UPC CFI 733/2024

Vor dem UPC: TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik SE (4 Verfahren)·IPG Laser GmbH & Co. KG (9 Verfahren)

• 2026-03-16
  Infringement ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division (Panel 1) held that IPG Laser's YLS-AMB dual-beam fibre laser directly infringes apparatus claim 2 and indirectly infringes method claim 1 of EP2624031, granting an injunction (in Germany, France and Italy), recall/removal-from-distribution/destruction, information/accounting, and EUR 115,000 in provisional damages plus EUR 115,000 in provisional cost reimbursement, while dismissing the remainder of the infringement claim (the ancillary remedies sought for components attacked only under the indirect-infringement theory). IPG's counterclaim for revocation of claims 1-3 (UPC_CFI_255/2025) was examined on novelty and inventive step over prior art D1/D3 and dismissed as unfounded, so the patent is maintained as granted; costs of the infringement action were split 10%/90% (claimant/defendant) and the defendant bears all costs of the counterclaim.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (7)

  • Claim construction of the switchable multi-clad/dual-beam fibre-laser claims (Anspruch 1 method / Anspruch 2 apparatus), EP2624031
  • Novelty and inventive step of EP2624031 claims 1-3 over D1/D3 (revocation counterclaim), Art. 54/56 EPC
  • Direct infringement (Art. 25(a) UPCA) of apparatus claim 2 by the IPG YLS-AMB dual-beam laser
  • Indirect infringement (Art. 26(1) UPCA) of method claim 1 through offer/supply of a suited-and-intended device
  • Scope of recall / removal-from-distribution-channels / destruction remedies where a component is attacked only under an indirect-infringement theory, Art. 64(2)(b),(d),(e) and 64(4) UPCA
  • Provisional damages and provisional cost reimbursement under R.119 and R.150.2 RoP
  • Recoverable-representation-cost ceiling computed on the combined value of the infringement action and the counterclaim
• 2025-07-25
  Öffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: Düsseldorf Local Division early procedural order (R. 37.2 RoP) in an infringement action by TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik SE against IPG Laser GmbH & Co. KG concerning EP 2 624 031 B1 (a laser technology patent). The court decided to handle both the infringement action and the revocation counterclaim jointly (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA), before closure of the written procedure, for reasons of procedural economy and to allow early assignment of a technically qualified judge.

  Rechtsfragen anzeigen (2)

  • Joint handling of infringement and revocation counterclaim (Art. 33(3)(a) UPCA / R. 37.2 RoP)
  • Early procedural order before close of written procedure