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UPC APP 24543/2025
—·EP3476616: PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE ORIGINAL PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND PRINTING METHOD
- Case details
- Status—ActionHearingCategoryCase Management Orders
- Parties
- RespondentsReps: Elena Hennecke (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
- Division
- Mannheim LD
- Judges
- Peter Tochtermann · Presiding judge
- Dirk Böttcher · Judge-rapporteur
- Andras Kupecz · Legally qualified judge
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Jul 18, 2025
Claims
At issueall
Not infringedall
Notes: Mannheim LD dismissed FUJIFILM's infringement action on UK part of EP3476616; invalidity defence succeeded inter partes; no specific claim numbers enumerated in operative order.
Decisions
- 2025-07-18Not infringedHearing
Decision of the Mannheim Local Division dismissing FUJIFILM Corporation's infringement action against Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH, and Kodak Holding GmbH for the UK-validated part of EP 3 476 616. The Court found that the UPC has jurisdiction over the UK part of a European bundle patent and can assess validity as a prerequisite for infringement with inter partes effect, but that the infringement action failed on the merits (invalidity defence succeeded). The claimant bears litigation costs.
Legal issues:UPC jurisdiction over UK-validated national parts of European bundle patentsInvalidity defence with inter partes effectECJ judgment C-339/22 BSH HausgeräteNo erga omnes revocation of UK national part
Documents
- 4F9D6185CB382968A5BEF6E22E669EEE_en.pdf2025-07-18EN