UPC_CFI_515/2025

LOGIC CIRCUITRY

Einstweilige MaßnahmenEinstweilige MaßnahmenDusseldorf LDProvisional measuresCase Closed

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Zusammenfassung in einfacher Sprache

HP (Hewlett-Packard Development Company) obtained preliminary injunctions from the Düsseldorf Local Division against both Andreas Rentmeister (German distributor) and Shenzhen Moan Technology (Chinese manufacturer) for infringement of EP 3 835 965 B1 (logic circuitry for printer ink cartridges). A notable procedural principle was established: where Hague Convention service through the Chinese central authority remains unprocessed for months, the court may deem service effective under R. 275.2 RoP, allowing PI proceedings to advance against the unresponsive Chinese defendant.

Angenommene Argumente

Was das Gericht akzeptiert hat — nach Partei.

Rentmeister infringes claim 13 of EP 3 835 965 B1 by selling non-HP ink cartridges containing the claimed logic circuitry
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 62 UPCA; R. 206 RoP
Hinweis: Düsseldorf granted the PI against Defendant 1 (Rentmeister) after inter partes hearing on 17 October 2025.
Deemed service on Shenzhen Moan Technology under R. 275.2 RoP is valid where Hague Convention service via Chinese central authority has been outstanding for several months without progress
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 275.2 RoP; Art. 15(3) Hague Service Convention
Hinweis: Court held that Hague Convention service cannot be delayed indefinitely in PI proceedings; where Chinese authorities took no action for months despite follow-up, deemed service was appropriate.
Shenzhen Moan also infringes EP 3 835 965 B1; PI should be extended to Defendant 2 following deemed service
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 62 UPCA
Hinweis: December 2025 order extended PI to Defendant 2 after it failed to lodge an objection following deemed service.

Zurückgewiesene Argumente

Was das Gericht nicht akzeptiert hat — und warum.

Keine zurückgewiesenen Argumente erfasst.

Zentrale Rechtsgrundsätze

In der Begründung herangezogene Doktrinen und Regeln.

Deemed service under R. 275.2 RoP applies in PI proceedings when Hague Convention service through foreign central authority stalls for months without progress The six-month formal waiting period under Art. 15(2) Hague Convention cannot apply without restriction in urgent PI proceedings (Art. 15(3) Hague Convention recognised)Where a Chinese defendant fails to lodge an objection following deemed service, the court may proceed to determine the PI on the merits

Weitere Fälle zu diesem Grundsatz ansehen.

Hinweise zur Anspruchsauslegung

The claim at issue (claim 13 of EP 3 835 965 B1) covers logic circuitry for replaceable print apparatus components that generates low-voltage conditions on an I2C serial data bus for durations based on a received time period and without reference to a clock signal of the bus. The infringement findings for both defendants are based on the accused aftermarket ink cartridge chips implementing this architecture, but the merits reasoning is summarised only at the headnote level in the available excerpt.