Short Summary
1 Milan - Central Division – Court of First Instance - UPC_CFI_1167/2025 Final Order pursuant to Rules 354.3, 262. 2 and 262A RoP of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court issued on 4 December 2025 Applicant INSULET Co 100 Nagog Park - MA 01720 - Acton – US Massachuset
Detailed Summary
1
Milan - Central Division – Court of First
Instance -
UPC_CFI_1167/2025
Final Order pursuant to Rules 354.3, 262. 2 and 262A RoP
of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court
issued on 4 December 2025
Applicant
INSULET Co 100 Nagog Park - MA 01720 - Acton – US Massachusetts
Represented by Marc Grunwald and Frank Peterreins
Defendant
EOFLOW Co. Ltd 302Ho, HUMAX VILLAGE, 216 - 13595 - Hwangsaeul-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-
si, Gyeonggi-do - KR
Represented by Mirko Weinert and Christopher Pierce
Patent number EP4201327
The decision is issued by the first instance panel (Rule 354.4) composed of:
Andrea Postiglione
Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Anna-Lena Klein
Legally qualified judge
Uwe Schwengelbeck
Technically qualified judge
The language of the proceedings is English.
On 14 October 2025, INSULET filed an application with this Court for the determination of a penalty
payment with regard to the following proceedings: UPC_CFI_597/2024 (Revocation Action);
UPC_CFI_787/2024
(Counterclaim
for
infringement);
ORD_22491/2025
ACT_56003/2024
2
Proceedings
for
Interim
Relief
(Court
of
Appeal,
Luxembourg);
UPC_CoA_768/2024
APL_64374/2024 ORD_69078/2024.
INSULET requested that:
I. The Respondent be ordered to pay penalty payments for non-compliance with the obligations
contained in Section II.I. of the ruling of the Court of Appeal’s Order in the preliminary injunction
proceedings dated 30 April 2025 (ORD_69078/2024, UPC_CoA_768/2024, APL_64374/2024) and in
item a) of the ruling of the Decision on the Merits of the Central Division Milan dated 22 July 2025
(ORD_22491/2025, ACT_56003/2024) . As expressly stated in the respective rulings, penalty
payments are requested for each violation and for each day on which the infringement continues,
with the exact amount of the penalty left to the discretion of the Court;
II. the Respondent bear the costs of the proceedings.
The Applicant maintained that EOFLOW had breached its obligations arising from the injunctive relief
issued by the Court of Appeal’s Order dated 30 April 20251 (the “Preliminary Injunction”) and the
on the Merits of the Central Division Milan dated 22 July 20252 (the “Decision on the
Merits”) by unlawfully supplying infringing products to Italy and Sweden despite having full
knowledge of the content of the injunction. Both decisions expressly stated that the import, export
and supply of infringing embodiments into UPC territory were subject to penalty payments.
1 The CoA ordered EOFlow to refrain from making, offering, placing on the market, using or possessing for the purposes
mentioned, or importing or storing the product for those purposes in the territories of the Republic of Austria, the
Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Finland,
the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of
Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese
Republic, the Republic of Slovenia and/or the Kingdom of Sweden a fluid delivery device comprising: a fluid reservoir; a
transcutaneous access tool fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir; and a drive mechanism for driving fluid from the
reservoir, the drive mechanism comprising: a drive wheel; a plunger received in the reservoir; and a leadscrew extending
from the plunger; characterized in that the drive mechanism further comprises: a nut threadably engaged with the
leadscrew; and a clutch mechanism coupled to the drive wheel, wherein the clutch mechanism is configured to allow
the nut to pass through the clutch mechanism when disengaged and is configured to grip the nut when engaged such
that the drive wheel rotates the nut to advance the leadscrew and the plunger into the reservoir, such as the insulin
pumps shown in the pi
Practitioner Note
This case demonstrates the evidentiary and procedural standards applied in patent matters before Milan (IT) Central Division- Section. Understanding the court's reasoning in Insulet Corporation vs EOFLOW Co., Ltd. is valuable context for structuring arguments or assessing risk in similar proceedings.
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