The plaintiff applied for a preliminary injunction approximately 4 months after the patent was granted. The plaintiff had known about the defendant's infringing products for some time, partly due to a parallel US…
Read more →Following the dismissal of the application for a preliminary injunction, the Brussels Local Division ordered the plaintiff to pay EUR 112,000 to the defendant as reimbursement of costs. A provisional costs award can…
Read more →The plaintiff filed two actions in April 2025 against the defendant for patent infringement in the field of 4G+ technologies and simultaneously applied for the protection of confidential information, in particular…
Read more →May 7, 2026
The applicant requests an order for an inspection and preservation of evidence at the respondent’s exhibition booth during the EMO Hannover 2025 trade fair. Based on brochures, videos, technical drawings, and an expert…
Read more →The appellant filed a new piece of evidence in the appeal proceedings as "highly confidential" (HC). The appellant requested confidential treatment from the public pursuant to R. 262.2 RoP, but did not file an…
Read more →According to Art 68(1) UPCA, the Court shall, on the request of the infringed party, order the infringer who knowingly, or with reasonable grounds to know, engaged in an infringing activity, to pay the injured party…
Read more →The applicant has applied for provisional measures. The respondent has filed a 470-page response. The court considers this disproportionate for provisional measures proceedings and orders the respondent to submit a…
Read more →Apr 29, 2026
The plaintiff and the defendant are internationally operating companies that operate worldwide and are therefore in a comparable situation with regard to their respective logistical and financial resources for…
Read more →Apr 16, 2026
Following the submission of the defendant’s reply, the plaintiff files a further brief containing a new subsidiary claim. The plaintiff justifies its additional subsidiary claims only in general terms, arguing that the…
Read more →Apr 16, 2026
In response to a request to protect confidential information, the defendant requested that the court permit the disclosure of confidential information in parallel proceedings between the same parties before the Munich I…
Read more →The patent in suit protects an enclosure for flower beds and lawns consisting of at least two sheet metal strips that can be connected to one another at their ends, which are folded over at least along their upper…
Read more →The patent in suit protects a piece of furniture designed to accommodate washing machines, in which a retaining element for a support panel is provided, consisting of an L-shaped metal strip. In the pieces of furniture…
Read more →The patent protects a glazing system comprising two aluminum profiles that create a secure space for holding the glass panel in place. The profiles feature a self-locking mechanism, wherein a grooved rubber beading…
Read more →The defendants’ representatives request that the deadline for lodging the Statement of grounds of appeal be extended by two weeks, as the patent attorney handling the case is unable to devote the necessary time and…
Read more →Mar 27, 2026
The plaintiff requests that the unredacted complaint and certain confidential exhibits be made available only to the defendant’s counsel. The trial court grants the request for confidentiality in part; in addition to…
Read more →Rule 91 RoP, which provides for an interlocutory revision by the EPO, does not apply to an expedited action against an EPO decision concerning an application to annul a decision rejecting a request for unitary effect.…
Read more →Mar 20, 2026
Following the oral hearing before the trial court, the plaintiff filed a request together with a written statement in which she summarized once again the main arguments she had presented at the hearing in response to…
Read more →In the absence of any consent by the Court to hear witnesses or experts at an oral hearing in a language other than the language of the proceedings, and absent any interpretation need for the judges, a request for…
Read more →Mar 13, 2026
A need for interpretation of EU law in the context of application of the UPCA and/or the RoP can arise when, for instance, a provision of the UPCA or the RoP implements or relates to a directive, a regulation, or to an…
Read more →Where the grounds for the decision are not yet available, the assumption of a manifest error in the contested decision may, as a rule, only be made if the existence of an obvious error can be established without…
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