Local Division Munich
UPC_CFI_801/2024
UPC_CFI_392/2025

Procedural Order
of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court
Local Division Munich
issued on 15 May 2025

CLAIMANT
Belparts Group N.V.
Wingepark 4 - 3110 - Rotselar - BE
represented by: Dr. Tobias Wuttke (BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft mbB)

DEFENDANTS
1) IMI Hydronic International SA
Route de Crassier 19 - 1262 - Eysins – CH
2) IMI Hydronic Engineering AB
Ljung - 52480 - Ljung - SE
represented by: Clemens Bauer (Müller Schupfner & Partner)

PATENT AT ISSUE
European patent n° 3 812 870

PANEL/DIVISION
Panel 1 of the Local Division Munich

DECIDING JUDGE/S
This order has been issued by the Presiding Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann acting as judge-rapporteur
and the legally qualified judges András Kupecz and Tobias Pichlmaier.

LANGUAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS
English

SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Scheduling and R 37.2 RoP

GROUNDS FOR THE ORDER
These dates already take into account the availabilitiy of the parties and the date of the oral hearing
at the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (BoA) on 27 November 2025, as well as a
possible date for an oral hearing at the Central Division's Paris seat, to be scheduled no earlier than
February 2026.
As both parties voted against bifurcation, the panel has decided to proceed with both the infringement
action and the counterclaim for revocation. Furthermore, Belparts informed the court that the
counterclaim for revocation contains different arguments to those in the central revocation action
pending before the Central Division's Paris seat.

ORDER
1. The date for the interim videoconference is set for 24 March 2026 at 10:00.
2. The date for the in-person oral hearing in Munich, Denisstr. 3, Room 212 and Overflow
Room 220b) is 18 June 2026 at 9:00 am.
3. The parties are summoned to attend these hearings.
4. Parties are invited to submit proposals for the interim conference by 19 March 2026.
5. The panel will proceed with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for
revocation.
6. The President of the Court of First Instance is asked to assign a technically qualified judge to
the panel.

DETAILS OF THE ORDER
Order no. ORD_69274/2024 in ACTION NUMBER: ACT_65882/2024
UPC number: UPC_CFI_801/2024
Action type: Infringement Action