UPC CFI, LD Mannheim, 4 April 2025: questions of law and fact reserved for main proceedings

Inadmissible preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP): the validity of the withdrawal of the opt-out does not constitute an admissible ground for a preliminary objection (Article 83 UPCA). Material ownership of the patent-in-suit is to be dealt with in the main proceedings (R. 20.2 RoP). Unfounded preliminary objection with regard to the temporal scope of jurisdiction. No doubt about the UPC’s jurisdiction regarding alleged infringing acts committed before its entry into force.

IPPT20250404, UPC CFI, LD Mannheim, Fingon v Samsung