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Date	Case	Division	Action	Motion	Outcome	Summary
2026-01-09	UPC_CoA_257/2025	Court of Appeal	Withdrawal (RoP265)	Withdrawal	Withdrawn	The Court of Appeal permitted VMR Products LLC to withdraw its appeal against the Central Division Paris partial revocation decision (UPC_CFI_310/2023, 22 January 2025), which had partially revoked EP 3 613 453, maintaining it based on claims 6, 7 and 8 in combination with claim 1. The withdrawal followed the EPO Boards of Appeal revoking the patent in full on 11 November 2025. Court fees were reimbursed under the pre-2026 rate of 20% (action withdrawn before closure of oral procedure).
2026-01-09	UPC_CoA_237/2025	Court of Appeal	Withdrawal (RoP265)	Withdrawal	Withdrawn	The Court of Appeal permitted Juul Labs International, Inc. to withdraw its appeal against the Central Division Paris revocation decision (UPC_CFI_316/2023, 17 January 2025), which had revoked EP 3 430 921 across multiple UPC member states. The withdrawal was prompted by the EPO Boards of Appeal dismissing Juul Labs' appeal on 20 October 2025, confirming the patent's revocation by the EPO Opposition Division (decision of 10 September 2024). NJOY had no legitimate interest in the appeal being decided. Court fees were reimbursed under the pre-2026 rate.
2026-01-09	UPC_CoA_5/2025	Court of Appeal	Withdrawal (RoP265)	Withdrawal	Withdrawn	The Court of Appeal permitted Juul Labs International, Inc. to withdraw its appeal against the Central Division Paris revocation decision (UPC_CFI_309/2023, 5 November 2024), which had revoked EP 3 498 115 in multiple UPC member states. The withdrawal followed the EPO Boards of Appeal dismissing Juul Labs' appeal on 17 October 2025, confirming the EPO Opposition Division's revocation of 4 March 2024. NJOY had no legitimate interest in the appeal being decided. Court fees were reimbursed under the pre-2026 rate.
2025-12-29	UPC_CoA_71/2025	Court of Appeal	Appeal RoP220.1	motionName.appeal_decision	Revoked	The Court of Appeal dismissed VMR Products' appeal against the Central Division decision revoking EP 3 456 214 (vaporiser/e-cigarette patent). All claims, including auxiliary requests and dependent claims 12–14, were found to lack inventive step, primarily in view of prior art document Pan. The appeal raised procedural issues about the permissibility of new invalidity grounds in the Defence to the Application to Amend (R. 43.3 RoP) and the admission of new evidence. VMR Products bears NJOY's costs up to the applicable ceiling.
2025-10-09	UPC_CFI_132/2024	Mannheim LD	Infringement Action	Infringement merits	Not infringed	The Mannheim Local Division dismissed both the infringement action by Total Semiconductor LLC against Texas Instruments entities concerning EP 2 746 967 (DVFS processor) and the counterclaim for revocation, finding no infringement due to insufficiently substantiated assertions and the patent remaining valid.
2025-06-23	UPC_APP_22747/2025	Court of Appeal	Application Rop 365	Procedural	Settled	The Court of Appeal confirmed the settlement agreement between Plant-e Knowledge B.V./Plant-e B.V. and Arkyne Technologies S.L. in both the infringement appeal and the counterclaim for revocation appeal, declared the proceedings closed, and ordered reimbursement of 60% of court fees to Arkyne.
2025-05-23	UPC_APP_23301/2025	Court of Appeal	Application Rop 265	Procedural	Withdrawn	The Court of Appeal permitted NJOY Netherlands B.V. to withdraw its appeal against a Paris Central Division decision dismissing its revocation action against Juul Labs. The proceedings were declared closed and the scheduled oral hearing cancelled. NJOY's application for reimbursement of court fees was also addressed. NJOY had limited its appeal to the issue of costs allocation in the revocation proceedings.
2025-05-14	UPC_CFI_132/2024	Mannheim LD	Generic application	Procedural	Procedural only	Procedural order in infringement action by TOTAL SEMICONDUCTOR against Texas Instruments entities. Decision on Claimant's request for a further written submission under Rules 12.5 and 36 RoP in response to Defendants' rejoinder: final decision partially postponed to the oral hearing; request otherwise rejected. The court found no new arguments by Defendants requiring a response beyond what was already permitted.
2025-04-30	UPC_APP_20180/2025	Court of Appeal	Generic application	Procedural	Procedural only	Court of Appeal order staying appeal proceedings in a revocation action concerning a patent for vaping/e-cigarette technology. The patent had been revoked at first instance (Central Division Paris). Juul Labs appealed and applied for a stay pending parallel EPO opposition appeal proceedings, which were accelerated with oral proceedings scheduled for 17 October 2025. NJOY agreed to the stay. The Court of Appeal stayed proceedings under R. 295(a) RoP as the EPO proceedings could be expected to conclude relatively quickly.
2025-04-28	UPC_APP_14082/2025	Court of Appeal	Generic application	Procedural	Procedural only	The UPC Court of Appeal granted Juul Labs International's application to stay the revocation appeal proceedings pending a final decision by the EPO Boards of Appeal in parallel opposition proceedings concerning EP3430921, noting that both parties agreed to the stay and that the EPO oral proceedings were scheduled for approximately the same time as the UPC appeal hearing.
2025-04-25	UPC_APP_16612/2025	Court of Appeal	Application RoP262.1 (b)	Procedural	Procedural only	The Court of Appeal granted a member of the public (Nicoventures) immediate access to written pleadings and evidence under R. 262.1(b) RoP, subject to conditions restricting use of those documents in other proceedings until the appeal is resolved.
2025-04-25	UPC_APP_13365/2025	Court of Appeal	Application RoP262.1 (b)	Procedural	Procedural only	Court of Appeal granted Nicoventures Trading Limited's request for access to written pleadings and evidence from appeal proceedings (Rule 262.1(b) RoP) involving Juul Labs and NJOY (nicotine product patents). Access was granted subject to conditions: Nicoventures may not file the pleadings with other courts (e.g. EPO Boards of Appeal) until the UPC appeal is closed, though it may use the arguments or prior art independently. Personal data in the documents was to be redacted by the Registry. Blanket requests for future documents were held inadmissible.
2025-04-25	UPC_APP_13352/2025	Court of Appeal	Application RoP262.1 (b)	Procedural	Procedural only	The Court of Appeal granted Nicoventures Trading Limited access to specified written pleadings and evidence from the NJOY vs. VMR Products (Juul) appeal proceedings (UPC_CFI_310/2023), subject to the condition that the documents may not be filed with other courts or distributed until the appeal is concluded.
2025-01-14	UPC_APP_67325/2024	Paris CD	Application Rop 265	Procedural	Withdrawn	The Paris Central Division permitted Bentley Motors Limited to withdraw its revocation action (ACT_19132/2024) against Network Systems Technologies LLC concerning EP 1 552 399. The respondent confirmed consent to the withdrawal and no cost application was filed by either party. The proceedings were deemed closed and all prior orders of no effect.