- Case details
- Status—ActionProcedural applicationCategoryConfidentiality (RoP 262A / 262.2)
- Parties
- Respondents
- Surftown GmbHOperating co.
- White Water Era GmbHOperating co.
- WhiteWater West Industries Ltd.Operating co.
- Endless Surf Ltd.Operating co.
Representatives- Philipp Neuwald-Lorenz Seidler Gossel Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
- Tobias Wuttke-Bardehle Pagenberg
- Division
- Dusseldorf LD
- Judges
- —
- Technology
- Other fieldsConsumer products · Civil engineering
- Mechanical engineeringTransport
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Aug 1, 2025
- Last decision
- Aug 12, 2025
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Dusseldorf LD | Locked |
At the UPC: American Wave Machines, Inc. (7 cases)·Surftown GmbH (3 cases)
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2 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
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- 2025-08-12Application RoP262APublic
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- 2025-08-01Application RoP262APublic
Summary: Order of the Düsseldorf Local Division on an application under Rule 262A RoP for confidentiality protection of technical details of the challenged embodiment submitted by the defendants WhiteWater West Industries Ltd., Endless Surf Ltd. and White Water Era GmbH in infringement proceedings against Surftown GmbH. The Court granted the confidentiality order for technical design details not publicly available, setting the restricted access circle under Rule 262A.6 RoP.
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- Publicly available information
- 506C5869DF43757EF716498A3BDA7091_en.pdf2025-08-01EN
- 49811E2F99F5D807966CD59B1AE4066E_en.pdf2025-08-12EN