UPC_APP_24503/2025

PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE ORIGINAL PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD

Procedural & sub-applicationsCase Management OrdersMannheim LDHearing—

Overview Decisions Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

FUJIFILM Corporation(Fujifilm Group)

Reps: Tobias Hahn (HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER)

Respondents

Kodak GmbH(Kodak Group)
Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH(Kodak Group)

Reps: Elena Hennecke (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)

Judges

Patents

EP3511174

CPC codes: B41M1/06, B41C2201/14, B41C2210/24, B41C2210/04, G03F7/11, G03F7/00, B41C2210/08, B41N1/08, B41C2201/02, B41C2201/04, B41N3/03, B41N1/083…

Outcome

Infringed

Filed: —

First decided: Jul 18, 2025

Language: —

The Mannheim Local Division found Kodak entities infringed FUJIFILM's EP 3 511 174 B1 (lithographic printing plate precursor) and granted an injunction including for indirect infringement, covering Germany, France, Netherlands, and the UK national part (validity assessed inter partes only).

Claims

At issue15, 16

Infringed15, 16

Notes: Mannheim LD found indirect infringement of claim 15 (printing method) and claim 16 (printing method) of EP3511174 B1 for the UK national part; injunction granted for UK territory.