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Overview · Filed: Apr 3, 2024

UPC_CFI_162/2024

JUICE EXTRACTOR

InfringementMain Infringement ActionMannheim LDInfringementCase Closed
Coverage: Partial.Reasoning extracted with partial coverage — some sections may be incomplete.
Plain-English summary

This is the separated part of the Hurom v. NUC Electronics Co., Ltd. proceedings (Korean parent entity) concerning EP 2 028 981 (juice extractor), covering alleged infringement in Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The Mannheim Local Division dismissed this separated action because Hurom had not specifically asserted that NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.'s distributors for Poland and the UK offered or sold the contested products, and NUC had no Spanish distributor; costs of the court were borne by Hurom for this separated part, with each party bearing its own legal costs.

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.
  • No infringement of claim 1 of EP 2 028 981 in the separated proceedings covering Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 25 UPCA

    Note: The court dismissed the separated portion of the infringement action against NUC Electronics Co., Ltd. (Korean parent), finding that Claimant did not specifically assert that defendant's distributors for Poland and UK offered or sold contested embodiments, and defendant has no distributor in Spain.

Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.
  • Infringement of EP 2 028 981 in Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom by NUC Electronics Co., Ltd.

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 25 UPCA

    Reason: Claimant did not specifically assert that defendant's distributors offered or sold contested embodiments in Poland and UK, and defendant had no distributor in Spain; only shipments by defendant's German subsidiary and French distributor were asserted, whose focus was in France and Germany covered by the earlier decision.