Dyson Technology Limited v Dreame International (Hongkong) Limited and Eurep GmbH (UPC, Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_789/2025 and UPC_CoA_813/2025) – referral for a preliminary ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
By decision of 6 March 2025, the Court of Appel (CoA) stayed the appeal proceedings regarding an action for provisional measures by Dyson to the extent that they concerned Dreame International’s activities in Spain as well as Eurep’s activities in general, and – for the first time (!) – referred four questions regarding the UPC’s international jurisdiction to the CJEU. To the extent that the appeal concerned the other two Defendants in the action for provisional measures (Teqphone GmbH and Dreame Technology AB) and Dreame International’s activities within the UPC territory, the CoA issued a separate injunction order on the same day.
Referred questions
The four questions referred to the CJEU concern the interpretation of the (recast) Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (Regulation 1215/2012, also known as “Brussels Ia (Regulation”) and of the Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Directive 2004/48, also known as “Enforcement Directive”):
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