2026-05-26 - LD Lisbon - Transsion v. Ericsson - UPC-CFI-0000850/2026
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC-CFI-0000850/2026
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Lisbon (PT) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- - Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co. Ltd. v. - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Ericsson Holding International B.V. - Ericsson Telecommunicatie B.V. - Ericsson Telecommunicações Lda
Kernaussage: The Lisbon Local Division ordered Transsion — a claimant registered in China with no presence in any Contracting Member State — to provide EUR 100,000 security for costs under Art.
2026-05-26 - LD Lisbon - Transsion
v.
Ericsson - UPC-CFI-0000850/2026
notable
The Lisbon Local Division ordered Transsion — a claimant registered in China with no presence in any Contracting Member State — to provide EUR 100,000 security for costs under Art. 69(4) UPCA and R. 158 RoP. Following the Court of Appeal in JingAo v Chint (UPC_CoA_431/2025), it held that the absence of any multilateral EU–China instrument for recognising civil judgments, together with the UPC's documented difficulties serving documents in China, makes enforcement of a future costs order 'unduly burdensome' — the defendant need not show enforcement is impossible. Exercising its discretion under the Suinno Mobile v Microsoft framework (UPC_CoA_596/2024), the Court anchored security at 50% of the applicable recoverable-costs ceiling on the present case value (EUR 1.5M), rejecting Ericsson's request for EUR 300,000 because it rested on a revocation counterclaim Ericsson merely intended to file. Non-provision within 21 days exposes Transsion to a default judgment (R. 355, R. 158.4 RoP); the costs of the application were deferred to the decision on the merits.