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 |
| Exhibit CE 17 Proof of payment of security | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Application to release security | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit CE18 Settlement agreement | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit CE18 Settlement agreement | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Application to release security | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit CE 17 Proof of payment of security | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Application for confidentiality | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit CE18 Settlement agreement | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Exhibit CE18 Settlement agreement | 2025-04-25 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-02-19 | Not public |
| access to seized documentation | 2025-02-19 | Public |
| Receipt | 2025-02-17 | Not public |
| Application to broaden confidentiality club | 2025-02-15 | Not public |
| [Redacted] Order R.192 2025.01.22 | 2025-02-13 | Not public |
| Written Report | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 5.2 Pakbon | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 2. Planning | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 1. Purchase order | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 3.1 Drawing ..675 | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 3.2 Drawing ..167 | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 4. Inspection report | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Attachment 5.1 Pakbon | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Application RoP185 | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Confirmation ex RoP 185.6 | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement of access to case | 2025-02-05 | Not public |
| Notification Of Service | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| Notice of appointment as an expert | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| Notice of Provisional measures and instructions for access to proceedings | 2025-01-22 | Not public |
| Measures_DecisionOutcome_Notification.pdf | 2025-01-22 | Not public |
| saisie LD The Hague | 2025-01-22 | Public |
| saisie LD The Hague | 2025-01-22 | Not public |
| Panel-Appointment | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application-For-Measures-Receipt | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application to request confidentiality from the public | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE09 Mammoet Engineering B.V. Order confirmation 20 00273 11112020 REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10a Translation of email correspondence REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE06 Mammoet Engineering BV Purchase order 4511523794 11112020 signed REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10 E-mail correspondence dated 28 October 2020 and 4 November 2020 - REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application to preserve evidence and inspect premises REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE07 Drawings 192199094000 REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE11 Drawings 192199094000DS01IP titled MJS300 Jacking Cradle dimensions and specifications REDACTED | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application-For-Measures-Acknowledgement | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE15 Email exchange between R Dijkstra and PTS | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application to preserve evidence and inspect premises | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE01 Proof of payment of court fees € 350 paid on 9 January 2025 to LU64 0019 7355 1897 3000 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10 E-mail correspondence between Henk van den Brande and Ronald Hoefmans dated 28 October 2020 and 4 November 2020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE03 NL 2025 942 B1 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10 E-mail correspondence between Henk van den Brande and Ronald Hoefmans dated 28 October 2020 and 4 November 2020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE16 List of search terms for seizure | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE06 Mammoet Engineering BV Purchase order 4511523794 11112020 signed | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE07 Drawings 192199094000 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE02 EP 4 171 996 B1 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10 E-mail correspondence between Henk van den Brande and Ronald Hoefmans dated 28 October 2020 and 4 November 2020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| Application to preserve evidence and inspect premises | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE10 E-mail correspondence between Henk van den Brande and Ronald Hoefmans dated 28 October 2020 and 4 November 2020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE08 Mammoet Engineering B.V. Purchase order 4511523794 11112020 General conditions | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE07 Drawings 192199094000 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE14 Warning Letter from R Dijkstra to PTS of 22 November 2024 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE14 Warning Letter from R Dijkstra to PTS of 22 November 2024 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE04 WO 2022 002936 A1 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE12 Henk van den Brande op LinkedIn | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE13 Extract from Dutch Chamber of Commerce Mammoet Holding BV | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE15 Email exchange between R Dijkstra and PTS | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE05 Communication of unitary effect EP 996 of 8 October 2024 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE09 Mammoet Engineering B.V. Order confirmation 20 00273 11112020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE01 Proof of payment of court fees € 350 paid on 9 January 2025 to LU64 0019 7355 1897 3000 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE09 Mammoet Engineering B.V. Order confirmation 20 00273 11112020 | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE11 Drawings 192199094000DS01IP titled MJS300 Jacking Cradle dimensions and specifications | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE11 Drawings 192199094000DS01IP titled MJS300 Jacking Cradle dimensions and specifications | 2025-01-15 | Not public |
| CE06 Mammoet Engineering BV Purchase order 4511523794 11112020 signed | 2025-01-15 | Not public |