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1 ORDER of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court issued on 7 April 2026 concerning the applications for a stay of proceedings (R. 295 RoP) and security for costs (R. 158 RoP) HEADNOTES: 1) Art. 69 (4) UPCA permits an order for security for costs to be made only against the applicant, and not in its favour . An ‘applicant’ within the meaning of Art. 69 (4) UPCA is defined as the person who initiates legal proceedings by filing an application (Court of Appeal, 19 December 2025, UPC_CoA_622/2025, UPC_CoA_623/2025, Hefei v Grundfos, para. 10). 2) This means that, at first instance, there is no legal basis for granting a security for costs at the claimant´s request in an infringement action. The same applies to a claimant in a revocation action pursuant to Art. 32 (1)(d) UPCA (Court o ...