UPC_CFI_365/2023

PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE ORIGINAL PLATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD

InfringementMain Infringement ActionMannheim LDInfringementCase Closed

Overview Decisions Reasoning Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

FUJIFILM Corporation(Fujifilm Group)

Reps: Christof Augenstein (Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB)

Respondents

Kodak GmbH(Kodak Group)
Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH(Kodak Group)
Kodak Holding GmbH(Kodak Group)

Reps: Elena Hennecke (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)

Judges

Peter Tochtermann
Dirk Böttcher
Peter Agergaard
Erwin Wismeth

Patents

EP3511174
EP 3 511 174

CPC codes: B41M1/06, B41C2201/14, B41C2210/24, B41C2210/04, G03F7/11, G03F7/00, B41C2210/08, B41N1/08, B41C2201/02, B41C2201/04, B41N3/03, B41N1/083…

Technology area: Industrial Manufacturing · Printing Technology

Outcome

InfringedInfringed

Filed: Oct 17, 2023

First decided: Jan 30, 2026

Language: English

The Mannheim Local Division found that Kodak GmbH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH, and Kodak Holding GmbH infringed EP 3 511 174 (relating to printing plate technology) owned by FUJIFILM. The defendants were ordered to cease infringement, provide information, destroy infringing products, recall products from commerce, and pay FUJIFILM EUR 300,000 as an interim award on legal costs. The counterclaim for revocation was dismissed. The value of the dispute was set at EUR 15,000,000.

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Claims

At issueall

Maintainedall

Infringedall

Notes: Kodak entities found to infringe EP 3 511 174; revocation counterclaim dismissed; no specific claim numbers enumerated in excerpt.