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UPC APP 45185/2024
Aug 5, 2024·EP3375337 · SANITATION BATH TUB DEVICE
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionGenericCategoryCosts assessments
- Parties
- Claimants
- Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KGOperating co.
Representatives- Cordula Julia Schumacher-Arnold Ruess
- Benjamin Schnäbelin-Arnold Ruess
Respondents- Bette GmbH & Co. KGOperating co.
Representatives- Jens Michael Künzel-Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben
- Division
- Dusseldorf LD
- Technology
- Other fieldsConsumer products
- Language
- German
- First decided
- May 13, 2025
How this compares
How long the court takes to reach a first decision.
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Dusseldorf LD | Locked |
| Judge Ronny Thomas | Locked |
| Judge Berenice Thom | Locked |
| Judge András Kupecz | Locked |
| Judge Bernard Ledeboer | Locked |
At the UPC: Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG (4 cases)·Bette GmbH & Co. KG (4 cases)
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Decisions
- 2025-05-13
Summary: Düsseldorf Local Division determined costs in UPC_CFI_7/2023 (Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG v Bette GmbH & Co. KG, first-ever UPC decision on the merits). The court ordered Bette (the unsuccessful defendant) to reimburse Kaldewei EUR 84,950 in total costs, rejecting Bette's challenge to the reasonableness of the amount. The court noted the extra effort required for the first substantive UPC decision as a justification for higher costs.
Show the legal issues (4)
- Cost assessment under Rule 156 RoP
- Proportionality and reasonableness of legal costs
- Extra costs justified for first-ever UPC substantive decision
- Ceiling on recoverable costs
Documents
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-05-13 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-05-13 | Not public |
| Entscheidung im Kostenfestsetzungsverfahren | 2025-05-13 | Public |
| Stellungnahme zu Kosten | 2024-08-20 | Not public |
| Gelegenheit zur Stellungnahme R. 156.1 S. 2 VerfO | 2024-08-06 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2024-08-06 | Not public |
| 2024-08-05-Kaldewei-Antrag-auf-Kostenfestsetzung-UPC_signed | 2024-08-05 | Not public |
| Anlage AR-KFA 01 | 2024-08-05 | Not public |
| Anlage AR-KFA 02 | 2024-08-05 | Not public |