Category: Germany
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UPC infringement filings reach 2026 high of 40 in October, German divisions’ monthly share falls to 67.5%
The UPC also logged 11 new stand-alone revocation actions, five provisional measures applications, and 69 first-instance cases overall in October 2026, while The Hague had its busiest month of the year.
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Munich appeals court overturns coercive detention order against Polytech in Silimed dispute: injunction did not clearly cover nullity action
The Munich Higher Regional Court has overturned a detention order against a Polytech managing director, finding the injunction did not clearly cover the nullity action that blocked Silimed’s planned UPC enforcement.
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UPC Dusseldorf grants Dai Nippon Printing injunction against Zapp over OLED mask foil patent, rejects prior public use defense
The Dusseldorf LD has found that Zapp’s SuperClean Invar 36 foils infringe a Dai Nippon Printing patent and held that Zapp’s lab tests could not prove its prior public use defense.
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DAZN hit with parallel HEVC patent suits in Munich I Regional Court, UPC
Velos Media has filed a German infringement action against sports streamer DAZN over an HEVC encoding patent, on the same day it also brought a separate UPC suit in Munich.
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SK Nexilis copper-foil patent dispute highlights U.S.-UPC divide over claim construction
UPC Mannheim rejected SK Nexilis’s copper foil claim on a literal reading, even as a Texas jury found infringement and awarded $3.3 million. The split shows how claim construction diverges.
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3D pen maker wins two more PIs against Chinese, Singapore rivals in MunichÂ
The Munich I Regional Court has confirmed two preliminary injunctions it had granted 3D pen manufacturer WobbleWorks in its long-running patent infringement disputes with rivals myFirst Tech Asia and Kretrum.
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Skechers fends off most infringement claims but can’t escape UPC Munich injunction over one of four accused shoe models
A mixed ruling leaves Skechers with three successful non-infringement defenses, while Kizik’s patent-holding affiliate secures an injunction and a damages liability finding.
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UPC DĂĽsseldorf rejects two infringement suits, clarifies procedural and equivalence standards
Two UPC Düsseldorf rulings dismissing infringement claims brought by German coffee system supplier CUP&CINO against Austrian coffee machine manufacturer ALPINA clarify procedural requirements for auxiliary requests and reinforce growing judicial alignment on the Hague Local Division’s equivalence test.
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Munich’s economic approach to FRAND faces questions over practical application
Munich’s new FRAND Guidelines prompted questions about the reliability of economic benchmarks and their practical application, as industry representatives and litigators examined their implications for SEP disputes during an OxFirst webinar.
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SAP concedes Celonis’s Munich injunction could impact customers, but seeks to emphasize limited scope
Enterprise software giant SAP downplays impact of Celonis’s Munich patent injunction, but will need help from the appeals court to shield its customers from impact.