UPC CFI 375/2025

Apr 25, 2025·EP3705415 · PACKAGE, IN PARTICULAR FOR FOOD PRODUCTS

Case details: Status
Case Closed (Patent upheld as granted)
Action
Counterclaim for revocation
Category
Counterclaim for revocation
Parties: Claimants
Sabert Corporation Europe S.A.Operating co.
Representatives
Mireille Buydens
Charles Bernard-Janson
Ludivine Coulon-Janson
Sjors de Koning-Janson
Respondents
Messerle GmbHOperating co.
Representatives
Florian Robl-Torggler & Hofmann Patentanwälte
Markus Gangl-Torggler & Hofmann Patentanwälte
Division: Vienna LD
Judges: Walter Schober
Anna-Lena Klein
Kai Härmand
Max Tilmann
Technology: Mechanical engineering
Handling
Language: English

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
Vienna LD	Locked	Locked
Judge Walter Schober	Locked	Locked
Judge Anna-Lena Klein	Locked	Locked
Judge Kai Härmand	Locked	Locked
Judge Max Tilmann	Locked	Locked

Related cases

More cases: Vienna LD·2025

Decisions

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revocation counterclaim
Summary: I. The infringement action is dismissed. II. The counterclaim for revocation is dismissed.

Documents

Document title	Date	Public
Case closed	2026-02-23	Not public
Decision	2026-02-19	Not public
Decision	2026-02-19	Public
Oral procedure opened	2025-11-16	Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging	2025-09-02	Not public
O. Bailiff report of 7 August 2025 (English translation + French original).	2025-09-02	Not public
T. Physical samples of the Tray2Go blanks.	2025-09-02	Not public
N. Declaration of Solut! Explaining that the products provided as enclusre J are sold since 2014.	2025-09-02	Not public
R. DUDEN, Das Herkunfts-Wörterbuch, Berlin, 2013, v° Kanal	2025-09-02	Not public
Q. Entry in the Digital Dictionary of the German Language (DWDS) for the word "Kanal”.	2025-09-02	Not public