APL 8/2024

—·EP3883277: METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING SPATIALLY LOCATED INFORMATION TO A MOBILE TERMINAL

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
VusionGroup SA (formerly SES-imagotag SA)
Reps: Jochen Herr (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP); Alexandre Hoffmann (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP); Daniel Seitz (Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP)
Respondents
Hanshow Technology Co. Ltd
Hanshow Germany GmbH
Hanshow France SAS
Hanshow Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Roland Küppers (Taylor Wessing); Alexander Rubusch (Taylor Wessing)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Klaus Grabinski · President of the Court of Appeal
Françoise Barutel · Legally Qualified Judge
Peter Blok · Legally Qualified Judge / Judge-Rapporteur
Eric Augarde · Technically Qualified Judge
Klaus Loibner · Technically Qualified Judge
Technology: Computing & AI
Language: —
First decided: May 13, 2024

Decisions

2024-05-13
PI deniedAppeal decisionAppeal RoP220.1
Order by the Court of Appeal (UPC_CoA_1/2024, 13 May 2024) dismissing VusionGroup SA's (formerly SES-imagotag) appeal against the first-instance refusal of a preliminary injunction based on unitary patent EP 3 883 277 (electronic shelf labels). The CoA found that Hanshow's products do not fall within claim 1 because the antenna is not positioned further towards the front face than the circuit board as required; VusionGroup was ordered to bear costs.
Legal issues:Preliminary injunction (provisional measures)Claim interpretation: antenna positioning featureNon-infringementElectronic shelf label patent

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