UPC CFI 516/2024
Sep 9, 2024·EP3197316 Unitary patent · SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MOTIVATION FEEDBACK TO A USER BEFORE BRUSHING
Action number: ACT 50855/2024
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionProvisional measuresCategoryProvisional measures
- Parties
- Respondents
- Shenzhen Yunding Information Technology Co., Ltd.Operating co.
- Division
- Hamburg LD
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Other fieldsOther consumer goods
- Language
- German
- First decided
- Sep 9, 2024
| Preliminary injunction granted | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 54% (38/70) | 124 |
| Hamburg LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Sabine Klepsch | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Schilling | Locked | Locked |
| Judge András Kupecz | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Philips Group (46 cases)·Shenzhen Yunding Information Technology Co., Ltd. (2 cases)
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More cases: Hamburg LD·2024
- 2024-09-09
Summary: The Hamburg Local Division granted a preliminary injunction (interim measures) to Koninklijke Philips N.V. against Shenzhen Yunding Information Technology Co., Ltd., ordering the immediate seizure of infringing oral cleaning system products at the IFA 2024 trade fair in Berlin. The order was based on alleged direct infringement of EP 3 197 316.
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- Interim measures
- Trade fair seizure
- Oral cleaning system
- Unitary patent
- Ex parte provisional measures
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case Closure Formal Check | 2024-11-28 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keyword-Translated | 2024-09-11 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2024-09-10 | Not public |
| Notice of Provisional measures and instructions for access to proceedings | 2024-09-10 | Not public |
| Measures_DecisionOutcome_Notification.pdf | 2024-09-10 | Not public |
| Order | 2024-09-10 | Public |
| Panel-Appointment | 2024-09-09 | Not public |
| Panel-Appointment | 2024-09-09 | Not public |
| Application-For-Measures-Receipt | 2024-09-09 | Not public |
| Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome | 2024-09-09 | Not public |
Koninklijke Philips N.V. applied for an urgent without-notice provisional injunction at the Hamburg Local Division on the same day as the IFA 2024 trade fair against Shenzhen Yunding's toothbrush product, based on EP 3 197 316 B1 (oral care system with post-brushing motivational feedback). The court granted the injunction and ordered surrender of on-site products to a court bailiff for storage, subject to a penalty of up to EUR 250,000 per violation, with Philips required to initiate main proceedings within 31 calendar days.
Philips' EP 3 197 316 B1 covers Yunding's oral care product displayed at IFA 2024, establishing a prima facie infringement
ClaimantLegal basis: R. 206 VerfO; Art. 25(a) UPCANote: The Hamburg court granted a without-notice provisional injunction at the IFA trade fair, finding the infringement sufficiently established for interim purposes.
No rejected arguments captured.
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Claim 1 of EP 3 197 316 was construed to require: an oral cleaning system with a feedback system incorporating a sensor configured to detect whether the user has picked up or removed the toothbrush from its holder, to activate feedback delivery at a time after the first brushing session and before a second session.