Simon Michels

Court of Appeal · Dusseldorf LD · Milan CD · Milan LD · Munich CD · Paris CD

Total cases

13 (5 active)

PI grant rate

Locked

Infringement rate

Locked

Median days-to-decision

Locked

Simon Michels has sat on the panel in 13 Unified Patent Court cases across six divisions, most recently UPC CoA 160/2026 at the Court of Appeal.

Track record

Metric	This judge	Court of Appeal	All UPC
Cases	13	531	2,823
Preliminary injunction grant rate	Locked	Locked	54% (38/70)
Infringement rate	Locked	Locked	53% (62/117)
Revocation rate	Locked	Locked	37% (34/91)
Median days-to-decision	Locked	Locked	124

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Recent cases

Latest filings where this judge sat on the panel.

2026-09-21UPC CoA 160/2026Court of Appeal—Beck Fastening GmbH v BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners GmbH
2026-08-10UPC CoA 135/2026Court of AppealProcedural onlyNUNA International B.V. v Cybex GmbH
2026-08-01UPC CFI 2788/2026Dusseldorf LDProcedural onlyValeo Electrification v SEG Automotive Germany GmbH
2026-07-24UPC CFI 2696/2026Dusseldorf LD—Valeo Electrification v SEG Automotive Germany GmbH
2026-05-29UPC CFI 1918/2026Milan CD—Ningbo Verykind Medical Device Co., Ltd. v Cilag GmbH International
2026-01-16UPC CoA 7/2026Court of Appeal—BAUSSMANN Collated Fasteners GmbH v Beck Fastening GmbH
2025-12-10UPC CFI 1927/2025Dusseldorf LDPI refusedOttobock SE & Co. KGaA v BrainPortfolio Inc.
2025-12-10UPC CFI 1928/2025Dusseldorf LDPI refusedOttobock SE & Co. KGaA v Wilhelm Julius Teufel GmbH
2025-12-08UPC CFI 1902/2025Milan LDProcedural onlyCardo Systems, Ltd. v Shenzhen Ziwu Chuangxin Technology Co., Ltd.
2025-10-29UPC CFI 1323/2025Paris CD—Benhil GmbH v Theegarten-Pactec GmbH & Co. KG