UPC_CFI_351/2024

DEVELOPER REPLENISHING CONTAINER AND DEVELOPER REPLENISHING SYSTEM

InfringementMain Infringement ActionDusseldorf LDInfringementCase Closed

Overview Decisions Reasoning Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Reps: Boris Kreye (Bird & Bird); Anika Boche (Bird & Bird); Lukas Wosnitza (Bird & Bird); Rainer Böckelen (TBK); Tobias Schob (TBK)

Respondents

Katun Germany GmbH
Katun (E.D.C.) B.V.
Katun Corporation
General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.

Reps: Thure Schubert (Vossius & Partner); Mattias Jentsch (Vossius & Partner); Arnold Asmussen (Vossius & Partner); Axel Leins (Vossius & Partner)

Judges

Ronny Thomas
Jule Schumacher
Marije Knijff
Stefanie Philipps

Patents

EP3686683
EP 3 686 683 B1

CPC codes: G03G15/0865, G03G2215/0668, G03G15/0886, G03G15/0872, G03G15/08, G03G21/1647, G03G15/0879

Technology area: Industrial Manufacturing · Printing & Imaging

Outcome

InfringedInfringed

Filed: Jul 1, 2024

First decided: Nov 20, 2025

Last decision: Feb 11, 2026

Language: English

The Düsseldorf Local Division found Canon's developer supply container patent EP 3 686 683 infringed by Katun and General Plastic entities, granting an injunction and ordering defendants to publish the operative part of the decision on their websites; the counterclaim for revocation was dismissed.

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Claims

At issueall

Maintainedall

Infringedall

Notes: Düsseldorf Local Division found Katun and General Plastic infringed EP 3 686 683 B1; counterclaim for revocation dismissed; specific claim numbers not enumerated in excerpt.