UPC CFI 490/2025
EP2465265 · METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED INTRA CHROMA ENCODING AND DECODING
- Case details
- StatusPatent upheld as grantedActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Claimants
- The Walt Disney CompanyOperating co.
- The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V.Operating co.
- Disney InteractiveOperating co.
- Disney Electronic Content, Inc.Operating co.
- Disney Platform Distribution, Inc.Operating co.
- The Walt Disney Company LimitedOperating co.
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.Operating co.
- Disney Streaming Services LLCOperating co.
- Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution LLCOperating co.
- Disney Entertainment & Sports LLCOperating co.
- BAMTech LLCOperating co.
Representatives- Dietrich Burkhard Kamlah-Taylor Wessing
RespondentsRepresentatives- Cordula Schumacher-Arnold Ruess
- Lisa Rieth-Arnold Ruess
- Division
- Mannheim LD
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringAudio-visual technology
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Jun 16, 2026
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| Mannheim LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Peter Tochtermann | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Tobias Sender | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Daniel Severinsson | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Dennis Kretschmann | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Disney Group (26 cases)·InterDigital Group (34 cases)
This dispute contains 6 other proceedings
UPC CFI 3044/2026·UPC CoA 133/2026·UPC CoA 134/2026·UPC CFI 2575/2026·UPC CFI 445/2025 and 1 more
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More cases: Mannheim LD·2025
- 2026-06-16Counterclaim for revocationPublic
Summary: The Mannheim Local Division found that the Disney defendants infringed EP 2 465 265 by offering and placing on the market encoded picture data and signals comprising video data in eleven Contracting Member States. The defendants' counterclaim for revocation was dismissed, and the defendants were ordered to bear the litigation costs. Injunctive relief and damages liability were granted, subject to Claimant providing 8 million euro security before enforcement of injunctive orders.
Show the legal issues (8)
- Patent infringement of video encoding patent (EP 2 465 265)
- Counterclaim for revocation
- Scope of injunctive relief across multiple Contracting Member States
- Security requirement for enforcement of injunctive orders (8 million euro)
- Joint and several liability of defendant group
- Recall and removal from market
- Disclosure of sales/revenue information for damages calculation
- Penalty payments for violation of court orders
- 86-25%20redacted.pdf2026-06-16EN
The defendants infringed EP 2 465 265 by offering and placing on the market encoded picture data directly produced by a method in a video encoder and signals comprising video data in the specified Contracting Member States
ClaimantLegal basis: EP 2 465 265; Art. 25 UPCA
Counterclaim for revocation of EP 2 465 265
RespondentLegal basis: Art. 65 UPCA