Cases
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| Date | Case | Division | Action | Motion | Outcome | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-13 | UPC_CFI_298/2023 | Munich LD | Application Rop 333 | — | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a revised order modifying a previous case management order (of 14 October 2024) to require claimant Harvard College to submit its auxiliary requests (in the application to amend the patent) within 20 days after the decision of the EPO Opposition Division, rather than at a fixed date, in light of a pending EPO opposition with oral proceedings scheduled. |
| 2025-01-03 | UPC_APP_61570/2024 | Munich CD | Application RoP262.1 (b) | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Central Division granted Berggren Oy's application under Rule 262.1(b) RoP for access to all written pleadings and evidence filed in the NanoString v. Harvard revocation action, given Berggren's professional interest as a UPC representative firm. |
| 2023-12-05 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division imposed a penalty payment of EUR 100,000 on NanoString Technologies entities for non-compliance with a preliminary injunction under Article 62 UPCA, clarifying that no separate enforcement order is required under Article 82(4) UPCA and that national enforcement law requirements do not apply. |
| 2023-10-30 | UPC_CFI_252/2023 | Munich CD | Revocation Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Central Division ordered Harvard College (claimant/defendant in revocation action) to provide security for legal costs under Article 69(4) UPCA and Rule 158 RoP, finding legitimate concern about enforcement of a potential cost order against NanoString Technologies Europe (a UK-based entity) in light of a preliminary injunction already imposed. |
| 2023-10-04 | UPC_CFI_252/2023 | Munich CD | Revocation Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Central Division ordered that a preliminary objection based on Articles 29 and 30 Brussels Ibis Regulation (lis pendens / related actions) be dealt with in the main proceedings rather than separately, for reasons of procedural economy and efficiency under Rule 20.2 RoP. |
| 2023-09-19 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Munich Local Division granted provisional measures to 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College against NanoString Technologies (EP 4 108 782 — spatial genomics), prohibiting NanoString from offering, selling or delivering MERSCOPE decoder probes, with penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per violation; the amount in dispute was set at EUR 7 million. |
| 2023-09-19 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | This is the German-language version of the same Munich Local Division provisional measures decision of 19 September 2023 (EP 4 108 782), granting provisional measures to 10x Genomics/Harvard College against NanoString Technologies with substantially identical operative provisions. |
| 2023-07-10 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division granted a deadline extension in the 10x Genomics/Harvard v. NanoString preliminary injunction proceedings following a request by the respondent side. |
| 2023-07-06 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order under Rule 7.1 RoP determining that translations of English-language exhibits were not required in the 10x Genomics/Harvard v. NanoString preliminary injunction proceedings. |
| 2023-06-30 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a supplementary procedural order correcting an earlier scheduling order to require that the defence include the arguments from the protective brief (Schutzschrift) in German, the language of proceedings. |
| 2023-06-23 | UPC_CFI_2/2023 | Munich LD | Application for provisional measures | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a scheduling and briefing order for the oral hearing in 10x Genomics and Harvard's preliminary injunction application against NanoString Technologies. |