UPC APP 10014/2025

—·EP4153830: LOCK COMPRISING A SLIDER WHICH IS FLUSH RELATIVE TO A SOLE PLATE PROVIDED WITH A RECESS FOR RECEIVING A TRANSLATION STOP OF THE SLIDER

Case details: Status
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Action
Preliminary objection
Category
Preliminary Objection
Parties: Claimants
Mul-T-Lock France
Mul-T-Lock Suisse
Reps: Stanislas Roux-Vaillard
Respondents
IMC Créations
Reps: Renaud Gaglione
Division: Paris LD
Judges: Camille Lignieres · Presiding judge
Carine Gillet · Judge-rapporteur
Rute Lopes · Legally qualified judge
Language: —
First decided: Mar 21, 2025

Decisions

2025-03-21
DismissedJurisdictionalPreliminary objection
The Paris Local Division rejected Mul-T-Lock France's preliminary objection challenging UPC jurisdiction over infringement of national (non-unitary) designations of EP 4 153 830 in Spain, the UK and Switzerland, confirming the UPC's competence to hear infringement of all national parts of the patent within UPC Member States.
Legal issues:UPC jurisdiction over national patent designationsPreliminary objection on jurisdiction R. 19 RoPBrussels Ibis Regulation Art. 4

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