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ACT_578818/2023

PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE ORIGINAL PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND PRINTING METHOD

InfringementMain Infringement ActionMannheim LDInfringement Action—
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Parties

Claimants

Reps: Tobias Hahn (HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER)

Respondents

Reps: Elena Hennecke (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Judges
  • TochtermannPresiding Judge
  • BöttcherJudge-Rapporteur
  • AgergaardLegally Qualified Judge
  • WismethTechnically Qualified Judge
Patents
  • EP 3 476 616
CPC codes: B41C2210/24, G03F7/09, G03F7/11, G03F7/00, B41C2201/02, B41C2201/04, B41C2210/262, B41N3/034, G03F7/095, B41C2210/08, B41C2210/266, B41C2210/264…

Technology area: Industrial Manufacturing · Printing Technology

Outcome
RevokedDismissed — patent invalid
Filed: —
First decided: Jan 30, 2025
Last decision: Apr 2, 2025
Language: —

The Mannheim Local Division fully revoked European patent EP 3 476 616 in Germany and dismissed the infringement action brought by FUJIFILM against Kodak entities. The application to amend the patent was also dismissed. The court held that the patent was entirely invalid due to lack of novelty/inventive step in the German territory. No injunction was granted. Claimant was ordered to pay EUR 300,000 as interim award on legal costs. The value in dispute was set at EUR 15,000,000.

Claims
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Notes: Mannheim Local Division entirely revoked EP 3 476 616 in Germany for lack of novelty/inventive step; application to amend also dismissed; no specific claim numbers enumerated in excerpt.