Übersicht · Eingereicht: 12. Sept. 2023
UPC_CFI_308/2023
VAPORIZER
NichtigkeitHauptnichtigkeitsklageParis CDRevocationCase Closed
Parteien
Kläger
- NJOY Netherlands B.V.(Altria Group)
Vertreter: Henrik Holzapfel (McDermott Will & Emery)
Beklagte
- VMR Products LLC
Vertreter: Bernhard Thum (Thum & Partner); Jonas Weickert (Thum & Partner); Andreas Mötsch (Thum & Partner); Tobias Wuttke (Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB)
Richter
Französische Kammer — Einzelrichter anonymisiert.
- Panel member (anonymized)
- Panel member (anonymized)
- Panel member (anonymized)
Patente
- EP3456214
- EP 3 456 214
CPC-Codes: A61M2205/8237, H02J7/00, H02J7/751, A24F40/00, A61M2205/07, A24F40/50, A61M15/06, A61M2205/3633, A61M2205/584, A61M2205/8206, A61M2206/20, A61M2205/3368…
Technologiebereich: Consumer Goods · E-Cigarettes
Sektor: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Ausgang
Nichtig erklärtVollständig nichtig
Eingereicht: 12. Sept. 2023
Erste Entscheidung: 22. Jan. 2024
Sprache: English
The Central Division Paris revoked European patent EP 3 456 214 (relating to a vaporizer/e-cigarette device) in its entirety. The patent was found to lack inventive step over the prior art. All auxiliary requests for partial maintenance were rejected as either unsubstantiated or unreasonable in number. The defendant (patent proprietor VMR Products LLC) was ordered to bear the litigation costs.
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Streitig1, 13, 14
Nichtig erklärtall
Hinweise: EP 3 456 214 revoked entirely; claims 13 and 14 specifically discussed and found obvious; defendant's request for partial maintenance rejected as insufficiently substantiated.