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Overview · Filed:

APL_31428/2024

AppealsMain AppealCourt of AppealAppeal RoP220.1
Parties

Claimants

  • STÄUBLI TEC-SYSTEMS GMBH
Reps: Stefan Golkowsky (Patentanwälte Pfennig, Meinig und Partner mbB); Yori Manzke (Patentanwälte Pfennig, Meinig und Partner mbB); Maxi Rafaela Thrum (Patentanwälte Pfennig, Meinig und Partner mbB); Johannes Bukow (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan); Anna-Katharina Hübler (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan)

Respondents

Judges
Patents
Outcome
Costs only
Filed:
First decided: Mar 26, 2025
Language:

The Court of Appeal issued an order on costs distribution after a patent revocation action became moot because the patent holder surrendered the patent; the Court established that an exception to the loser-pays rule applies where the patent owner surrendered immediately at the outset of proceedings without prior provocation.