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UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, May 27, 2026, order on confidentiality, UPC_CFI_779/2024

Confidentiality concerns must be raised during main proceedings if the need for protection is…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, May 27, 2026, decision in the infringement action and counterclaim for revocation, UPC_CFI_807/2024, UPC_CFI_334/2025

The four-step equivalence test applied by LD The Hague forms a coherent whole suitable for examining…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 22, 2026, order concerning an application pursuant to R. 262A RoP, UPC_CoA_61/2026

Signing and lodging documents pursuant to R. 4.1 RoP: The procedural document itself must bear an…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 27, 2026, infringement action, counterclaim, UPC_CoA_622/2025

Further substantiation of already conclusive first-instance submissions is not “new” on appeal: The…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 26, 2026, order to produce evidence, UPC_CoA_76/2026

Irreversible foreign regulatory consequences can justify suspensive effect: The defendants argued…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 26, 2026, security for costs, UPC_CoA_74/2026

discretionary review requires the impugned order to be manifestly erroneous : The claimant presented…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Hamburg, May 20, 2026, order on penalty payments, UPC_CFI_553/2025

An obligation to refrain from an act also requires a permanent compliance with effective…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD The Hague, May 19, 2026, order on preliminary objection, UPC_CFI-2228/2025, UPC_CFI-1546/2026

Assuming jurisdiction under Art. 8(1) Brussels I Regulation requires a sufficient connection between…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 22, 2026, judgement by default, UPC_CoA_21/2026

For the purposes of R. 355.2 RoP the appellant is regarded as the claimant in the appeal…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 15, 2026, order on request for use of English at oral hearing, UPC-CoA-50/2026

The Court of Appeal may authorize oral hearings in a language other than the language of…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Luxembourg Court of Appeal
CoA, May 19, 2026, order on request for a discretionary review, UPC-CoA-67/2026

Requirements for discretionary review pursuant to R. 220.3 RoP: When deciding whether to allow a…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, May 12, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1747/2025

The applicant bears the burden of proof for infringement in provisional measures and must…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, 11 May 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1034/2025 & UPC_CFI_931/2026

Confidentiality orders are not limited to trade secrets, they cover any information requiring…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Milan, May 5, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_727/2024

Prosecution file statements before the EPO, while not binding, may guide claim interpretation as…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Düsseldorf, May 6, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_1536/2026

Ex parte inspection at trade fairs justified where concrete risk of evidence destruction exists…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD The Hague, May 11, 2026, Order, UPC-CFI_478/2025, UPC_CFI_585/2026

Under R. 190 RoP and Art. 59(1) UPCA, evidence production orders require four cumulative conditions:…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD The Hague, May 4, 2026, Order, UPC_CFI_2028/2025, UPC_CFI_2031/2025

A review under R.197.3 RoP only benefits the party that files it; co-defendants who do not seek…

UPC Decision
UPC Decision on
Local Division
LD Brussels, May 7, 2026, Cost Decision, UPC_CFI_2265/2025

Waiver of rights requires an explicit statement – prior admissions in first instance proceedings do…