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UPC CFI 307/2025

2. Apr. 2025·EP2892442 · SURGICAL, TORQUE-TRANSMITTING INSTRUMENT INCLUDING ASSOCIATED TOOL

Verfahrensdetails
Status
Case Closed (Patent verletzt)
Verfahrensart
Verletzung
Kategorie
Hauptverletzungsklage
Parteien
Kläger
Vertreter
Division
Dusseldorf LD
Technologie
  • Instruments
    Medical technology
  • Mechanical engineering
    Machine tools
Sprache
German
Erste Entscheidung
4. Dez. 2025
Letzte Entscheidung
16. Okt. 2026
Im Vergleich
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Verletzung festgestelltMedian Tage bis zur ersten Entscheidung
Gesamt-UPC53% (62/117)124
Dusseldorf LDGesperrtGesperrt
Richter Ronny ThomasGesperrtGesperrt
Richter Mojca MlakarGesperrtGesperrt
Richter Jule SchumacherGesperrtGesperrt
Richter Max TilmannGesperrtGesperrt

Vor dem UPC: Aesculap AG (4 Verfahren)·Shanghai Bojin Medical Instrument Co. Ltd (1 Verfahren)

Entscheidungen
  • 2026-10-16
    InfringementÖffentlich

    Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division rejects the claimant's R. 353 RoP request to correct the operative part and paragraphs 125-126 of its decision of 1 September 2026 (changing a suspensive condition to a condition subsequent for UK-related orders). The request is admissible but unfounded because the decision contains no clerical, arithmetic or obvious error.

    Rechtsfragen anzeigen (3)
    • R. 353 RoP rectification of a decision
    • Condition subsequent (R. 118.2 RoP) for UK-related injunction
    • Obvious error vs substantive correction
  • 2026-09-01
    InfringementÖffentlich

    Zusammenfassung: Düsseldorf Local Division decision (Panel 1, 1 Sep 2026) in Aesculap AG v Shanghai International Holding Corporation GmbH (Europe) (EP 2 892 442 B1, surgical cutting tools 'Bojin' drill bits): the court finds the attacked embodiments realise claims 1 and 6, holds that the Hamburg-seated defendant 2, as the Chinese manufacturer's EU authorised representative under Art. 11 MDR, is not itself an infringer but an intermediary under Art. 63(1) s.2 UPCA, and orders it to cease providing those services for the offering, placing on the market, use or import of the tools in Germany, France and the United Kingdom (UK relief conditional on the UK part not being invalidated), plus information for Germany and France and penalty payments; the further requests (recall, destruction, damages, UK information) are dismissed; costs split 50/50; cost ceiling EUR 112,000; no stay pending the CJEU referral in Dyson v Dreame. The action against defendants 1 and 3 (Shanghai Bojin Medical Instrument Co. Ltd, Shanghai Bojin Electric Instrument & Device Co., Ltd) ended by a settlement confirmed on 27 Aug 2026.

    Rechtsfragen anzeigen (5)
    • liability of an EU authorised representative (Art. 11 MDR) as intermediary under Art. 63(1) s.2 UPCA, not as infringer
    • long-arm jurisdiction over the United Kingdom part (BSH v Electrolux line; relief conditional on UK validity)
    • R. 116.3 RoP
    • no stay pending the CJEU referral in Dyson v Dreame (R. 295(m) RoP)
    • settlement with the Chinese manufacturer defendants confirmed 27 Aug 2026
  • 2026-08-27
    InfringementÖffentlich

    Zusammenfassung: Duesseldorf Local Division decision confirming a settlement under R.365(1) sentence 2 RoP between the claimant and defendants 1 and 3, whose terms are confidential and redacted from the published decision. Each of those parties bears its own costs with no reimbursement; the decision is provisionally enforceable without security. PARTIAL: the proceedings are terminated only as between the claimant and defendants 1 and 3, and EXPRESSLY CONTINUE against defendant 2. [operative 'ANORDNUNG', items I-V]

    Rechtsfragen anzeigen (4)
    • confirmation of a settlement under R.365(1) RoP
    • confidentiality of settlement terms under R.365(2) RoP
    • costs follow the parties' agreement
    • partial termination leaving proceedings on foot against a non-settling defendant
  • 2025-12-04

    Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in the Aesculap v. Shanghai Bojin medical instrument case, scheduling the oral hearing and addressing requests for claim extension (R. 263), addition of a party (R. 305), and reinstatement in prior status (R. 320).

    Rechtsfragen anzeigen (4)
    • R. 28 RoP scheduling of oral hearing
    • R. 263 RoP amendment of claim
    • R. 305 RoP addition of party
    • R. 320 RoP reinstatement in prior status
DokumenttitelDatumÖffentlich
Mitteilung2026-10-16Nicht öffentlich
Veröffentlichung der Anordnung2026-10-16Nicht öffentlich
Anordnung2026-10-16Nicht öffentlich
Order2026-10-16Öffentlich
Mitteilung2026-10-08Nicht öffentlich
Anordnung2026-10-07Nicht öffentlich
Order2026-10-07Öffentlich
Mitteilung2026-10-01Nicht öffentlich
Receipt2026-10-01Nicht öffentlich
Cover sheet2026-10-01Nicht öffentlich
Angenommene Argumente
Was das Gericht akzeptiert hat — nach Partei.
  • The attacked 'Bojin' drill bits realise claims 1 and 6 of EP 2 892 442 (Zweiflach and Eindrehhilfe features)

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 25 UPCA; claim construction
  • Defendant 2, as EU authorised representative under Art. 11 MDR, makes a decisive contribution to placing the products on the market and can be enjoined as an intermediary, also for the United Kingdom

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 63(1) s.2 UPCA; Art. 71b Brussels Ia
Zurückgewiesene Argumente
Was das Gericht nicht akzeptiert hat — und warum.
  • Defendant 2 itself imports and distributes the products and is a (joint) infringer liable for information, recall, destruction and damages, including under UK law

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 25 UPCA; Section 60 Patents Act 1977
  • The proceedings should be stayed pending the CJEU referral in Dyson v Dreame

    BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 295(m), 266.5 RoP