MILAN LOCAL DIVISION Law and Practice Contributed by: Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Lorenzo Battarino and Daniel Borgogni, Trevisan & Cuonzo
1.5 Central Division Competence This does not apply. 1.6 Court of Appeal: Purpose and Procedure This does not apply.
Oerlikon Textile against Bhagat Textile Engi - neers; • one held on 15 October 2024 in the context of an application for provisional measures (under Rule 206 RoP) brought by Insulet Cor - poration against Menarini Diagnostics; and • one held on 11 June 2025 in the context of infringement proceedings brought by Oerlikon Textile against Himson Engineering. Interim Conferences Based on publicly available information, three interim conferences were also held: • one held on 27 May 2024 in the Oerlikon v Bhagat case referred to above; • one held on 6 December 2024 in the paral - lel case brought by Oerlikon against Himson Engineering; and • one held on 5 June 2025 in the Progress Maschinen v AWM et al case. 2.3 Case Classification By looking at cases filed before the Milan LD by reference to the classification of patents in suit under the International Patent Classifica - tion (IPC), established by the Strasbourg Agree - ment of 1971, it is apparent that most cases filed before the Milan LD relate to patents classified in IPC class B (performing operations, transport - ing: 17/27 total actions, or 11/19 if proceedings to preserve evidence and subsequent infringe - ment proceedings are counted only once). The second highest number of patents enforced are in IPC class A (human necessities: 7/27, or 6/19 without duplications). Finally, a minor number of cases concern other IPC classes. So far, the only trend that seems to be emerging is a prevalence of cases filed to enforce patents in IPC classes A and B. Only three of the last fifteen actions filed concern patents classified
2. Statistical Information 2.1 Types of Actions As of the time of publication (30 June 2025), the Milan LD has received: • fifteen infringement actions, eight of which were followed by a counterclaim for revoca - tion; • six applications to preserve evidence (one of which also included an application for inspec - tion); • five applications for provisional measures (two of which were converted into seizure orders after an ex parte hearing with the applicant); and • one application for a cost decision. In total, there have been 27 cases at the Milan LD so far. 2.2 Substantive Hearings Publicly available up-to-date information on hearings can be found on the UPC official web - site calendar. At the time of publication of this guide (30 June 2025), the following have been heard. Public Oral Hearings There have been three public oral hearings held before the Milan LD: • one held on 27 September 2024 in the con - text of infringement proceedings brought by
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