2026-06-16 - LD Paris - Orange et al. v. HMD Global et al. - UPC_CFI_301/2025

Following an online interim conference under R. 105.5 RoP, the Paris LD judge-rapporteur issued an order organising the upcoming oral hearing in the Orange v HMD SEP dispute (infringement UPC_CFI_301/2025 plus revocation counterclaim UPC_CFI_713/2025). The judge-rapporteur set the total value in dispute at €3M and noted the parties' in-principle agreement to cap recoverable costs at 75% of the applicable ceiling. Rejecting the defendant's request to argue infringement first, the court ordered that validity be addressed before infringement, reasoning that claim construction and prior-art assessment shape the scope of protection and therefore bear directly on the infringement analysis. The order also clarifies that a defendant may convert an unconditional revocation counterclaim into a conditional one at any time during the oral hearing, which constitutes a limitation of the claim under R. 263.3 RoP, and provides for a split public/non-public hearing to accommodate the confidential FRAND and exhaustion materials.