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Mannheim Local Division UPC_CFI_365/2023 Decision of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Local Division Mannheim delivered on 18 July 2025 concerning EP 3 511 174 B1 HEADNOTES: 1. The UPC has jurisdiction to decide upon the infringement of the UK part of a European Patent. However, the UPC does not have jurisdiction to revoke the validated national part of a European Patent in relation to the United Kingdom with erga omnes effect (following ECJ, judgement of 25 February 2025, C-339/22, BSH Hausgeräte). 2. The defendant in an infringement action before the UPC, which relates to the UK part of a European bundle patent , is allowed to raise an invalidity defence without being obliged to file a national action for revocation in the UK. The UPC will then assess the validity ...