Author: Ralf Heddergott
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LD Mannheim, January 31, 2025, Decision of first instance (Infringement Proceedings and Counterclaim for Revocation), UPC_CFI_340/2023
In view of the lack of patentability, the admissible infringement action is unfounded without the need for a judicial review of the infringement allegation required.: After the court has dealt with the interpretation of the patent-in-suit and established the invalidity of the patent-in-suit, it dismissed the infringement action without further ado. Both the examination of…
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CD Munich, October 17, 2024, Decision of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court, UPC_CFI_252/2023
Parallel national action: The Court must examine its international jurisdiction of its own motion when this is required under Union law. Pursuant to Art. 30 of the Brussels I recast Regulation, the UPC may stay proceedings (based on its discretionary power) where a related action is pending in a national court. Admissibility of auxiliary requests:…
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Final Order of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court delivered on 26/06/2024
Determining the scope of protection based on the patent claim: The patent claim is always to be interpreted from the point of view of a person skilled in the art. The skilled person takes into account the purpose of every patent claim to provide them with a technical teaching which, when reworked, leads to the…
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Central division (Section Munich), Decision in Revocation Action, UPC 1/2023, UPC 14/2023
Claim interpretation: When interpreting a patent claim, the person skilled in the art does not apply a philological understanding, but determines the technical meaning of the terms used with the aid of the description and the drawings. A feature in a patent claim is always to be interpreted in light of the claim as a…
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LD Mannheim, April 15, 2024, order pursuant to R. 323 RoP (language of the proceedings), UPC_CFI_410/2023
Change of language of the proceedings into the language in which the patent was granted: The decision whether or not to change the language of the proceedings into the language in which the patent was granted shall be determined with regard to the respective interests at stake that has to be weighted, without it being…
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LD Dusseldorf, January 19, 2024 order on extension of time limits, UPC_CFI_457/2023
Extension of time limits: Insofar as R. 9.3 (a) of the Rules of Procedure grants the possibility of extending the time limit for filing an opposition and a statement of defense, this is only to be used in justified exceptional cases. Such an exceptional case was found here, since of the 15 defendants, most of…