ACT 65882/2024

—·EP3812870: FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM

Case details: Status
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Action
Infringement
Category
Main Infringement Action
Parties: Claimants
Belparts Group N.V.
Reps: Tobias Wuttke (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Respondents
IMI Hydronic International SA
IMI Hydronic Engineering AB
Reps: Clemens Bauer (Müller Schupfner & Partner mbB)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding Judge and Rapporteur
Andras Kupecz · Legally Qualified Judge
Tobias Pichlmaier · Legally Qualified Judge
Technology: Industrial Manufacturing · Flow Control · HVAC
Language: —
First decided: May 15, 2025

Decisions

2025-05-15
Infringement Action
Munich Local Division scheduling order in Belparts Group N.V.'s infringement action against IMI Hydronic entities concerning EP 3 812 870. The court decided to proceed with both the infringement action and the counterclaim for revocation (not to bifurcate), and set the interim videoconference for 24 March 2026 and the oral hearing for 18 June 2026. The scheduling takes into account a pending EPO Board of Appeal hearing on 27 November 2025 and a possible Central Division hearing.
Legal issues:Bifurcation decision (Art. 33(3) UPCA) – parties agree to joint hearingCase scheduling / R. 37 RoPCoordination with EPO opposition appeal proceedings

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