2025-11-11 - LD Düsseldorf - HP v. Andreas Rentmeister e.K. et al. - UPC_CFI_515/2025

ENGLISH: If an application for provisional measures is to be served under the Hague Convention, and the authority responsible for the service does not effect service for several months, the Court may deem the steps taken so far sufficient for proper service. This applies in any case where the applicant has credibly demonstrated that the address at which service was attempted is correct, and that attempts to contact the responsible service authority as well as attempts to inform the Defendant of the application for provisional measures outside of the Court, have failed.

Düsseldorf LD ordered good service under R. 275.2 RoP after Hague Convention service to China stalled for 5 months. R. 275.2 applies a fortiori to PI proceedings. Art. 15(2) Hague Convention six-month rule yields to effective legal protection in urgent PI context.