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UPC CFI 2279/2025
Aug 18, 2025·EP2237738 Unitary patent · ORTHODONTIC REPOSITIONING APPLIANCES HAVING IMPROVED GEOMETRY, METHODS AND SYSTEMS
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Patent upheld as granted)ActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- Angelalign Technology Inc.Operating co.
- Angelalign France Technology SASUOperating co.
- Europe Angelalign Technology B.V.Operating co.
- Angelalign Technology (Germany) GmbHOperating co.
- Italy Angelalign Technology S.R.L.Operating co.
Representatives- Tim Smentkowski-Arnold Ruess
- Division
- Paris LD
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Oct 16, 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.
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| Paris LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Camille Lignières | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Carine Gillet | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Marjolein Visser | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Elisabetta Papa | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Angelalign Group (8 cases)·Align Technology, Inc. (8 cases)
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Decisions
- 2026-10-16InfringementPublic
Summary: Paris LD holds that defendants 1, 2, 4 and 5 infringed claims 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 of EP2237738 in 17 UPC states and grants an injunction with penalties, damages (amount to be determined), information, recall, destruction and removal. The counterclaim for revocation is dismissed on the merits (patent valid, conditional auxiliary request not reached); enforcement is not made conditional on security; the action against defendant 3 and for the UK is dismissed.
Show the legal issues (8)
- Infringement of claims 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 (clear aligner torque ridge)
- Counterclaim for revocation: added matter, insufficiency, inventive step (dismissed)
- Claim construction of 'buccal'
- Liability of holding-company defendant 3 (rejected)
- Damages from 12 July 2023 (Art 68 UPCA)
- Security for enforcement refused (Art 82(2) UPCA)
- Publication of decision (Art 80) refused
- UK part of the patent
Documents
Show all 59 documents| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2026-10-16 | Not public |
| Decision | 2026-10-16 | Public |
| Decision | 2026-10-16 | Not public |
| Deliberation opened | 2026-09-08 | Not public |
| Oral procedure opened | 2026-08-07 | Not public |
| Interim procedure closed | 2026-08-07 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-08-05 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-08-05 | Not public |
| Document Claimant | 2026-08-05 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-16 | Not public |