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UPC – updated version of the Case load of the Court

04 Feb 2025

The UPC just issued an updated version of the Case load of the Court

🏛️Court of First Instance

Since the start of operations on 1 June 2023, the Court has received a total of 700 cases.

⚖️ Infringement actions and counterclaims

– 251 infringement actions are filed as follows:

Local Divisions:

Munich 82
Düsseldorf 55
Mannheim 34
Hamburg 21
Paris 14
The Hague 14
Milan 13
Nordic Baltic regional division 7
Copenhagen 3
Brussels 2
Vienna 2

Helsinki, Lisbon, Paris central division and Milan central division have received 1 infringement action each.

⚖️ 259 counterclaims for revocation, coming from 140 individual infringement actions have been filed with the Court’s local and regional divisions.

⚖️ Provisional measures

The Court of First Instance has received 69 applications for provisional measures, preserving evidence and orders for inspection.

⚖️ Revocation actions

There is a total of 55 stand-alone revocation actions filed to date with the Court. Paris central division has received 40 revocation actions, 8 revocation actions have been filed with Munich central division and 7 with Milan central division.

🏛️ Court of Appeal

To date, the Court of Appeal has received:

42 appeals under RoP220.1 (litera a or b);
35 appeals under RoP220.1 litera c;
67 appeals under RoP220.2 and one appeal under RoP221.

The Court of Appeal has also received 15 requests for discretionary review, 17 applications for suspensive effect and 25 applications for an order for expedition of an appeal. One application for rehearing under RoP245 has also been filed.

📢 Language of proceedings (CFI only – all proceeding types)

English: 54 percent
German: 39 percent

The complete report can be read here online.