UPC CFI 240/2023
Jul 12, 2023·EP2145848 · False twist texturing machine
Action number: ACT 549550/2023
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Withdrawn)ActionInfringementCategoryMain infringement action
- Parties
- Division
- Milan LD
- Technology
- Mechanical engineeringHandling · Textile and paper machines
- Language
- Italian
- First decided
- Jul 21, 2023
- Last decision
- Dec 17, 2024
| Infringement found | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 53% (62/117) | 124 |
| Milan LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Pierluigi Perrotti | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Alima Zana | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Carine Gillet | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Michel Abello | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & CO KG (13 cases)·Himson Engineering Private Limited (6 cases)
This dispute contains 6 other proceedings
CC 596263/2023·UPC APP 562298/2023·UPC CFI 127/2023·UPC APP 28655/2024·UPC APP 33377/2025 and 1 more
4 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CoA 12/2025·UPC CoA 8/2025·UPC CFI 761/2024·UPC CFI 241/2023
- 2024-12-17Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: Procedural order (interim conference summary) of Milan Local Division in Oerlikon Textile v Himson Engineering (EP 2 145 848). The order summarises the procedural history (evidence preservation order, infringement and revocation counterclaim), the issues discussed at the interim conference (settlement proposals, claim construction, auxiliary requests) and confirms procedural arrangements for the oral hearing. Seven auxiliary requests remain before the court.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Interim conference procedure under R. 105 RoP
- Auxiliary requests (patent amendment applications)
- Admissibility of revocation grounds
- 2024-11-25
Summary: The Milan Local Division issued a case management order ahead of the oral hearing, addressing agenda items including settlement prospects, translation errors in the Italian validation of the patent, the counterclaim for revocation, auxiliary requests, and infringement evidence.
Show the legal issues (4)
- Case management interim conference
- Counterclaim for revocation scope
- Auxiliary requests
- Infringement evidence (video)
- 2024-09-17Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Milan Local Division refused Oerlikon's request to admit an eighth auxiliary request to amend EP 2 145 848 B1, finding that AR8 did not constitute an effective response to the new prior art relied upon and that it introduced an inadmissible intermediate generalisation contrary to Art. 84 EPC.
Show the legal issues (3)
- admissibility of subsequent auxiliary request R.30.2 RoP
- intermediate generalisation Art. 123(2) EPC
- clarity Art. 84 EPC
- 2024-07-23
Summary: Procedural order of the Milan Local Division (in Italian) in Oerlikon Textile v Himson Engineering (EP 2 145 848) granting Oerlikon's application for a confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP over financial information provided in reply to a R. 158 RoP request. The court constituted a confidentiality club comprising only legal representatives of Himson (not the party itself), consistent with the financial sensitivity of the documents.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Confidentiality order under R. 262A RoP
- Confidentiality club – access restricted to lawyers only, excluding party itself
- Withdrawal of document from the file as alternative
- 2023-09-27Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Milan Local Division rejected a Rule 262.1(b) request for case file access filed by a lawyer claiming to represent Himson Engineering, holding that a lawyer who is party-affiliated (even without formal appearance) is not a 'third party' within the meaning of Rule 262.1(b) and cannot access the file before service is complete.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Rule 262.1(b) RoP access request
- Third-party status for file access
- Pre-service access
- 2023-07-21Infringement ActionPublic
Summary: The Milan Local Division ordered that the Statement of Claim be served on the defendants without transmitting copies of the approximately 2,000 pages of attached exhibits, with the claimant's prior consent.
Show the legal issues (2)
- Service without exhibits
- Procedural efficiency
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2026-02-20 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-09-09 | Not public |
| 265 ROP | 2025-09-09 | Public |
| Receipt | 2025-07-22 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-07-22 | Not public |
| RINUNCIA AZIONE e CONTESTUALE ACCETTAZIONE della RINUNCIA AVVERSARIA AI SENSI DELLA RULE 265 ROP | 2025-07-22 | Not public |
| Withdrawal ex Rule 265 RoP per Oerlikon PDFA | 2025-07-22 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-06-20 | Not public |
| doc. 11_Ricevuta pagamento Court Fee | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.8_Fattura servizio interpretariato dott.ssa Ventola | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.1_Invoice n. 20250300483 - 14 Aprile 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.5_ Invoice Ing. Leihkauf - Maggio 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.7_ Invoice Ing. Leihkauf - Giugno 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.2_ Invoice Ing. Leihkauf - Marzo 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.6_Invoice n. 20250300825 - 17 Giugno 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.4_Invoice n. 20250300724 - 05 Giugno 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| doc. 10.3_Invoice n. 20250300673 - 15 Maggio 2025 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| Nota Spese 19.06.25 | 2025-06-19 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 58 Auxiliary Request 5 plus 7 IT marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Nota spese Oerlikon e nota di deposito PDFA | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 59 Auxiliary Request 6 plus 7 DE marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 55 Auxiliary Request 4 plus 7 DE marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 57 Auxiliary Request 5 plus 7 DE marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 60 Auxiliary Request 6 plus 7 IT marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Doc. 56 Auxiliary Request 4 plus 7 IT marked up and clean copy | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| Riassunto autorizzato nell interesse di Oerlikon signed | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.7 Fattura ing. Leikhauf - Febbraio 2025 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.3 Fattura n. 20250300070 _ 15 gennaio 2025 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.5 Fattura ing. Leikhauf - Novembre 2024 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.1 Fattura n. 20240301506 _ 14 novembre 2024 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.4 Fattura n. 20250300337 _ 13 marzo 2025 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.6 Fattura ing. Leikhauf - Dicembre 2024 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9 Elenco fattture per attivita rese fino a febbraio 2025 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| 9.2 Fattura n. 20240301625 _ 12 dicembre 2024 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| Nota autorizzata 31.03.25 | 2025-03-31 | Not public |
| Nota di deposito per Oerlikon | 2025-02-27 | Not public |
| Nota autorizzata 27.02.25 | 2025-02-27 | Not public |
| final order interim conference | 2024-12-17 | Public |
| 549550-23_IC_MIL-LOC_UPC202412060230PM | 2024-12-13 | Not public |
| 549550-23_IC_MIL-LOC_UPC202412060230PM | 2024-12-13 | Not public |
| Fix-Interim-Conference-Date | 2024-12-12 | Not public |
| final order rule 9 order 25 novembre 2024 | 2024-11-27 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2024-11-27 | Not public |
| order 27 novembre 2024 IC | 2024-11-27 | Public |
| Receipt | 2024-11-25 | Not public |
| Istanza differimento Interim Conference | 2024-11-25 | Not public |
| All._A_Decreto_fissazione_udienza_orale_per_il_6.12.2024_Trib_Torino | 2024-11-25 | Not public |
| rule 9 interim conference 25 novembre 2024 | 2024-11-25 | Public |
| rule 9 interim conference 25 novembre 2024 | 2024-11-25 | Not public |
| Doc. 51 - Fattura S+S n. 8 (IT012402192) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 48 - Fattura S+S n. 5 (IT012401040) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 50 - Fattura S+S n. 7 (IT012401772) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 44 - Ricevuta pagamento Court Fee | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Oerlikon - Note autorizzate ex art. 103 RoP signed | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 47 - Fattura S+S n. 4 (IT012400713) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 41 - EP2145848 EPO examination proceedings (ENG translation) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 46 - Fattura S+S n. 3 (IT012400749) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 43 - Fattura Ing. Marietti | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 45 - Fattura S+S n. 2 (IT012400220) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 49 - Fattura S+S n. 6 (IT012401383) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 42 - Fattura S+S n. 1 (IT012302052) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 52 - Fattura S_S n. 9 (IT012402459) | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 8_Fatture Himson | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 5V4 bis_Traduzione italiana lettera di replica e modifica del 18.08.2010 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 5D1 bis_Traduzione italiana D1 DE1910342A1 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 5D5 bis_Traduzione italiana WO2007036242A1 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 5D6 bis_Traduzione italiana WO03002793A1 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 6D8 bis_Traduzione italiana DE10123042A1 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Memoria autorizzata ai sensi della Rule 103ROP_18.11.24 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| Doc. 5V2 bis_Traduzione italiana EP2145848A1 | 2024-11-18 | Not public |
| fine written procedure | 2024-10-07 | Public |
| interimConferenceDecision | 2024-10-07 | Not public |
| writtenProcedureClosure | 2024-10-07 | Not public |
| IC OH 24 luglio 2024 | 2024-07-24 | Public |
| Oerlikon Reply pursuant to RoP 264 | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Oerlikon Comments pursuant to Rule 264 RoP | 2024-07-11 | Not public |
| Comments pursuant to RoP264_11 07 2024 | 2024-07-11 | Not public |
| nuove date udienze | 2024-07-04 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1945 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1940 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153228 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| UPC Local Division MILANO 498862_2023 Photos HIMSON 14Jun23 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_152452 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1943 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| UPC Milano Proc_498862_2023 Photos HIMSON 2of3 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| 498862_2023_UPC Milano Relazione tecnica HIMSON 14Giu23 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153143 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| 498862_2023_UPC Milano - Appointment Approval | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| UPC Milano Proc_498862_2023 Photos HIMSON 1of3 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| UPC Local Division MILANO 498862_2023 Photos HIMSON 14Jun23 Red | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153232 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153140 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1944 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1941 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| 498862_2023_UPC Milano Appointment Approval SIGNED | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1942 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_152505 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| Oerlikon Nota di deposito ai sensi della Rule 9 RoP SIGNED | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153234 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| 498862_2023_UPC Milano Relazione tecnica HIMSON SIGNED | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153121 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_153131 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| UPC Milano Proc_498862_2023 Photos HIMSON 3of3 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_20230614_152455 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| IMG_1939 | 2024-06-14 | Not public |
| rule 9 accesso report expert 4 giugno 2024 | 2024-06-04 | Public |
| rule 9 ROP 23 maggio 2024 | 2024-05-23 | Public |
| acquisizione prove raccolte ante causam | 2024-05-06 | Public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2024-04-19 | Not public |
| Doc.6D8_DE10123042A1 | 2024-04-19 | Not public |
| Rejoinder to the reply to the statement of defence | 2024-04-19 | Not public |
| Doc.6D9_US6990795B2 | 2024-04-19 | Not public |
| Doc.6_parere tecnico integrativo Steffen Leihkauf | 2024-04-19 | Not public |
| Reply pursuant to RoP 264 and 337 | 2024-04-08 | Not public |
| Reply pursuant to RoP264_08.04.24-signed.pdf | 2024-04-08 | Not public |
| Comments pursuant to Artt. 264 and 337 RoP | 2024-04-02 | Not public |
| Commenti autorizzati 264 ROP | 2024-04-02 | Not public |
| ROP 336 | 2024-03-15 | Not public |
| articolo 9 ROP | 2024-02-29 | Public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Traduzione italiana Parere Laus | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Reply to the Statement of Defence pursuant to Rule 29 lett. a) RoP | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Articolo Himson setting new standars | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 1 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 6 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 7 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 5 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 7 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 3 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 4 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 5 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 2 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 2 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 3 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 1 [DE] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 4 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Auxiliary Request 6 [IT] | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Parere tecnico Mr Florian Laus | 2024-02-20 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2024-02-05 | Not public |
| ROP 33 | 2024-02-05 | Not public |
| Reply pursuant to RoP264 | 2024-02-02 | Not public |
| Hearing-Dates | 2024-01-31 | Not public |
| rule 28 RoP confirmation set dates | 2024-01-31 | Not public |
| Reply pursuant to RoP264 | 2024-01-29 | Not public |
| Comments pursuant to RoP 264 regarding the appointment of a Technically Qualified Judge | 2024-01-25 | Not public |
| Comments pursuant to RoP 28 and 264 | 2024-01-19 | Not public |
| art. 33 ROP preliminary order TQJ signed | 2024-01-15 | Not public |
| IC OH case n .549550 2023 signed | 2024-01-11 | Not public |
| Hearing-Dates | 2024-01-11 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2023-12-22 | Not public |
| Statement of Defence Himson_final-signed | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Statement of Defence Himson_final-signed | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D4_US2004098964A | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5V1_EP2145848B1 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Segmento 002 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Segmento 001 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5C3_brochure HSS-AX4-11G | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D3_JP2005068573A | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D1_DE1910342A1 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc. 1_Statement of Claim_Infringment Action Act 549550_2023 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D5_WO2007036242A1 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D2_GB1401433A | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5V3_convalida italiana IT502011902007713 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5V2_EP2145848A1 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5C2_brochure HSS-AX-11G-TS | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc. 4_screenshots himson | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc. 5_Parere Tecnico Ing. Leikhauf | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Segmento 003 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5.D7_EP0903431A2 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5C4_brochure HSS-AX4-N | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D6_WO03002793A1 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc. 3_Codice accesso procedimento urgenza | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5V4_lettera di replica e modifica del 18.08.2010 | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5D3bis_Traduzione inglese di JP2005068573A | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Doc.5C1_brochure HSS-AX-11G-AT | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Formal-checks_Request-for-correction | 2023-12-21 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5C2_brochure HSS-AX-11G-TS | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D6_WO03002793A1 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D3_JP2005068573A | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5V1_EP2145848B1 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5C4_brochure HSS-AX4-N | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5.D7_EP0903431A2 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc. 4_screenshots himson | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Segmento 001 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Segmento 002 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc. 3_Codice accesso procedimento urgenza | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D4_US2004098964A | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Segmento 003 di Doc. 2_Service of the order for preservation and Ms. Zana s order | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5C3_brochure HSS-AX4-11G | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5V3_convalida italiana IT502011902007713 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D2_GB1401433A | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Statement of Defence and Counterclaim for revocation | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5V2_EP2145848A1 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc. 5_Parere Tecnico Ing. Leikhauf | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc. 1_Statement of Claim_Infringment Action Act 549550_2023 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5V4_lettera di replica e modifica del 18.08.2010 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D1_DE1910342A1 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D5_WO2007036242A1 | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5D3bis_Traduzione inglese di JP2005068573A | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Doc.5C1_brochure HSS-AX-11G-AT | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Notification Of Service | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| service receipt by Himson | 2023-12-20 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement of access to case | 2023-12-19 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement of access to case | 2023-09-26 | Not public |
| articolo 9 ROP | 2023-07-21 | Not public |
| articolo 9 ROP | 2023-07-20 | Not public |
| articolo 9 ROP | 2023-07-20 | Not public |
| epoUploadDocumentsWorkflow | 2023-07-20 | Not public |
| Letter for Service | 2023-07-20 | Not public |
| Panel-Appointment | 2023-07-20 | Not public |
| Document from EPO | 2023-07-19 | Not public |
| statementOfClaim | 2023-07-17 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2023-07-17 | Not public |
| Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome | 2023-07-14 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 7.1 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 12.2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 13.1 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Statement of claim | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 11.1 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Statement of claim | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 11.2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 13.2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 3 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 8 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 12.1 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 4 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 9 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 5 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 6 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 7.2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Ricorso Oerlikon 60 Accordo TUB e 192 ss. ROP | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 10 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 7.2 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 14 | 2023-07-12 | Not public |
| Exhibit 3 bis | 2023-07-12 | Not public |