressed separately. |
| 2025-08-01 | UPC_CFI_40/2025 | Hamburg LD | Application For Costs | — | Costs only | Decision of Hamburg Local Division in Samsung Bioepis NL B.V. v Alexion Pharmaceuticals (EP 3 167 888) assessing the costs of appeal proceedings following the Court of Appeal's rejection (20 December 2024) of Alexion's appeal against the dismissal of its application for provisional measures against Samsung Bioepis' Epysqli biosimilar. The court allowed the costs for UPC representatives and patent attorneys but reduced costs claimed for UK solicitors whose involvement (at higher cost than the actual UPC representatives) was not demonstrated to be necessary. |
| 2025-08-01 | UPC_APP_43786/2024 | Hamburg LD | Generic application | Costs | Costs only | Hamburg Local Division (1 August 2025) issued a costs decision following the dismissal of Alexion Pharmaceuticals' provisional measures application against Samsung Bioepis. The court assessed Samsung Bioepis' recoverable litigation costs, disallowing the costs of two UK solicitors as disproportionate but allowing the costs of the private expert Prof. Kontermann and reasonable travel expenses. |
| 2025-06-16 | ACT_14764/2025 | Hamburg LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | Hamburg Local Division granted a preliminary injunction ordering OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH to cease and desist from manufacturing, offering, placing on the market, using, exporting, or possessing in 18 UPC contracting states an electrolytic medium for electropolishing processes that infringes a patent for such a medium. The court held that validity is established on a balance of probabilities standard (more likely than not valid); the burden for invalidity lies with the defendant. The weighing of interests favoured the applicant as the defendant's product enabled new machine sales creating market opportunities lost to the applicant. The defendant's request for security for enforcement was denied as no sufficient facts (e.g. financial difficulties) were presented. Penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per non-compliance. |
| 2025-06-16 | ACT_14764/2025 | Hamburg LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hamburg Local Division (full panel: Klepsch, Schilling, Rinkinen, Goedeweeck) partially granted OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH's application for rectification (R. 353 RoP) of the provisional measures order of 16 June 2025 granted to Steros GPA Innovative S.L. concerning EP 4 249 647. The court corrected clerical mistakes (omitted letters) and certain erroneous references (water-in-oil to oil-in-water emulsion, a missing table reference, and a result table entry). However, the court rejected OTEC's request to alter the description of the 'skilled person' in the art, finding that this went beyond rectification of obvious slips. |
| 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. |