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UPC CFI 64/2025

Jan 27, 2025·EP3398487 · METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MILK FOAM

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Case details
Status
Case Closed (Patent upheld as granted)
Action
Counterclaim for revocation
Category
Counterclaim for revocation
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Dusseldorf LD
Judges
Technology
  • Other fields
    Consumer products
Language
German
First decided
Mar 18, 2026
How this compares
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Patent revokedMedian days to first decision
All UPC37% (34/91)124
Dusseldorf LDLockedLocked
Judge Ronny ThomasLockedLocked
Judge Berenice ThomLockedLocked
Judge András KupeczLockedLocked
Judge Lorenzo ParriniLockedLocked

At the UPC: Alpina Coffee Systems GmbH (10 cases)·CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (10 cases)

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This dispute contains 5 other proceedings

UPC CoA 43/2026·UPC CoA 44/2026·UPC CFI 519/2024·UPC CFI 182/2023·UPC APP 17665/2025

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Decisions
  • 2026-03-18
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: The Dusseldorf Local Division found that ALPINA Coffee Systems GmbH's 'ALPINA Latte Perfetto Duo' milk frother infringes claim 2 of EP 3 398 487 B1, granted a permanent injunction covering Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, and ordered recall, destruction (expressly excluding pure advertising materials), disclosure, and EUR 4,000 in provisional damages with full damages liability established in principle. It dismissed the claimant's request to publish a notice on the defendant's website and declined to order security conditioning enforcement. The revocation counterclaim (UPC_CFI_64/2025) was dismissed after the added-matter and inventive-step attacks failed on the merits, upholding the patent.

    Show the legal issues (9)
    • claim construction
    • added matter (Art. 138(1)(c) EPC)
    • inventive step
    • permanent injunction
    • destruction (Art. 64(2)(e) UPCA) - advertising materials held exempt
    • recall
    • provisional damages (R.119 RoP)
    • publication of the decision (Art. 80 UPCA) - denied
    • security conditioning enforcement (Art. 82(2) UPCA) - denied
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R. 28 RoP Anordnung2025-08-04Public
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Receipt2025-07-25Not public
Replik zur Klageerwiderung und Klageerwiderung zur Nichtigkeitswiderklage2025-07-24Not public
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Receipt2025-07-23Not public
Duplik auf die Replik auf die Erwiderung der Inhaberin (Änderungsantrag)2025-07-23Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-06-26Not public
Rejoinder2025-06-25Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-05-26Not public
REPLIK AUF DIE ERWIDERUNG AUF DIE WIDERKLAGE2025-05-26Not public
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-03-06Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-03-06Not public
Statement regarding Court fees and status of defendant as small enterprise2025-03-06Not public
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