UPC_APP_45185/2024

SANITATION BATH TUB DEVICE

Procedural & sub-applicationsCosts AssessmentsDusseldorf LDGenericCase Closed

Overview Decisions Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co. KG

Reps: Cordula Schumacher (ARNOLD RUESS Rechtsanwälte PartmbB); Benjamin Schnäbelin (ARNOLD RUESS Rechtsanwälte PartmbB)

Respondents

Bette GmbH & Co. KG

Reps: Jens Künzel (KRIEGER MES & GRAF v. der GROEBEN PartG mbB)

Judges

Ronny Thomas
Berenice Thom
Andras Kupecz
Bernard Ledeboer

Patents

EP3375337
EP 3 375 337 B1

CPC codes: A47K3/40, A47K3/1605

Sector: Furniture & Household

Outcome

Costs only

Filed: Aug 5, 2024

First decided: May 13, 2025

Language: German

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.

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