UPC CFI 274/2023
—·EP1740740: COMPACT SERVICE MODULE WHICH IS INTENDED FOR ELECTROLYTIC ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION PLANTS
- Verfahrensdetails
- Status—VerfahrensartSchadensbemessungKategorieKostenfestsetzungen
- Parteien
- KlägerVertreter: Konstantin Schallmoser (Bonabry); Daniel Hoppe (Bonabry); Carl-Alexander Dinges (Bonabry)BeklagteVertreter: Benjamin Schröer (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Leonhard Hollander (Hogan Lovells International LLP)
- Division
- Hamburg LD
- Richter
- Sabine Klepsch · Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
- Sprache
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- Erste Entscheidung
- 17. Nov. 2023
- Letzte Entscheidung
- 11. Feb. 2026
- 2026-02-11AbgewiesenSchadenersatzDetermination of damages and compensation
Hamburg Local Division dismissed Fives ECL's claim for damages (lost profits) against REEL GmbH in determination of damages proceedings. The Court found that Fives ECL had not sufficiently demonstrated that the profit loss was causally linked to the patent infringement, given that the infringer could have submitted an alternative non-infringing offer. National German law applied as the relevant facts occurred before 1 June 2023.
Rechtsfragen:Determination of damages – lost profitsApplicable law for pre-UPC infringement actsCausation of lost profitsAlternative offer by infringer - 2023-11-17AbgewiesenSchadenersatzDetermination of damages and compensation
The Hamburg Local Division dismissed Fives ECL's action for determination of damages based on a prior national court judgment (Landgericht Düsseldorf), holding that the UPC lacks jurisdiction under Article 32 UPCA to assess damages that were not preceded by a UPC infringement action; a national patent enforcement judgment cannot found UPC damages jurisdiction.
Rechtsfragen:Jurisdiction for damages determination (Art. 32(1)(a)(f) UPCA)Prior national patent infringement judgmentNo prior UPC infringement action
- 2023-11-17%20LD%20Hamburg%20UPC_CFI_274-2023%20ACT_559935-2023%20anonymized.pdf2023-11-17DE
- Entscheidung%20geschwa%CC%88rzt.pdf2026-02-11GERMAN