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Legal issues

Cross-cutting view of legal principles, recurring arguments, and the prior art the court relies on.

Legal principleCosts allocation for director-defendants sued in their capacity as directorsClear all

Filtering to principle: Costs allocation for director-defendants sued in their capacity as directors

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Most-litigated legal principles
Recurring legal principles across 1 cases with reasoning extracted. Success rate counts patentee-favorable outcomes only.
PrincipleCasesDecidedPatentee success
direct infringement under art. 25(a) upca — supply of all components designed for simple assembly at point of use11100%
direct infringement — sale of a single component of a multi-component product where assembly is indicated or obvious11100%
distinction between direct and indirect infringement in component supply scenarios11100%
costs allocation for director-defendants sued in their capacity as directors11100%
Most-rejected arguments
Arguments that the UPC has not accepted, ranked by repeat occurrences across cases.
ArgumentPartyCases
revocation counterclaim against ep 2 223 589 b1 (bed enclosure with lockable sheet metal strip)Respondent1
personal liability of individual directors (johann and stefan windhager) for costs beyond windhager gmbh's liabilityClaimant1
Most-cited prior art
References relied on across substantive merits cases, with the role they typically play.

No prior-art data in the current scope.