UPC APP 8530/2025

—·EP2778423B1

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Grundfos Holding A/S
Reps: Markus B. Bölling (Mitscherlich Patent- und Rechtsanwälte)
Respondents
Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump Co., Ltd.
Reps: Michael Rüberg (Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mBB); Oliver Tavenkorn (Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mBB)
Division: Dusseldorf LD
Judges: —
Language: —
First decided: Feb 26, 2025

Decisions

2025-02-26
DismissedGeneric application
Request by defendant Hefei Xinhu Canned Motor Pump Co., Ltd. for permission to file an additional pleading (R. 36 RoP) in infringement proceedings Grundfos Holding A/S v. Hefei Xinhu (Düsseldorf Local Division, EP 2 778 423) was rejected. The request was filed more than six weeks after the Chinese Patent Office invalidated the counterpart Chinese patent, and the defendant failed to explain the delay. Filing shortly before the scheduled oral hearing (27 March 2025) would have unduly disadvantaged the claimant and the court.
Legal issues:Permission for additional pleading (R. 36 RoP)Timeliness of new submissionsEffect of foreign patent office invalidation on UPC proceedings

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