| 2024-03-04 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Plant-e's application for a confidentiality order under R.262A RoP protecting financial information submitted with their reply to a R.158 application, with access limited to counsel only with the consent of the parties. |
| 2024-03-04 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Application RoP262A | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Plant-e's application for a confidentiality order under R.262A RoP protecting financial information submitted with their reply to a R.158 application, with access limited to counsel only with the consent of the parties. |
| 2024-02-19 | UPC_APP_6074/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a post-hearing order in Huawei v. Netgear following a separate hearing under Rule 334(d) RoP on 19 February 2024, characterising that hearing as a separate hearing and setting out procedural steps regarding the recording and a pending Rule 336 RoP interim decision application. |
| 2024-02-15 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Generic Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division decided to hear both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation jointly (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA), as both parties agreed and joint hearing was considered expedient for uniform interpretation. |
| 2024-02-14 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division established a confidentiality regime in the Panasonic v. OPPO infringement proceedings for the production of licence agreements and confidential commercial information under Rules 190/191, 262, and 262A RoP, setting out a structured multi-step process to protect trade secrets while enabling their use in the proceedings. |
| 2024-02-14 | UPC_CFI_210/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | German-language version of the Mannheim Local Division order establishing a confidentiality regime (Geheimnisschutzregime) in Panasonic v. OPPO, covering the same rules for the protection of licence agreement contents as trade secrets under Rules 190/191, 262, and 262A RoP. |
| 2024-02-12 | UPC_CFI_114/2024 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Heraeus v Vibrantz, upholding the claimant's amendment of infringement claims to include indirect infringement of a process claim without requiring court leave, granting other amendments to extend claims to Romania, and allowing substitution of parties in the revocation counterclaim. |
| 2024-02-09 | UPC_CFI_424/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order in Abbott v. Dexcom, granting Abbott's request to align the statement of defence deadlines for both Dexcom defendants so that both run from the later service date on Dexcom International Limited (20 December 2023), ensuring synchronised pleading schedules. |
| 2024-02-09 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued an order under Rule 322 RoP in the Huawei v. Netgear infringement proceedings, deciding that, although German remains the language of proceedings, the oral hearing shall be conducted in English, relying on Rules 1.1 and 14.2(c) RoP to ensure an efficient and fair hearing given the international nature of the case and the parties' agreement. |
| 2024-01-17 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Procedural Order | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order clarifying the deadline for Plant-e to file its defence to the counterclaim for revocation and setting provisional dates for the interim conference and oral hearing, while also inviting parties to comment on the application of Art. 33(3) UPCA regarding bifurcation. |
| 2024-01-03 | UPC_APP_598021/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Philips IP Ventures v. Edrich et al. (Belkin), granting Philips a one-week extension of the reply deadline in the infringement proceedings, taking into account that the written grounds of a Bundespatentgericht decision revoking the German part of the patent had only been served shortly before Christmas 2023. |
| 2024-01-03 | UPC_APP_598024/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Edrich et al. (Belkin), granting Philips a one-week extension of the reply deadline, mirroring the parallel Philips IP Ventures case and noting that the German part of EP2628233 had also been found invalid by the Bundespatentgericht. |
| 2023-12-22 | UPC_CFI_424/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division issued a final procedural order confirming that effective service of the statement of claim on Dexcom International Limited had been effected on 20 December 2023 via an Irish process server, thereby setting the deadline for Dexcom International's statement of defence at three months from that date. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division dismissed Netgear's Rule 333 RoP request to have the full panel review the judge-rapporteur's decision to deal with the preliminary objection in the main proceedings, holding that a Rule 20.2 notification cannot be appealed or subject to panel review, and that inadmissible Rule 333 requests are decided by the rapporteur alone. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division granted Huawei's application under Rule 263 RoP to amend its infringement claim to add EP 3 678 321 as an additional patent in suit alongside EP 3 611 989, having originally sued only on the latter patent; the court addressed the admissibility of claim amendment after conclusion of a limitation procedure. |
| 2023-12-11 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a provisional order under Rule 302.1 RoP considering possible severance of the newly added EP 3 678 321 claims from the main case following the grant of the claim amendment, inviting submissions from parties on whether the new patent should be heard separately. |
| 2023-12-08 | UPC_CFI_219/2023 | Mannheim LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Mannheim Local Division issued a procedural order addressing the validity of service of the statement of claim on Xiaomi entities domiciled in China and Hong Kong, with Panasonic Holdings arguing that service at Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH's address was effective for all group companies given their integrated corporate structure. |
| 2023-10-18 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The President of the Court of First Instance issued an order pursuant to Rule 323 RoP on the language of proceedings, in an infringement action by Plant-e Knowledge B.V. and Plant-e B.V. against Arkyne Technologies S.L., concerning EP 2 137 782 relating to a device for converting light energy into electrical energy. |
| 2023-10-03 | UPC_CFI_9/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order clarifying obligations to use CMS official workflows, including the Rule 262.2 workflow for confidentiality protection from third parties and the Rule 262A workflow for confidentiality between parties, in an infringement action by Huawei against Netgear. |
| 2023-09-27 | UPC_CFI_5/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order regarding service of the statement of claim on defendants in an infringement action brought by Philips IP Ventures B.V. against Belkin entities and individual defendants. |
| 2023-09-27 | UPC_CFI_62/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order concerning service of the statement of claim on defendants in an infringement action brought by Koninklijke Philips N.V. against Belkin entities and individual defendants. |
| 2023-08-03 | UPC_CFI_239/2023 | The Hague LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Hague Local Division granted Plant-e's request under R. 13(q) / R. 7.1 RoP that English-language exhibits need not be translated into Dutch, as the defendant had no apparent interest in requiring Dutch translations. |
| 2023-07-05 | UPC_CFI_62/2023 | Munich LD | Infringement Action | Procedural | Procedural only | The Munich Local Division issued a brief procedural order requiring the claimant to carry out a deficiency correction in the proceedings, equivalent to that already done in a related case. |