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UPC APP 8203/2025
—·EP3296274: FINING OF BOROALUMINO SILICATE GLASSES
- Case details
- Status—ActionPreliminary objectionCategoryPreliminary Objection
- Parties
- Respondents
- Hisense Gorenje Germany GmbH
- Hisense Europe Holding GmbH
- TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- TCL Deutschland Verwaltungs GmbH
- TCL Operations Polska Sp. z o.o.
- TCL Belgium, SA
- LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH
- LG Electronics European Shared Service Center B.V.
- LG Electronics European Holding B.V.
Reps: Felix Rödiger (Bird & Bird LLP) - Division
- Mannheim LD
- Judges
- Peter Tochtermann · Presiding Judge / Judge-Rapporteur
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Apr 3, 2025
Decisions
- 2025-04-03JurisdictionalPreliminary objection
Order by Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_819/2024, 3 April 2025) dismissing preliminary objections by Hisense, TCL and LG defendants in Corning's infringement action for EP 3 296 274 (glass sheets in LCD TVs). Defendants argued as distributors they had no knowledge of the manufacturing process and that three separate infringement forms could not be tried in one action (Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA). The court rejected these arguments.
Legal issues:Preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP)Multiple defendants / joinder (Art. 33(1)(a) UPCA)Distributor liability for process patent
Documents
- 938C83D924744DC72D7DCAB8EF7306D5_en.pdf2025-04-03EN