Übersicht · Eingereicht: 10. Dez. 2024
UPC_CoA_773/2024
LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
BerufungenHauptberufungCourt of AppealAppealCase Closed
Parteien
Kläger
- Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
Vertreter: Bolko Ehlgen (Linklaters LLP); Dipl.-Phys. Olaf Isfort (Schneiders & Behrendt)
Beklagte
- expert e-Commerce GmbH
- expert klein GmbH
Vertreter: Dirk Jestaedt (KRIEGER MES Partnerschaft mbB); Bernhard Ganahl (HGF Europe LLP)
Richter
- Rian Kalden
- Patricia Rombach
- Ingeborg Simonsson
- Torsten Duhme
- Max Tilmann
Patente
- EP3223320
CPC-Codes: H10H20/0137, H10H20/82, H10H20/034, H10H20/0363, H10H20/816, H10H20/835, H10H20/819, H10H20/825, H10H20/84, H10H20/833, H10H20/8506, H10W72/227…
Sektor: Semiconductor Devices
Ausgang
Nichtig erklärt
Eingereicht: 10. Dez. 2024
Erste Entscheidung: 5. Nov. 2025
Sprache: German
Court of Appeal decision (English) on the appeal in the counterclaim for revocation and the related infringement action concerning Seoul Viosys's EP (LED patent, EP 698). The CoA found added matter in claim 1 of the patent (content extended beyond the earlier application as filed, particularly regarding embodiments with a single mesa). Claims 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 revoked. Infringement action dismissed. Viosys ordered to pay expert's costs for both appeal and first instance proceedings. Key headnotes: court may raise added matter of its own motion; translation of international application governs content; patentee must demonstrate inaccuracy of its own translation.
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Streitig1, 4, 5, 6, 9
Nichtig erklärt1, 4, 5, 6, 9
Hinweise: Same CoA decision as UPC_CoA_762/2024 (consolidated); claims 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 of EP 3 223 320 revoked for added matter; infringement dismissed.