UPC CFI 16/2025
Jan 15, 2025·EP4171996 Unitary patent · TRAILER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AN OBJECT BY A TRAILER SYSTEM AND TRAILER JACK SYSTEM
Action number: ACT 1474/2025
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionGenericCategoryEvidence and inspection
- Parties
- Respondents
- P.T.S. Machinery B.V.Operating co.
- Division
- The Hague LD
- Technology
- Mechanical engineeringHandling · Transport
- Other fieldsCivil engineering
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Jan 22, 2025
- Last decision
- Feb 19, 2025
- EPO Opposition
- SCHEUERLE Fahrzeugfabrik GmbHAdmissible2025-05-26
- Sarens N.V.Admissible2025-05-28
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| The Hague LD | Locked |
| Judge Edger Brinkman | Locked |
| Judge Margot Kokke | Locked |
At the UPC: Mammoet Holding B.V. (1 case)·P.T.S. Machinery B.V. (1 case)
- 2025-02-19Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192Public
Summary: The Hague Local Division issued a procedural order concerning access to an expert's written report from evidence preservation proceedings, regulating a confidentiality regime for the report initially limiting access to defendants' representatives and later extending it to the applicant.
Show the legal issues (2)
- Confidentiality of expert report (Art. 58 UPCA, R. 196.1 RoP)
- Phased access to evidence preservation report
- 2025-01-22Application for preserving evidence pursuant to RoP192Public
Summary: The Hague Local Division granted Mammoet Holding B.V.'s application for preserving evidence against PTS Machinery B.V., ordering an expert inspection of the defendant's premises without prior hearing to gather evidence of alleged infringement of EP 4 171 996. Security of EUR 20,000 was required.
Show the legal issues (6)
- Preservation of evidence
- R.192 RoP
- Ex parte order
- Expert inspection
- Trailer system patent
- Heavy lifting and transport
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case Closure Formal Check | 2025-09-10 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-06-05 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-06-05 | Not public |
| Order to release security | 2025-06-05 | Public |
| Receipt | 2025-04-28 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-04-28 | Not public |
| Settlement agreement redacted | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Application for confidentiality | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Settlement agreement redacted | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Proof of payment of security redacted | 2025-04-25 | Not public |