UPC APP 36707/2025

—·EP3522755: PIECE OF FURNITURE IN WHICH A WASHING MACHINE CAN BE PLACED AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF

Case details: Status
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Action
Hearing
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
Washtower IP B.V.
Washtower B.V.
Reps: Peter van Schijndel
Respondents
Wasombouw B.V.
Industriebeteiligungs- und Beratungs GmbH
BEGA Consult Internationale Handelsagentur GmbH & Co. KG
BEGA BBK Sp. z o.o. sp. K
NEG Novex Wholesale Company GmbH
Reps: Volkmar Henke
Division: The Hague LD
Judges: Edger Brinkman · Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Margot Kokke · Legally qualified judge
Samuel Granata · Legally qualified judge
Alessandro Sanchini · Technically qualified judge
Technology: Furniture & Household
Language: —
First decided: Sep 11, 2025

Decisions

2025-09-11
PI grantedHearing
The Hague Local Division granted Washtower's application for provisional measures against defendants 2–5 (IBBH, BEGA Consult, BEGA BBK and NEG Novex), handing down injunctions against the making, offering and marketing of Laundreezy and Respekta Clara washing machine cabinets that infringe EP 3 522 755 B1, together with information and recall orders and an interim costs award of €56,000; the application against defendant 1 (Wasombouw) was withdrawn after settlement.
Legal issues:Provisional measures / preliminary injunction under Art. 62 UPCAInfringement of design patent for washing machine cabinetsInformation and recall ordersInterim costs award under R. 211.1(d) RoP

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