APL 21143/2024

—·EP3466498: SEARCH DEVICE FOR AVALANCHE VICTIMS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEARCH DEVICE FOR AVALANCHE VICTIMS

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH
Reps: Miriam Kiefer (Kather Augenstein); Robert Knaps (Kather Augenstein)
Respondents
Mammut Sports Group AG
Mammut Sports Group GmbH
Reps: Oliver Jan Jüngst (Bird & Bird LLP); Moritz Schroeder (Bird & Bird LLP); Alexander Bothe (Bird & Bird LLP)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding judge
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally qualified judge
Patricia Rombach · Legally qualified judge
Technology: Computing & AI
Language: —
First decided: Sep 25, 2024

Decisions

2024-09-25
PI grantedAppeal decisionAppeal RoP220.1
The Court of Appeal upheld a first-instance preliminary injunction (including a seizure order) obtained by Ortovox against Mammut for alleged infringement of a patent relating to avalanche rescue devices, affirming the findings on urgency, infringement likelihood, and balance of interests. The appeal by Mammut was dismissed and provisional cost reimbursement was ordered in favour of Ortovox.
Legal issues:Provisional measures – urgency (R.211.4 RoP)New submissions on appealBalance of interestsSeizure orderR.263 RoP in provisional measuresScope of appeal proceedings in preliminary injunction review

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