UPC CFI 115/2024

At the UPC: Brodrene Hartmann A/S (2 cases)·Omni-Pac Ekco GmbH Verpackungsmittel (7 cases)

• 2025-10-15
  Public

  Summary: The Düsseldorf Local Division found that the infringement action failed (patent not infringed) while partially upholding the defendants' counterclaim for revocation: the patent EP 2 755 901 B1 (egg packaging) was revoked in part, with the counterclaim otherwise dismissed. Priority, inventive step, and equivalence were the key issues.

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  • Priority under Article 87 EPC
  • Inventive step - material selection from limited range
  • Infringement by equivalence
  • Partial revocation via counterclaim
• 2025-08-21
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: Procedural order in infringement proceedings by Hartmann Packaging A/S against Omni-Pac entities (Düsseldorf Local Division) concerning EP 2 755 901 B1 (egg packaging). The order closes the interim procedure, provides the panel's preliminary view on the skilled person definition and provides the parties with feature analyses for claims 1, 5 and 6. Claimant cautioned about potential indefiniteness of its recall request and corrected the basis for preliminary damages. Parties given deadline until 28 August 2025 for uploads before oral hearing.

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  • Closure of interim procedure (R. 104, R. 110 RoP)
  • Skilled person definition
  • Feature analysis of patent claims
  • Definiteness of recall request