Context: Last month, the Munich I Regional Court ruled that Renault had infringed Broadcom’s EP1903733 (“Method and system for an extended range ethernet line code”), which is a standard-essential patent (SEP), and that Broadcom’s royalty demand was within the FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) range (February 6, 2026 ip fray article). It imposed a sales ban on Clio and MĂ©gane cars (made public a couple of weeks later: February 20, 2026 ip fray article), which Renault then appealed in the 6. Zivilsenat (6th Civil Senate) of the Oberlandesgericht MĂĽnchen (Munich Higher Regional Court: February 10, 2026 ip fray article). The company continues to pursue the revocation of the patent-in-suit in the Federal Patent Court as well as (through its Dacia subsidiary) in the Paris seat of the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD), which raised questions on Tuesday about a potential waste of court resources resulting from parallel proceedings in two fora.
What’s new: Surprisingly, the appeals court has pushed back to April 23, 2026 the public announcement, scheduled for this morning, of its decisions on Renault’s
- motion to stay the enforcement of the injunction pending the appellate proceedings and
- motion to increase the amount of the collateral to be provided by Broadcom for provisional (i.e., during the appeal) enforcement.
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Courts and counsel
Munich
Decision-maker at the Munich Higher Regional Court (6th Civil Senate): Presiding Judge Lars Meinhardt. The hearing list states no other judge, indicating that this will be a single-judge decision.
The decision below was made by the Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber: Presiding Judge Dr. Oliver Schoen (“Schön”), Judge Katalin TözsĂ©r, and Judge Dr. Florian Schweyer.
Broadcom is being represented by CBH’s Hannes Jacobsen and Paul Szynka.
Meanwhile, Renault is being represented by Bird & Bird’s Felix Roediger.
Additionally, two Renault suppliers are facing indemnification risks. Bosch is being represented by Bardehle Pagenberg’s (ip fray firm profile) Dr. Jan Boesing (“Bösing” in German), and Valeo by Hogan Lovells’s (ip fray firm profile) Dr. Benjamin Schroeer (“Schröer” in German).
UPC CD Paris
Panel: Presiding Judge (and here, judge-rapporteur) Marjolein Visser, Judge Prof. Maximilian Haedicke, and Technically Qualified Judge Andrea Scilletta.
In the UPC revocation action, Dacia (Renault) is being represented by Prinz & Partner’s Tim Huelsheger (“HĂĽlsheger”) and Dr. Thomas Eelbo, and Broadcom by the same CBH lawyers as in Munich.