Cases
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| Date | Case | Division | Action | Motion | Outcome | Summary |
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| 2025-09-30 | UPC_CFI_320/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Procedural | Withdrawn | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded Samsung's withdrawal of their counterclaim for revocation and application for cost decision following the court's 30 July 2025 decision dismissing the Headwater infringement action and revoking EP 3 110 069, with each party to bear own costs. |
| 2025-09-29 | UPC_CFI_496/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Procedural | Withdrawn | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded Headwater Research LLC's withdrawal of its infringement action against Samsung Electronics entities concerning EP 3 110 072, with 60% of court fees reimbursed as the withdrawal occurred before closure of the written procedure. |
| 2025-09-26 | UPC_CFI_315/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order under R. 108 RoP in the infringement action by Labrador Diagnostics LLC against bioMérieux entities concerning EP 3 756 767 B1 (diagnostic testing apparatus). |
| 2025-09-26 | UPC_CFI_26/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Withdrawal (RoP265) | Withdrawal | Withdrawn | The Düsseldorf Local Division recorded the withdrawal by Headwater Research LLC of its infringement action (EP 3 110 069) against Samsung Electronics entities after the court had issued a decision on 30 July 2025 dismissing the infringement action and revoking the patent; both parties to bear own costs. |
| 2025-09-25 | UPC_CFI_897/2025 | The Hague LD | Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued an ex parte order for preservation of evidence (physical seizure of the SD-14010 seed counting machine) at the Seed meets Technology 2025 trade fair against Turkish company Esde Makine, regarding alleged infringement of Data Detection Technologies' EP 2 569 713. |
| 2025-09-25 | UPC_CFI_323/2025 | Paris CD | Application Rop 365 | Procedural | Settled | The Central Division Paris (presiding judge Bessaud) homologated the settlement agreement between Scantrust SA and Advanced Track and Trace (ATT) in the revocation action concerning EP 2 364 485 (geometric code authentication method), recording the settlement as an enforceable court decision pursuant to R. 365 RoP. |
| 2025-09-25 | UPC_CFI_323/2025 | Paris CD | Generic Order | motionName.substantive_other | Settled | Duplicate of the Central Division Paris decision homologating the settlement between Scantrust and ATT in the EP 2 364 485 revocation proceedings (R. 365 RoP). |
| 2025-09-24 | UPC_CoA_887/2025 | Court of Appeal | Appeal RoP220.1 | motionName.appeal_decision | Procedural only | Court of Appeal (Judge-Rapporteur) granted Appellants' request for a two-week extension of the time limit for lodging their Statement of Grounds of Appeal, from 26 September 2025 to 10 October 2025, citing the exceptional circumstance that both lead attorney and lead patent attorney were unavailable due to professional constraints including an EPO oral hearing. |
| 2025-09-23 | UPC_CoA_755/2025 | Court of Appeal | Application Rop313 | Procedural | Procedural only | The Court of Appeal (Panel 1a: Grabinski, Gougé, Blok) admitted Apple Inc. as an intervener in the appeal proceedings (UPC_CoA_755/2025 and UPC_CoA_757/2025) brought by Sun Patent Trust against VIVO concerning confidentiality protection orders under R. 262A RoP for EP 3 407 524 and EP 3 852 468. Apple was admitted because it is a party to the confidential licence agreements that VIVO's employees would have access to under the impugned orders, giving Apple a sufficient interest to intervene in support of Sun Patent Trust. Apple was given 15 days to file a Statement in intervention. |
| 2025-09-23 | UPC_APP_33679/2025 | Court of Appeal | Application Rop313 | Procedural | Procedural only | Court of Appeal admitted Apple Inc.'s applications to intervene in the appeal proceedings (Ericsson v. ASUS) concerning confidentiality orders relating to licensing agreements between Ericsson and Apple. The CoA held that Apple has a direct and present legal interest in the result of the proceedings under R.313.1 RoP, as the confidential information at issue concerns Apple–Ericsson agreements. Apple was granted 15 days to file a Statement in intervention and will be permitted to participate in the oral hearing. |
| 2025-09-23 | UPC_CFI_342/2025 | Milan LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Milan Local Division issued an order on the confidentiality of documents seized during evidence preservation proceedings, setting a temporary confidentiality regime and inviting the parties to submit observations on 3V Sigma's access to the unredacted confidential documentation. |
| 2025-09-22 | UPC_CFI_885/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted OTEC Präzisionsfinish GmbH an ex parte inspection and evidence preservation order against STEROS GPA INNOVATIVE S.L. at the Hannover Messe trade fair, concerning EP 2 983 864 B1 (surface finishing technology). |
| 2025-09-18 | UPC_APP_36449/2025 | Munich LD | Generic Order | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The President of the Court of First Instance issued an order on OPPO's application to change the language of proceedings from German to English in the infringement action brought by Crystal Clear Codec against OPPO entities based on EP 2 622 601 (video codec). |
| 2025-09-18 | ORD_29532/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Düsseldorf Local Division (18 September 2025) stayed the proceedings against TP-Link Corporation PTE. LTD. (defendant 1) by consent of the parties pending the outcome of EPO opposition appeal proceedings (R. 295(a) RoP), extending a prior stay already in place against defendants 2–4. |
| 2025-09-17 | UPC_APP_36817/2025 | The Hague LD | Notice of intention to enforce (RoP118.8) | Enforcement | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a final procedural order authorising enforcement of a prior provisional measures order in favour of Washtower IP B.V. against multiple defendants concerning EP3522755, including injunctions, information disclosure, penalty payments, and costs, following receipt of the required security deposits. |
| 2025-09-17 | ORD_28535/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural order from the Düsseldorf Local Division (UPC_CFI_297/2025 and UPC_CFI_651/2025) in InterDigital's infringement action against multiple Disney entities concerning EP 2 080 349. The order addressed a procedural matter in the ongoing infringement proceedings. |
| 2025-09-17 | UPC_APP_36985/2025 | Paris LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Paris Local Division order (judge-rapporteur Lignières, full panel) in provisional measures proceedings by Merz Therapeutics GmbH and related Merz entities against Viatris Santé concerning EP 2 377 536 (botulinum toxin / SPC FR13C0033). The order addresses Merz's procedural application (R. 9 RoP) to limit or restructure Viatris' 473-page objection, or alternatively to set a page limit for subsequent submissions. No substantive ruling on the provisional measures application. |
| 2025-09-17 | UPC_CFI_479/2025 | The Hague LD | Application for provisional measures | Preliminary injunction | PI granted | The Hague Local Division granted provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against Defendants 2-5 (IBBH, BEGA Consult, BEGA BBK, NEG Novex) for infringement of EP 3 522 755 B1 (washing machine cabinet). The claim against Defendant 1 (Wasombouw) was settled. Injunctions ordered against specific infringing products (Laundreezy and Respekta Clara cabinets), with costs of EUR 56,000 plus court fees awarded against the defendants jointly. |
| 2025-09-17 | UPC_CFI_99/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | — | Costs only | Order from the Düsseldorf Local Division dated 17 September 2025 concerning reimbursement of court fees under R. 370.9 and R. 370.11 RoP. The infringement action (filed March 2024 by Ona Patents SL against Apple entities) and subsequently a counterclaim for revocation (filed August 2025 by Apple) were pending when the order was issued. The order deals specifically with court fee reimbursement procedural matters; no substantive ruling on infringement or validity was made. |
| 2025-09-16 | UPC_APP_33294/2025 | Mannheim LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued a document-production order under R. 190 RoP directing Huawei to produce certain licence agreements that it had cited in its pleadings, while allowing redaction of parts not relied upon, and denying disclosure of two further licence agreements covering network-infrastructure products deemed not comparable. |
| 2025-09-16 | UPC_CoA_796/2025 | Court of Appeal | Action against the decision of the EPO (RoP97) | motionName.appeal_epo | Dismissed | Court of Appeal dismissed Bodycap's appeal against the EPO's decision to reject the request for unitary effect. The CoA held that the application to annul the EPO's decision was groundless: the one-month period to correct deficiencies in a request for unitary effect (R.7(3) UPR) is non-extendable and expressly excluded from re-establishment of rights under R.22(6) UPR. Furthermore, interlocutory revision by the EPO (R.91 RoP) was excluded because the action under R.97 RoP constitutes an expedited action falling under the exception in R.85(2) RoP. |
| 2025-09-16 | UPC_CoA_796/2025 | Court of Appeal | Action against the decision of the EPO (RoP97) | motionName.appeal_epo | Dismissed | French-language signed version of the Court of Appeal's decision in Bodycap v. EPO. Identical in substance to the English version: Bodycap's appeal was dismissed as groundless. The EPO's rejection of the unitary effect request was upheld because the one-month correction period is non-extendable and re-establishment of rights is excluded by R.22(6) UPR. |
| 2025-09-15 | UPC_APP_36556/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division denied Dolby International AB's application for court-ordered simultaneous interpretation (German to English) for the oral hearing, holding that a foreign claimant who chose German as the language of proceedings cannot compel the court to provide interpretation at court expense; Dolby could arrange its own interpretation under R. 109.2 RoP. |
| 2025-09-15 | UPC_APP_20197/2025 | Mannheim LD | Application Rop 333 | Procedural | Procedural only | Order of the Mannheim Local Division on a review (Rule 333 RoP) of a judge-rapporteur order requiring Total Semiconductor, LLC to provide security for costs under Rule 158 RoP in an infringement action against Texas Instruments. The full panel reviewed whether the security order was justified, considering the claimant's status as a recently incorporated US-based special purpose entity funded by third-party investors with no operative business. |
| 2025-09-15 | ACT_16116/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Procedural scheduling order by Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_145-148/2024, 15 September 2025) summoning party experts to oral hearing on 14-17 October 2025 in four consolidated infringement proceedings by Sanofi entities against Accord Healthcare, STADA, Reddy Pharma/betapharm and Zentiva groups concerning EP 2 493 466. |
| 2025-09-15 | ACT_16120/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division order (judge-rapporteur Zigann) following the second interim conference in consolidated infringement proceedings by Sanofi entities against Zentiva, STADA, Dr. Reddy's and Accord Healthcare groups concerning EP 2 493 466 (insulin glargine). The order confirms the oral hearing dates (14-17 October 2025), orders all four counterclaims to be heard together with separate handling of each infringement action, and gives organisational directions for the hearing. |
| 2025-09-15 | ACT_16112/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a post-interim-conference procedural order in consolidated infringement actions by Sanofi (and successor entities) against multiple generic companies (Accord, STADA, Dr Reddy's, Zentiva) relating to EP 2 493 466 (UPC_CFI_145–503/2024 group). The order confirmed oral hearing dates (14–17 October 2025) and directed that the four counterclaims for revocation be heard together while each infringement action is heard separately. |
| 2025-09-15 | UPC_CFI_374/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Sanofi's infringement action relating to multiple sets of generic pharmaceutical defendants (Accord, STADA, Dr Reddy's, Zentiva) concerning EP 2 493 466. The order addressed case management scheduling matters across four related infringement actions. |
| 2025-09-12 | CC_65106/2024 | Mannheim LD | Counterclaim for revocation | Revocation merits | Infringed | Decision of the Mannheim Local Division finding infringement of EP 2 223 589 by Windhager GmbH (defendant 1) in Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, ordering an injunction, recall, removal from distribution channels, destruction of infringing products, information disclosure, and a declaration of damages liability. The revocation counterclaim was dismissed. Defendants bear costs. The decision establishes that supplying or offering all components of a patented product designed to be assembled without additional items at the point of use constitutes direct infringement under Art. 25(a) UPCA, and that selling even a single component of such a product when assembly is indicated also constitutes direct infringement. |
| 2025-09-12 | UPC_APP_35497/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division (full panel) issued a procedural order in the infringement action (with counterclaim for revocation) between TRUMPF and IPG Laser concerning EP 2 624 031. The order addressed the admissibility of new auxiliary requests filed by the claimant under R. 30.2 RoP as part of the application to amend the patent. |
| 2025-09-12 | UPC_APP_34682/2025 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | Order of the President of the Court of First Instance (UPC_CFI_481/2025) granting HMD Global Oy's application to change the language of the proceedings from German to English (the language of patent grant) under Art. 49(5) UPCA and R. 323 RoP. Huawei had filed an infringement action in German; HMD argued for English as the patent language. The President ruled that in cases of equal balance of interests, the defendant's position prevails as they did not initiate the proceedings. |
| 2025-09-12 | UPC_APP_36247/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | Procedural | Settled | Decision of Düsseldorf Local Division granting Eyesmatch Ltd.'s application to withdraw its infringement action (EP 2 936 439) against Microsoft Corp. and Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd. prior to closure of the written procedure. The parties settled the dispute out of court, each bearing their own legal costs. The court granted 60% reimbursement of court fees under R. 370.9(b) RoP (withdrawal before closure of the written procedure). |
| 2025-09-12 | UPC_APP_35917/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in infringement proceedings (with counterclaim for revocation and patent amendment application) concerning EP 2 624 031 B1. The order addressed TRUMPF's submissions, partly allowing and partly disregarding them under Rule 9.2 RoP: sections on claim interpretation and patent validity were allowed as part of the rejoinder to the revocation counterclaim; however, submissions on claim abandonment were excluded as outside the permitted written exchange. The claimant's request for leave to file additional briefs on claim abandonment under Rule 36 RoP was rejected. |
| 2025-09-11 | UPC_APP_33378/2025 | Mannheim LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued a provisional order classifying certain technical information in MediaTek's defence pleading as confidential under Rule 262A RoP, restricting access to designated persons including named in-house counsel of the claimant. |
| 2025-09-11 | UPC_APP_36707/2025 | The Hague LD | Hearing | Procedural | PI granted | The Hague Local Division granted Washtower's application for provisional measures against defendants 2–5 (IBBH, BEGA Consult, BEGA BBK and NEG Novex), handing down injunctions against the making, offering and marketing of Laundreezy and Respekta Clara washing machine cabinets that infringe EP 3 522 755 B1, together with information and recall orders and an interim costs award of €56,000; the application against defendant 1 (Wasombouw) was withdrawn after settlement. |
| 2025-09-11 | UPC_APP_35855/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | Procedural | Costs only | Order of the Düsseldorf Local Division (full panel) on Ona Patents SL's applications for reimbursement of court fees and release of security for costs following withdrawal of the infringement action against Apple Inc. and related entities. The parties agreed to cover their own costs. The court ordered reimbursement of 40% of court fees (EUR 20,000) under Rule 370.9(b)(ii) RoP, treating the case as equivalent to withdrawal in the interim procedure given the depth of the judge-rapporteur's involvement (an August 2025 order requesting extensive documentation comparable to a Rule 103 order). The security provided by Ona Patents was released under Rule 352.2 RoP. |
| 2025-09-10 | UPC_APP_35230/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division issued an additional R. 262A RoP confidentiality order in the Ona Patents v Google infringement proceedings concerning EP 2 263 098 B1 (Wi-Fi positioning), governing access to confidential information. |
| 2025-09-09 | UPC_APP_33377/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 265 | Procedural | Settled | The Milan Local Division allowed mutual withdrawal of all claims in the Oerlikon Textile v. Himson Engineering infringement action (UPC_CFI_240/2023) following a settlement reached by both parties, with costs fully offset. |
| 2025-09-09 | UPC_APP_35230/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | Final procedural order (R. 262A RoP) in Ona Patents v Google Commerce/Google Ireland infringement proceedings at Düsseldorf Local Division granting a confidentiality order protecting certain confidential information of the defendants. |
| 2025-09-09 | UPC_APP_35786/2025 | Munich LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | Munich Local Division procedural order in infringement proceedings concerning a patent for robot vacuum cleaners (EP 3 494 446) brought by Papst Licensing against Ecovacs entities. ECOVACS Europe GmbH (defendant 2) requested an extension of deadlines for preliminary objection (to 26 September 2025) and for statement of defence/revocation counterclaim (to 26 November 2025), on the condition that it would also accept service and act as representative for the other Ecovacs defendants not yet separately represented. This would create uniform deadline arrangements for all defendants. |
| 2025-09-08 | UPC_APP_36126/2025 | Munich CD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Central Division (Section Munich) judge-rapporteur refused the claimant's application for a two-week extension of the deadline to reply to the defence to revocation, finding that the claimant had not demonstrated sufficient diligence in commencing technical testing. |
| 2025-09-08 | UPC_APP_34320/2025 | Hamburg LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | President of the Court of First Instance granted HMD Global Oy's application to change the language of proceedings from German to English in infringement proceedings brought by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at the Hamburg Local Division concerning EP 2 609 590. The change was granted under Art. 49(5) UPCA on grounds of fairness: English is the dominant language in audio processing technology, HMD is a Finnish company that would face disproportionate burden litigating in German, and the Claimant as a German research institute regularly uses English. No special translation/interpretation arrangements were required. |
| 2025-09-08 | UPC_APP_35761/2025 | Paris CD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Paris Central Division granted Microsoft Corporation's application for confidential treatment (R. 262A RoP) of an exhibit containing invoices from its law firm, including details of hours spent and fees agreed, filed in the cost decision proceedings against Suinno (ACT_34440/2025 / UPC_CFI_724/2025, EP 2 671 173). The Court held that fee invoices and billing details qualify as confidential information under R. 262A because they reveal the client's financial standing, patent asset valuation strategy, and are covered by attorney-client privilege under R. 287 RoP. |
| 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. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_APP_34668/2025 | Mannheim LD | Generic application | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division denied Keysight Technologies' application to stay infringement proceedings pending EPO opposition proceedings against EP 3 821 580, finding that a non-binding preliminary EPO opinion and the advanced state of UPC proceedings did not justify a stay. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_APP_34566/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | The President of the Court of First Instance granted Renault entities' application to change the language of proceedings from German to English (the patent grant language) under Art. 49(5) UPCA and Rule 323 RoP in Avago's infringement action based on EP 3 651 429. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_APP_34568/2025 | Hamburg LD | Generic application | motionName.jurisdictional | Procedural only | President of the Court of First Instance granted application by Renault entities (Renault Retail Group Deutschland GmbH, Renault Deutschland AG, Renault Nederland N.V., Renault S.A.S., Dacia S.A.) to change the language of proceedings from German to English in infringement action by Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited at Hamburg Local Division concerning EP 3 720 095. Claimant (Avago/Singaporean company) did not object. The court referenced its earlier order of 3 July 2025 (APP_28457/2025) in parallel proceedings involving the same parties for the same reasons. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_CFI_202/2025 | Milan LD | Application Rop 365 | — | Settled | Milan Local Division confirmed the settlement agreement between Edwards Lifesciences and the respondents (Sintec and Value Med) in provisional measures proceedings concerning EP 3 646 825. The Court confirmed the settlement under Art. 79 UPCA and R.365 RoP, making it enforceable as a final decision. The request for reimbursement of 60% of court fees was dismissed. |
| 2025-09-05 | UPC_CFI_99/2024 | Dusseldorf LD | Application Rop 265 | — | Withdrawn | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Ona Patents SL leave to withdraw its patent infringement action against Apple entities concerning EP 2 263 098 B1. Simultaneously, the defendants withdrew their counterclaim for revocation. The parties agreed that each side bears its own costs, and no cost decision was issued. The proceedings were declared closed. |
| 2025-09-04 | ACT_35974/2025 | Dusseldorf LD | Application for an Order for inspection pursuant to RoP199 | Evidence | Procedural only | The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Ecovacs Robotics an ex parte inspection and evidence preservation order against Roborock (HK) Limited at the IFA 2025 trade fair in Berlin, concerning EP 3 808 512 B1 (robot vacuum cleaner). |