UPC CFI 519/2024
11. Sept. 2024·EP3281569 +2 more · MODULAR FOAM UNIT
- Verfahrensdetails
- StatusCase Closed (Patent verletzt)VerfahrensartVerletzungKategorieHauptverletzungsklage
- Parteien
- Kläger
- CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KGUnternehmen
Vertreter- Michael Rüberg-Boehmert & Boehmert
- Thomas Adocker-Taylor Wessing
- Tarik Kapic-BOVARD Patentanwälte
- Martin Wirtz-Boehmert & Boehmert
- Division
- Dusseldorf LD
- Technologie
- Other fieldsConsumer products
- Sprache
- German
- Erste Entscheidung
- 18. März 2026
- EPA-Einspruch
- Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Zulässig2019-04-04
| Verletzung festgestellt | Median Tage bis zur ersten Entscheidung | |
|---|---|---|
| Gesamt-UPC | 53% (62/117) | 124 |
| Dusseldorf LD | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Ronny Thomas | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Berenice Thom | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter András Kupecz | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Lorenzo Parrini | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
Vor dem UPC: CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (10 Verfahren)·Alpina Coffee Systems GmbH (10 Verfahren)
Dieser Streit umfasst 9 weitere Verfahren
UPC CoA 43/2026·UPC CoA 44/2026·UPC CFI 67/2025·UPC CFI 68/2025·UPC CFI 64/2025 und 4 weitere
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Weitere Verfahren: Dusseldorf LD·2024
- 2026-03-18Infringement ActionÖffentlich
Zusammenfassung: The Dusseldorf Local Division found that ALPINA Coffee Systems GmbH's 'ALPINA Latte Perfetto Duo' milk frother infringes claim 2 of EP 3 398 487 B1, granted a permanent injunction covering Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, and ordered recall, destruction (expressly excluding pure advertising materials), disclosure, and EUR 4,000 in provisional damages with full damages liability established in principle. It dismissed the claimant's request to publish a notice on the defendant's website and declined to order security conditioning enforcement. The revocation counterclaim (UPC_CFI_64/2025) was dismissed after the added-matter and inventive-step attacks failed on the merits, upholding the patent.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (9)
- claim construction
- added matter (Art. 138(1)(c) EPC)
- inventive step
- permanent injunction
- destruction (Art. 64(2)(e) UPCA) - advertising materials held exempt
- recall
- provisional damages (R.119 RoP)
- publication of the decision (Art. 80 UPCA) - denied
- security conditioning enforcement (Art. 82(2) UPCA) - denied
- 2025-08-04
Zusammenfassung: Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order on the handling of multiple related infringement actions and counterclaims for revocation concerning three patents, deciding on the approach under Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA before close of written procedure.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (2)
- Procedure for multiple related actions under Art. 33(3) UPCA
- Case management before close of written procedure
| Dokumenttitel | Datum | Öffentlich |
|---|---|---|
| Anordnung | 2026-06-25 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Order | 2026-06-25 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-04-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-04-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Application document Defendant | 2026-04-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Mitteilung | 2026-04-20 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-04-20 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-04-20 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Application document Claimant | 2026-04-20 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-03-31 | Nicht öffentlich |
The ALPINA Latte Perfetto Duo milk frother realises all features of claim 2 of EP 3 398 487 B1
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 25(a) UPCAFeature 3 (differing internal diameters of the line sections downstream/upstream of the throttle) is directly and unambiguously disclosed in the application as filed, without an intermediate generalisation; no added matter
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 138(1)(c) EPCNeither the WO255/WO729/EP952 combination nor the DE158/EP250 combination discloses all features of claim 2 or gives the skilled person a motivation to arrive at it; the inventive-step attacks fail
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 138(1)(a) EPCPure advertising materials that merely depict the attacked embodiment are not 'materials and implements' within the meaning of Art. 64(2)(e) UPCA and must be excluded from the destruction order
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Art. 64(2)(e) UPCA
The patent (claims 1 and 2) is invalid for added matter and lack of inventive step over the cited prior-art combinations
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Art. 138(1)(a) and (c) EPCThe injunction, recall and destruction order are disproportionate because they amount to economic destruction of the defendant
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: proportionalityThe claimant's request that the decision be published as a mandated notice on the defendant's website should be granted
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 80 UPCAEnforcement of the decision should be conditioned on the claimant posting security
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Art. 82(2) UPCA, R.118.8 VerfO