PROCEDURAL ORDER
of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court
issued on 1 October 2025
concerning setting the date of the oral hearing

APPLICANT IN PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS:
Guardant Health, Inc.
3100 Hanover Street,
94304, Palo Alto, CA, US
represented by
Agathe MICHEL-DE CAZOTTE

DEFENDANTS IN PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS:
Sophia Genetics SA
La Pièce 12,
CH-1180, Rolle, CH
Sophia Genetics SAS
Technopole Izarbel,
158 allée Fauste d’Elhuyar
64210, Bidart, FR
Sophia Genetics SRL
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 39,
20145, Milan, IT
Sophia Genetics GmbH
Engelbergerstr. 19,
79106, Freiburg, DE

PARIS LOCAL DIVISION

PATENTS AT ISSUE:
EP 3766986
EP 3470533
EP 3443066
EP 3591073

PANEL:
Camille Lignières, Presiding judge and Judge Rapporteur
Carine Gillet, Legally qualified judge
Maximilian Haedicke, Legally qualified judge
Cornelis Schüller, Technically qualified judge

DECIDINGJUDGE:
This order is issued by Judge Camille Lignières, acting as judge-rapporteur.

LANGUAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS: English.

SUBJECT: R. 209.1 ANDR. 210.1 RoP

ORDER
On 29 August 2025, Guardant Health (“the Applicant”) lodged before the present Division an
application for provisional measures against Sophia Genetics entities (“Defendants 1 to 4”)
pursuant to Article 62 UPCA and Rule 206 RoP based on four European Patents (containing 84
pages, including a technical glossary and the list of Exhibits).
This application was served on all the Defendants on 15 September 2025, in accordance with
Rule 271.4 a) and 271.6 b) RoP (Defendants 2 to 4) and with Rule 274.1(a) (ii) RoP (Defendant 1).
Fifteen days after the application was effectively served, the Defendants had still not provided
the Court with the names of their representatives.
In the light of the efficiency of the proceedings and in the context of an application of provisional
measures, pursuant to R. 210.1 RoP, “where the Court decides to summon the parties to an oral
hearing, the date for the oral hearing shall be set as soon as possible after the date of receipt of
the Application for Provisional measures”.
In the case at hand, the Court summons the parties for an Oral Hearing scheduled for
12/12/2025, 9:30 am (Paris time) in person, at the Paris Court of Appeal, salle Vassogne, 4
boulevard du Palais, Paris 1er.
If the Defendants are represented, they must file their objection by 27 October 2025. The
timeline pursuant to Rule 209.1 will then be set as follows:
Timeline
• Defendants' Objection by 27 October 2025 (max. 100 pages)
• Applicant’s last Reply by 10 November 2025 (a brief note, max 20 pages)
• Defendants’ Rejoinder by 24 November 2025 (a brief note, max 20 pages)
Issued in Paris on 1 October 2025.