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UPC CFI 461/2024

Aug 5, 2024·EP2476814 +2 more: Floor seal device, in particular attic steps with a plastic hinge

Case details
Status
Case Closed
Action
Infringement
Category
Main Infringement Action
Parties
Claimants
Reps: Sönke Scheltz (Eisenführ Speiser); Stefan Wiethoff (Eisenführ Speiser)
Respondents
Reps: Eckart Warnke (rwzh Rechtsanwälte Wachinger Zoebisch Partnerschaft mbB); Julian Wachinger (rwzh Rechtsanwälte Wachinger Zoebisch Partnerschaft mbB)
Division
Hamburg LD
Judges
Technology
Construction · Roof & Access Systems
Language
German
First decided
Nov 5, 2025
Claims
At issueall
Maintainedall
Infringedall
Notes: Hamburg Local Division found Fakro infringed EP 2 476 814 B1 and dismissed counterclaim for revocation; specific infringed claim numbers not enumerated in excerpt.
Decisions
  • 2025-11-05
    Infringement Action

    Hamburg Local Division correction order (R. 353 RoP) correcting several errors in the judgment of 5 November 2025 in Dolle v. Fakro concerning EP 2 476 814 B1. Corrections included party representative name, address, patent claim reference number errors, and addition of the defendants' counterclaims relating to conditional auxiliary requests.

    Legal issues:Correction of judgment (R. 353 RoP)Formal errors in judgment
  • 2025-11-05
    InfringedInjunction grantedInfringement meritsInfringement Action

    Hamburg Local Division found that Fakro entities infringed Dolle A/S's European Patent EP 2 476 814 B1 (roof window with priority claim). The Court granted an injunction, recall of infringing products, removal from distribution channels, provision of information and damages assessment deferred. Fakro's counterclaim for revocation was rejected. The Court confirmed that 'the same invention' in Art. 87 EPC is interpreted by the direct-and-unambiguous disclosure standard.

    Legal issues:Patent infringement (roof windows)Priority / 'same invention' (Art. 87 EPC) - direct-and-unambiguous disclosure standardLate filing of validity attacks at oral hearingCounterclaim for revocation rejectedUPC-wide injunction
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Plain-English summary

Dolle A/S brought an infringement action at the Hamburg Local Division against FAKRO entities for infringement of EP 2 476 814 B1 (floor seal device / attic steps with plastic hinge). The court confirmed infringement, rejected FAKRO's counterclaim for revocation (including a late-raised inventive step attack barred by front-loading rules), and confirmed the 'same invention' standard under Art. 87 EPC equates to the direct-and-unambiguous derivation standard used for added matter. Defendants were ordered to pay 90% of costs; a correction order later addressed minor typographical and structural errors in the judgment.

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • 'The same invention' standard in Art. 87 EPC corresponds to the added-matter disclosure standard (direct and unambiguous derivation)

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 87 EPC; UPC_CFI_115/2024 (LD Düsseldorf, 15.10.2025)

    Note: Court confirmed priority claim is valid where the skilled person can directly and unambiguously derive the claimed subject-matter from the priority document as a whole using common general knowledge.

  • FAKRO products infringe EP 2 476 814 B1 (floor seal device/attic steps) as construed

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 25 UPCA

    Note: Court granted injunction, recall, removal from distribution channels, and information orders confirming infringement.

  • A term mentioned only generally in a claim cannot be restricted to a specific configuration disclosed only in cited prior art without further specification in the claim

    Claimant

    Note: Court rejected FAKRO's attempt to narrow a general claim term based on how it appeared in prior art cited in the patent description.

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

  • Inventive step attack based on documents already in the proceedings, raised for the first time at oral hearing

    RespondentLegal basis: UPC RoP front-loaded proceedings; R. of counterclaim filing

    Reason: All invalidity attacks must be introduced in the counterclaim for revocation; it is not permissible to raise a new lack-of-inventive-step argument based on documents already in the file for the first time at oral hearing.

  • Counterclaim for revocation: EP 2 476 814 B1 is invalid

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 87 EPC

    Reason: Revocation counterclaim rejected; priority was valid under the direct-and-unambiguous standard; other validity attacks were either out of time or substantively unfounded.

Key legal principles
Doctrines and rules cited in the reasoning.
Priority: 'same invention' in Art. 87 EPC is assessed by the direct-and-unambiguous derivation standard identical to the added-matter disclosure standardFront-loaded proceedings: new invalidity attacks first raised at oral hearing are inadmissibleClaim term that is only mentioned generally cannot be restricted to a configuration described in cited prior art without specific claim languageRecall and removal from distribution channels are available remedies alongside permanent injunction

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Claim construction notes

Court held that a general term appearing in the claims of EP 2 476 814 B1 (floor seal/attic steps) cannot be narrowed to a configuration merely because the prior art cited in the patent describes it in a specific way; the claim text must contain the limiting language.