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UPC CFI 103/2025

Apr 29, 2025·EP2437696 · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POSITION

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Case details
Status
Case Closed (Patent revoked)
Action
Counterclaim for revocation
Category
Counterclaim for revocation
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Respondents
Representatives
Division
The Hague LD
Judges
Technology
  • Electrical engineering
    Audio-visual technology
  • Instruments
    Medical technology
Language
English
First decided
Mar 3, 2026
EPO Opposition
  • isarpatent - Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Behnisch Barth Charles Hassa Peckmann und Partner mbBWithdrawn2019-12-30
  • Philips International B.V.Admissible2020-01-03
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Patent revokedMedian days to first decision
All UPC37% (34/91)124
The Hague LDLockedLocked
Judge Edger BrinkmanLockedLocked
Judge Margot KokkeLockedLocked
Judge Stefan JohanssonLockedLocked
Judge Stefanie PhilippsLockedLocked

At the UPC: Philips Group (46 cases)·Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc. (5 cases)

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Decisions
  • 2026-03-03
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: The Hague Local Division revoked Advanced Brain Monitoring's EP 2 437 696 B2 (position therapy device for sleep disorders) as lacking inventive step over JP748 prior art. The counterclaim for revocation by Philips succeeded and the infringement action was dismissed.

    Show the legal issues (5)
    • Revocation
    • Inventive step
    • Position therapy device
    • Sleep disorders
    • Counterclaim for revocation
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Interim procedure opened2025-11-19Not public
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Panel-Appointment2025-09-17Not public
Comments pursuant to RoP2642025-09-15Not public
opportunity to comment2025-09-08Not public
Template-Order2025-09-08Not public
opportunity to comment2025-09-08Not public
Receipt2025-09-08Not public
Rejoinder and Reply to Defence counterclaim2025-09-08Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P16 NE555 datasheet2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P19 front page2025-09-08Not public
Rejoinder and Reply to Defence counterclaim2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P21 screen shots video2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P24 screenshot Snorflex webpage2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P17 book "introduction to microcontrollers"2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P19 youtube video microcontroller2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P20 transcript of video P192025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P18 book Microcontroller Fundamentals2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P22 preliminary opinion Board of Appeal2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P23 Updated NightBalance webpages2025-09-08Not public
Exhibit P15 CMOS4017 datasheet2025-09-08Not public
Hearing-Dates2025-07-10Not public
R.28 and R.37.2 order2025-07-10Public
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Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-07-09Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-07-09Not public
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Panel-Appointment2025-05-06Not public
EPO-Request-for-case-pending2025-05-06Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-05-06Not public
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-05-06Not public
P07 JPH 0349748 A2025-04-29Not public
P05 WO2010141893A22025-04-29Not public
P02 EP2437696B2 text of the litigated patent as maintained in amended form after EPO opposition + appeal2025-04-29Not public
P03 Extract from NL patent register showing that litigated patent is void ab initio in NL2025-04-29Not public
P13 US 2006/173257 A12025-04-29Not public
P07 JPH 0349748 A2025-04-29Not public
P01 Evidence payment court fee for revocation counterclaim2025-04-29Not public
P14 US 5477867 A2025-04-29Not public
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P06 US184631P priority document2025-04-29Not public
P09 US 5381801 A2025-04-29Not public
Counterclaim for revocation2025-04-29Not public
P04 Screenshots of result of searching for NightBalance on the websites of Distributors2025-04-29Not public
P12 US 2010/057148 A12025-04-29Not public