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UPC_APP_10014/2025

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

OtherPreliminary ObjectionParis LDPreliminary objection
Parties

Claimants

  • Mul-T-Lock France
  • Mul-T-Lock Suisse
Reps: Stanislas Roux-Vaillard

Respondents

  • IMC Créations
Reps: Renaud Gaglione
Judges

French-seated division — individual judges anonymized.

  • Panel member (anonymized)Presiding judge
  • Panel member (anonymized)Judge-rapporteur
  • Panel member (anonymized)Legally qualified judge
Patents
  • EP4153830
CPC codes: E05B17/049, E05B85/06, E05C1/004, E05C1/04, E05B17/2057, E05B17/0004, E05B17/2049, E05B77/44, E05B79/02
Outcome
Dismissed
Filed:
First decided: Mar 21, 2025
Language:

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.