2026-04-02 - LD The Hague - Dolby v. Acer et al. - UPC-CFI-0001536/2025

Was ist diese UPC-Entscheidung?

Zusammenfassung: The judge-rapporteur of The Hague Local Division issued a preliminary order setting out his intended summary of the case management hearing held on 23 February 2026 in a standard-related infringement action, giving the parties two days to comment. The hearing was conducted online and behind closed doors because confidential information was discussed, and a final part was also confidential vis-à-vis the patent pool administrator, whose redaction was to be handled by the firm acting for both the claimant and the administrator. The judge-rapporteur urged the parties to continue licence negotiations and offered a preliminary opinion on sticky points. The claimant reported that its earlier UPC cases concerned video codecs, that a parallel Düsseldorf case on the same standard might serve as a FRAND benchmark, and that the patent in suit is not subject to a FRAND declaration although it belongs to the pool, which it said affects the applicability of the Huawei v ZTE framework. The defendants are considering a rate-setting counterclaim against the pool administrator and applied on 3 February 2026 to add it as a party; the administrator accepts intervener status but disputes that R. 305 RoP allows it to be made a party against whom a counterclaim can be brought, and that dispute was left to the submission due on 9 March 2026. The operative part orders only that the case proceed under the Rules of Procedure and that the claimant file that submission.

Quelle und Fundstellen

Quelle: UPC Website

Aktenzeichen: UPC-CFI-0001536/2025