• LD The Hague, September 11, 2025, Order on provisional measures based on equivalence, UPC_CFI_479/2025

    Infringement by equivalent embodiment likely: The challenged embodiments comprised an L-shaped strip that was made of plastic, not of metal. The patent claimed an “L-shaped metal strip”. The Court applied the test for equivalence adpoted in Plant-e v. Arkyne (LD The Hague of 22 November 2024, UPC_CFI_239/2023). It found equivalent infringement more likely than not.…

  • LD Mannheim, September 12, 2025, Decision, UPC_CFI_338/2024

    Direct infringement when supplying set of components: If the patent-protected product is specifically designed to easily assemble its components at the place of use without the addition of further items, the mere offering or supplying of all components already constitutes a direct patent infringement within the meaning of Art. 25(a) UPCA. Direct infringement when supplying…

  • CoA Luxemburg, April 18, 2025, application for suspensive effect, UPC_CoA_166/2025

    Suspensive effect of an appeal must only be ordered in exceptional circumstances: The application for suspensive effect is admissible but must be dismissed as unfounded. A order on suspensive effect may be considered, for instance, if the appealed order or decision is manifestly erroneous, or if the appeal becomes devoid of purpose in the absence…

  • LD Paris, April 24, 2025, infringement judgment, UPC_CFI_440/2023

    Infringement & Injunction: The defendant’s actions infringed the patent, leading to a permanent injunction under Article 63 UPCA. Specifically, the court found that the defendant’s LED chips infringed claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 18 of the patent, justifying the injunction. Corrective Measures: The defendant must recall/destroy infringing products, with…

  • CD Munich, April 18, 2025, Generic Order, UPC_CFI_526/2024

    Reasonable number of auxiliary requests: To ascertain what constitutes a reasonable number of auxiliary requests, several factors are to be considered: the complexity of the technology involved, the number of prior art documents, the individual validity attacks and the presentation and structure of the auxiliary requests. It is not relevant whether there are multiple proceedings…