UPC_CFI_159/2024

JUICE EXTRACTOR

VerletzungHauptverletzungsklageMannheim LDInfringementCase Closed

Übersicht Entscheidungen Begründung Zitate Dokumente Zeitverlauf

Zusammenfassung in einfacher Sprache

Hurom Co., Ltd. succeeded in its infringement action against NUC Electronics Europe GmbH and WARMCOOK for infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 028 981 (slow juicer/juice extractor) in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Romania at the Mannheim Local Division. The court issued an injunction, ordered damages, disclosure of sales information, destruction and recall of infringing products, and EUR 56,000 in interim legal costs, while establishing key principles on the intertemporal application of UPCA substantive law to ongoing infringement acts.

Angenommene Argumente

Was das Gericht akzeptiert hat — nach Partei.

Direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 028 981 by NUC Electronics Europe GmbH and WARMCOOK in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark and Romania
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 25(a) UPCA
Hinweis: The court found literal infringement of the juice extractor's claim 1 by the defendants' products in the named Contracting Member States and granted injunctive relief.
UPCA substantive law applies to ongoing infringement acts continued after 1 June 2023, even if started before entry into force
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 25 UPCA
Hinweis: Court established that for ongoing acts continuing after 1 June 2023, UPCA applies; parties may rely on more-favourable national law for acts before that date.
Right to information under Art. 67 UPCA encompasses time periods before UPCA entry into force
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 67 UPCA; Art. 68(3) UPCA; R. 191 RoP
Hinweis: Court held that the information remedy extends to pre-UPCA periods despite the intertemporal boundary.

Zurückgewiesene Argumente

Was das Gericht nicht akzeptiert hat — und warum.

Remaining requests beyond injunction, damages, information, destruction, and recall
Kläger
Begründung: Action dismissed in other respects; no detail in excerpt as to specific rejected requests beyond partial dismissal language.

Zentrale Rechtsgrundsätze

In der Begründung herangezogene Doktrinen und Regeln.

Intertemporal applicability of UPCA: acts after 1 June 2023 governed by UPCA; pre-UPCA acts governed by national law; ongoing acts continuing after 1 June 2023 governed by UPCA with parties able to invoke favourable national law for earlier acts Right to information (Art. 67 UPCA) extends to pre-entry-into-force periods Non-formalistic assessment of whether infringement acts are 'ongoing' for intertemporal purposes Destruction, recall, and definitive removal from commerce available as injunctive remedies

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