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1 DECISION of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Central Division (Section Munich) delivered on 17 October 2024 concerning EP 2 794 928 B1 HEADNOTES: 1. The Court must examine its international jurisdiction of its own motion when this is required under Union law. 2. Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Brussels I recast Regulation, the UPC may stay proceedings where a related action is pending in a national court. In view of the circumstances of the case the Central Division does not exercise its discretionary power to stay the proceedings. 3. The assessment of novelty within the meaning of Art. 54(1) EPC requires the determination of the whole content of the prior publication. It is decisive whether the subject-matter of the claim with all its features is directly and unambiguo ...