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UPC CFI 230/2024

May 21, 2024·EP1944067 · Method and system for detecting an offside situation

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Case details
Status
Case Closed
Action
Revocation
Category
Main revocation action
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Paris CD
Judges
Technology
  • Other fields
    Consumer products
Language
English
First decided
Oct 14, 2024
Last decision
May 21, 2025
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 revokedMedian days to first decision
All UPC37% (34/91)124
Paris CDLockedLocked
Judge François ThomasLockedLocked
Judge Maximilian HaedickeLockedLocked
Judge Gérard MyonLockedLocked

At the UPC: Kinexon Sports & Media GmbH (9 cases)·Ballinno B.V. (9 cases)

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UPC CFI 484/2025·UPC APP 44034/2024·UPC CoA 328/2024·UPC CFI 151/2024·UPC APP 23209/2024 and 3 more

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Decisions
  • 2025-05-21
    Revocation ActionPublic

    Summary: The Central Division Paris issued a rectification order correcting a clerical error in the April 2025 decision that revoked EP 1 994 067 B1 in the Kinexon v Ballinno revocation action, correcting the patent number reference from EP 1 994 067 to EP 1 944 067.

    Show the legal issues (2)
    • Rectification of clerical error in decision (R. RoP)
    • Patent number correction
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Final order 34392-2025 anonymized 21.08.20252025-08-21Not public
Final order 34189 anonymized 21.08.20252025-08-21Not public
Outcome of the Order2025-08-21Not public
Outcome of the Order2025-08-21Not public
release of security2025-08-21Not public
release of security2025-08-21Public
release of security2025-08-21Not public
release of security2025-08-21Not public
release of security2025-08-21Public
Template-Order2025-08-21Not public
Coverage: Thin.Reasoning extracted with limited coverage — see decisions tab for full text.
Plain-English summary

Kinexon Sports & Media GmbH (Germany) brought a revocation action against Ballinno B.V. (Netherlands) concerning EP 1 944 067 B1, a patent for a method and system for detecting an offside situation in sports. The Paris Central Division revoked the patent with effect for Germany and the Netherlands in April 2025; the available decision is a May 2025 rectification order under R. 353 RoP correcting a clerical error in the patent number (EP 1 994 067 was corrected to EP 1 944 067 throughout the decision).

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • Patent EP 1 944 067 B1 (offside detection system) should be revoked with effect for Germany and the Netherlands

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 65 UPCA

    Note: The underlying April 2025 decision revoked EP 1 944 067 B1; the available excerpt concerns only the May 2025 rectification order correcting the patent number.

Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.

No rejected arguments captured.

Key legal principles
Doctrines and rules cited in the reasoning.
R. 353 RoP permits rectification of clerical errors in decisions, including in the patent number, on the court's own motionParties must be heard before a R. 353 rectification is issued

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