Short Summary
In this legal proceeding before The Hague (NL) Local Division (decision issued on 2026-06-02) under reference UPC_65DAC4432F, Koninklijke KPN N.V. appeared in dispute with Oppo concerning patent rights and legal remedies.
Detailed Summary
1
Order
of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent
Court issued on 2 June 2026
regarding: application to vary the order of 28 May
2026 (R. 335 RoP)
Claimant:
1) Koninklijke KPN N.V.
Wilhelminakade 123
3072 AP Ro:erdam
The Netherlands
Also “KPN”
represented by
Peter van Gemert
Defendant:
1) Oleading B.V.
Weena 505, 15th floor, space B1512
518100 Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
People's Republic of China
represented by
Rien Broekstra
2) ReflecTon Investment B.V.
Hofplein 20
3032 AC Ro:erdam
The Netherlands
represented by
Rien Broekstra
3) Orope Germany GmbH
Graf-Adolf-Platz 15
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
represented by
Rien Broekstra
4) OTECH Germany GmbH
Graf-Adolf-Platz 15
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany
represented by
Rien Broekstra
The Hague - Local Division
UPC-CFI-0002246/2025
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5) Guangdong OPPO Mobile TelecommunicaTons Corp.
No. 18, Haibin Road, Wusha, Chang’an Town
Dongguan, Guangdong
Republic of China
represented by
Rien Broekstra
Together also “Oppo”.
PATENT AT ISSUE:
EP3944587
DECIDING JUDGE
Presiding judge
Edger Brinkman
Judge-rapporteur
Edger Brinkman
LANGUAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS: English
Subject-matter of the proceedings:
Infringement acTon
GROUNDS
Following the order of 28 May 2026, parTes jointly requested to vary that order slightly
in as far as it relates to case 2246/2026. The requested variaTons to the operaTve part
are as follows:
Paragraph 1. “Ul#mately within two weeks a)er the order, Claimant will grant access to
external counsel to Defendants and any external experts hired by Defendants (i) all
Claimant’s licenses for smartphone manufacturers since 2015 and (ii) all agreements in
which a license or a non-assert has been agreed that includes EP 587 and/or a family
member thereof (EP and/or foreign), with the excep#on of licenses rela#ng to payment
terminals or electronic payments, concluded since 2015 including earlier licenses in case
of a renewal of such license in the period since 2015, to the extent not already provided
following the Order of 13 April 2026, including in par#cular any license agreement
concluded with
and
since 2015 (hereinaPer together: the
“Materials”)”
And paragraph 111. “The deadline for the Statement of Defence shall be 11 September
The JR notes that the numbering unfortunately went sideways when converting to pdf.
3
2026”
The Judge-Rapporteur sees no reason not to allow this joint request. So will be ordered.
ORDER
The Court orders the following variaTons to the operaTve part of the order of 28 May
2026 for case 2246/2025:
1. UlTmately within two weeks a8er the order, Claimant will grant access to external
counsel to Defendants and any external experts hired by Defendants (i) all
Claimant’s licenses for smartphone manufacturers since 2015 and (ii) all
agreements in which a license or a non-assert has been agreed that includes EP
587 and/or a family member thereof (EP and/or foreign), with the excepTon of
licenses relaTng to payment terminals or electronic payments, concluded since
2015 including earlier licenses in case of a renewal of such license in the period
since 2015, to the extent not already provided following the Order of 13 April
2026, including in parTcular any license agreement concluded with
and
since 2015 (hereinajer together: the “Materials”);
11. The deadline for the Statement of Defence shall be 11 September 2026.
Presiding Judge and Judge
Rapporteur
For the Deputy Registrar
Larissa Donata
Hageman
Digitally signed by
Larissa Donata Hageman
Date: 2026.06.02
17:26:07 +02'00'
Edger Frank
BRINKMAN
Digitally signed by
Edger Frank BRINKMAN
Date: 2026.06.02
17:35:28 +02'00'
Larissa Donata
Hageman
Digitally signed by
Larissa Donata Hageman
Date: 2026.06.02
17:26:07 +02'00'
Edger Frank
BRINKMAN
Digitally signed by
Edger Fran
Practitioner Note
This case demonstrates the evidentiary and procedural standards applied in patent matters before The Hague (NL) Local Division. Understanding the court's reasoning in Koninklijke KPN N.V. vs Oppo is valuable context for structuring arguments or assessing risk in similar proceedings.
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