UPC CFI 526/2024

Sep 12, 2024·EP3767151 Unitary patent · CABINET LEVELLING APPARATUS

Action number: ACT 51553/2024

Case details: Status
Case Closed
Action
Revocation
Category
Main revocation action
Parties: Claimants
Kunststoff KG Nehl & CoOperating co.
Representatives
Hannes Jacobsen-CBH Rechtsanwälte
Respondents
Häfele SE & Co KGOperating co.
Representatives
Ulrich Blumenröder-Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartGmbH
Division: Munich CD
Judges: András Kupecz
Daniel Severinsson
Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen
Technology: Other fields
Consumer products · Other consumer goods
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical elements
Language: English
First decided: May 22, 2025
EPO Opposition: Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KGWithdrawn2024-07-05
Kunststoff Kommanditgesellschaft Nehl & CoWithdrawn2025-04-03

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
Munich CD	Locked	Locked
Judge András Kupecz	Locked	Locked
Judge Daniel Severinsson	Locked	Locked
Judge Merja Heikkinen-Keinänen	Locked	Locked

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Decisions

2025-05-22
Revocation ActionPublic
Summary: The Central Division Munich granted the joint request of Kunststoff KG Nehl and Häfele SE to stay the revocation proceedings concerning EP 3 767 151 to allow settlement negotiations to proceed, cancelling the oral hearing scheduled for June 2025.
Show the legal issues (1)
- Stay for settlement negotiations (R. 295(d) RoP)
2025-04-18
Public
Summary: Case management order in a revocation action. The court noted the written pleadings have been exchanged and set the further procedural steps. The claimant seeks full revocation of EP 3 767 151; the defendant seeks dismissal and, in the alternative, maintenance of the patent in amended form across 80 auxiliary requests.
Show the legal issues (6)
- Revocation action case management
- Novelty (Article 100(a) EPC)
- Inventive step
- Insufficiency of disclosure (Article 100(b) EPC)
- Extension beyond application as filed (Article 100(c) EPC)
- Patent amendment (auxiliary requests)

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