UPC APP 35786/2025

—·EP3494446: METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
PAPST LICENSING GmbH & Co. KG
Reps: Hannes Jacobsen (CBH Rechtsanwälte)
Respondents
Ecovacs Home Service Robotics Co., Ltd.
ECOVACS Europe GmbH
ECOVACS France S.a.r.l.
ECOVACS Robotics Inc.
Reps: Wim Maas (Taylor Wessing)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding judge (acting for judge-rapporteur)
Technology: Measurement & Testing
Language: —
First decided: Sep 9, 2025

Decisions

2025-09-09
Generic application
Munich Local Division procedural order in infringement proceedings concerning a patent for robot vacuum cleaners (EP 3 494 446) brought by Papst Licensing against Ecovacs entities. ECOVACS Europe GmbH (defendant 2) requested an extension of deadlines for preliminary objection (to 26 September 2025) and for statement of defence/revocation counterclaim (to 26 November 2025), on the condition that it would also accept service and act as representative for the other Ecovacs defendants not yet separately represented. This would create uniform deadline arrangements for all defendants.
Legal issues:Deadline extension for preliminary objection and statement of defenceUnified service and deadlines for multiple defendants

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