UPC Grants Permanent "Long-Arm" Injunction

The Hague Local Division (LD) of the UPC granted a permanent injunction last week applying long-arm jurisdiction to several non-UPCA and non-EU states (the UK Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Ireland, Norway and Poland) in relation to a system for securing shelf accessories to a shelf (HL Display v Black Sheep Retail products UPC_CFI_386/2024 UPC_CFI_610/2024, The Hague LD, 10 October 2025).

The LD held that HL Display's patent EP2432351B1 for a shelf accessory system was valid and infringed by Black Sheep Retail Products (BSRP) by BSRP's shelf accessory system. The court issued an injunction and ordered recall and destruction of infringing products, and dismissed BSRP's counterclaims for revocation and non-infringement. The court held that the injunction was still justified even though there had been a "cease and desist" undertaking.