UPC CFI 595/2024

Vor dem UPC: Katun (E.D.C.) B.V. (2 Verfahren)·Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (2 Verfahren)

• 2026-04-30
  Counterclaim for revocationÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division dismissed the Defendants' application for a confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP, filed on 18 February 2026. The Court held the application inadmissible because the Defendants could reasonably have foreseen the need for confidentiality protection during the main proceedings and should have raised it there. Additionally, the Court held that restricting how information may be used (not just who may access it) is a matter of substantive law that cannot be addressed in enforcement proceedings.

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  • Admissibility of R. 262A RoP confidentiality application filed after main proceedings
  • Applicability of R. 262A RoP to information disclosed pursuant to a court order (Art. 67 UPCA / R. 191 RoP)
  • Timing requirement: confidentiality requests must be raised during proceedings on the merits if reasonably foreseeable
  • Restriction on use of disclosed information as a matter of substantive law not addressable in enforcement proceedings
  • Scope of confidentiality protection for information disclosed under information order
• 2026-02-11
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division found Canon's developer supply container patent EP 3 686 683 infringed by Katun and General Plastic entities, granting an injunction and ordering defendants to publish the operative part of the decision on their websites; the counterclaim for revocation was dismissed.

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  • Patent infringement (developer supply container)
  • Counterclaim for revocation dismissed
  • Publication of decision on defendant's website (Art. 80 UPCA)
• 2025-12-29
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division addressed Canon's request for simultaneous interpretation from English into Japanese during the oral hearing, for corporate representatives joining remotely from Japan.

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  • Request for simultaneous interpretation (R. 109 RoP)
  • Remote participation by Japanese corporate representatives
• 2025-12-10
  Öffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a post-interim-conference order in the Canon v. Katun proceedings, setting the feature breakdown of claim 1 of EP 3 686 683 to be used at the oral hearing.

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  • Post-interim-conference order (R. 105.5 RoP)
  • Feature breakdown of patent claim
• 2025-11-20
  Öffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division granted Canon's application for a further round of written pleadings under R. 36 RoP against Katun, to address the EPO Opposition Division's preliminary opinion and additional test purchases of allegedly infringing toner cartridge products.

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  • R. 36 RoP further pleadings based on new evidence
  • EPO preliminary opinion
  • Additional test purchases - new model numbers