Case Law
Article 31: International jurisdiction

Court of First Instance - Mannheim (DE) Local Division, Order dated 22/11/2024, "Panasonic Holdings Corporation v. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd., OROPE Germany GmbH" (Case/ Registry number: ACT_545551/2023, ORD_598506/2023)
Example of decision on FRAND ruling: "The jurisdiction of the local chamber of the Unified Patent Court in Mannheim for the infringement action and the nullity counterclaim arises from Art. 31 UPCA in conjunction with Art. 71b no. 1 of Regulation (EU) 1215/2015, Art. 32(1)(a), (e) of the UPCA and Art. 33(1)(a) of the UPCA. According to the substantiated statement of claim, the defendants have also committed acts of infringement in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Defendants withdrew their objection to the jurisdiction – albeit under protest – in the oral proceedings after the bench pointed out the apparent contradiction between, on the one hand, considering the court to be fundamentally incompetent and, on the other hand, nevertheless applying to the court deemed incompetent for the determination of a FRAND rate in the context of the antitrust dispute between the parties. The local chamber in Mannheim also has jurisdiction over the FRAND counterclaim. "