UPC CFI 162/2024

At the UPC: Hurom Co., Ltd. (29 cases)·NUC Electronics Group (29 cases)

• 2026-05-05
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: The claimant withdrew its request for the imposition of penalty payments on the defendant following the Court of Appeal's dismissal of the underlying infringement action. The withdrawal was permitted by the court under R. 265 RoP applied by analogy, proceedings were declared closed, and the claimant was ordered to bear the costs of the enforcement proceedings.

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  • Withdrawal of penalty payment request under R. 354.4 RoP
  • Application of R. 265 RoP by analogy to withdrawal of enforcement proceedings
  • Allocation of costs of enforcement proceedings
• 2025-10-02
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: The Mannheim Local Division dismissed the separated Polish, Spanish and UK part of Hurom Co. Ltd.'s infringement action against NUC Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea) concerning EP 2 028 981 (juice extractor). The panel held that the contested embodiment implements all features of claim 1, but that the claimant had not shown how the acts of its German subsidiary and French distributor are attributable to this defendant under Polish, Spanish and UK national law, which it was for the claimant to plead.

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  • Patent infringement (juice extractor)
  • Claim interpretation
  • Separated part of proceedings
• 2025-03-11
  Infringement ActionPublic

  Summary: Mannheim Local Division procedural order in infringement proceedings by Hurom Co., Ltd. against NUC Electronics Co., Ltd. concerning EP 2 028 981. Following the ECJ's decision in C-339/22 (BSH Hausgeräte) on international jurisdiction under Brussels Ia Regulation, the panel ordered separation of proceedings: a partial decision will be issued on national parts for which jurisdiction is established, while the question of jurisdiction over non-EU defendants is separated for further consideration after the parties can comment on the ECJ ruling. No substantive infringement decision issued.

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  • Separation of proceedings (R. 302.1, 303.2, 340.2 RoP)
  • International jurisdiction (Brussels Ia Regulation, Art. 71a/71b)
  • ECJ C-339/22 BSH Hausgeräte decision on UPC jurisdiction over non-EU defendants
  • Juicer device infringement
• 2025-03-11
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  Summary: Decision by Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_162/2024, 11 March 2025) finding NUC Electronics Co., Ltd. liable for direct infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 028 981 B1 (slow juicer / juice extractor) in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark and Romania. An injunction was granted, damages were declared owed, and information obligations were imposed. The decision extensively addressed the intertemporal applicability of UPCA substantive law vs. national law to pre-UPCA and ongoing acts, and the primacy of Art. 26 Brussels Ia Reg. over R. 19.7 RoP on submission of jurisdiction.

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  • Patent infringement (direct infringement found)
  • Injunction granted
  • Damages declared
  • Intertemporal applicability of UPCA vs national law
  • Art. 26 Brussels Ia Reg. primacy over R. 19.7 RoP
  • Right to information (Art. 67, 68 UPCA)
  • Juice extractor / slow juicer patent