Overview · Filed: May 2, 2024
UPC_CFI_202/2024
DISPENSING APPARATUS
RevocationMain Revocation ActionParis CDRevocationCase Closed
Parties
Claimants
- Lindal Dispenser GmbH
Reps: Véronique Pede (CAPE IP Law); Camille Vansteenkiste (CAPE IP Law)
Respondents
- Rocep-Lusol Holdings Limited
Reps: Matthew Dixon (Beck Greener LLP); Anna Hatt (Beck Greener LLP); François Herpe (Cornet Vincent Ségurel); Capucine Hamon (Cornet Vincent Ségurel)
Judges
French-seated division — individual judges anonymized.
- Panel member (anonymized)
- Panel member (anonymized)
- Panel member (anonymized)
Patents
- EP3655346
- EP 3 655 346 B1
CPC codes: B65D83/44, B65D83/141, B65D83/64, Y02W90/10, B65D83/18
Technology area: Consumer Goods · Packaging
Sector: Packaging & Conveying
Outcome
Patent amendedMaintained as amended
Filed: May 2, 2024
First decided: May 29, 2025
Language: English
The Central Division Paris rejected Lindal's revocation action but maintained EP 3 655 346 B1 as amended by the First Auxiliary Request submitted by the patent proprietor (Rocep-Lusol). The court held that the patent lacked industrial application in its original form but could be maintained in amended form. Claimant (Lindal) bears 70% of costs; defendant (Rocep-Lusol) bears 30%.
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Notes: Paris Central Division rejected revocation of EP3655346 (pressure pack dispenser); patent maintained in amended form per First Auxiliary Request after original claim 1 found to lack industrial application.