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UPC CFI 196/2025

Mar 10, 2025·EP2403266 · Portable terminal, information processing apparatus, content display system and content display method

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Case details
Status
Case Closed (No infringement)
Action
Infringement
Category
Main infringement action
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Division
Munich LD
Judges
Technology
  • Electrical engineering
    Audio-visual technology · Telecommunications · Digital communication · Computer technology
Language
English
First decided
Sep 22, 2026
How this compares
The court's record for this kind of case, counted in first-instance rulings. A figure in brackets is the number of rulings a rate rests on.
Infringement foundMedian days to first decision
All UPC53% (62/117)124
Munich LDLockedLocked
Judge Matthias ZigannLockedLocked
Judge Stefan JohanssonLockedLocked
Judge Tobias PichlmaierLockedLocked
Judge Hergen KapelsLockedLocked

At the UPC: Maxell, Ltd. (11 cases)·Samsung Group (57 cases)

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This dispute contains 5 other proceedings

UPC CoA 178/2026·UPC CoA 179/2026·UPC CFI 665/2025·UPC CFI 251/2025·UPC APP 19188/2025

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Decisions
  • 2026-09-22
    InfringementPublic

    Summary: The Munich Local Division revoked Maxell's EP 2 403 266 in its entirety on Samsung's counterclaim (UPC_CFI_665/2025), holding claim 1 obvious over D1 and D10 for the patent as granted and every auxiliary request, with auxiliary requests 12 and 13 also adding matter; the infringement action was therefore dismissed and Maxell ordered to pay Samsung the agreed EUR 620,000 in costs.

    Show the legal issues (4)
    • Inventive step: claim 1 obvious over D1 in combination with D10, as granted and for all auxiliary requests examined
    • Unallowable added matter (Art. 138(1)(c) EPC) in auxiliary requests 12 and 13 (UTF-8-encoded display state information)
    • Infringement action dismissed as a consequence of revocation
    • Costs award by party agreement: EUR 600,000 representation costs plus EUR 20,000 court fee
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Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • Claim 1 as granted and as amended by the auxiliary requests (incl. 9b and 9c) lacks inventive step over D1 in combination with D10

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 56 EPC, Art. 138(1)(a) EPC

  • Auxiliary requests 12 and 13 add subject matter: the application discloses display state information indicating a UTF-8 character encoding item, not that the display state information itself is UTF-8-encoded

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 123(2) EPC, Art. 138(1)(c) EPC
Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.

  • The patent as granted or as amended by an auxiliary request is valid and infringed

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 138 EPC; Art. 25 UPCA