UPC CFI 67/2025
Jan 29, 2025·EP3610762 · DEVICE FOR TREATING A LIQUID, IN PARTICULAR MILK, WITH INTEGRATED RINSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RINSING
- Case details
- StatusOral PhaseActionCounterclaim for revocationCategoryCounterclaim for revocation
- Parties
- Respondents
- CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KGOperating co.
Representatives- Michael Rüberg-Boehmert & Boehmert
- Martin Wirtz-Boehmert & Boehmert
- Tarik Kapic-BOVARD Patentanwälte
- Division
- Dusseldorf LD
- Technology
- Other fieldsConsumer products
- Language
- German
- First decided
- Apr 28, 2026
| Patent revoked | Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|---|
| All UPC | 37% (34/91) | 124 |
| Dusseldorf LD | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Berenice Thom | Locked | Locked |
| Judge András Kupecz | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Ingo Rinken | Locked | Locked |
| Judge Lorenzo Parrini | Locked | Locked |
At the UPC: Alpina Coffee Systems GmbH (10 cases)·CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (10 cases)
This dispute contains 4 other proceedings
UPC CoA 44/2026·UPC CFI 519/2024·UPC CFI 52/2025·UPC APP 17665/2025
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More cases: Dusseldorf LD·2025
- 2026-04-28Counterclaim for revocationPublic
Summary: The court issued a procedural case management order under Rule 332 RoP setting out directions for the parties ahead of the oral hearing. The order addressed issues of claim construction, the burden of pleading inventive step, the presentation of auxiliary requests, and set a schedule of written submissions through 19 June 2026. No substantive patent ruling was made.
Show the legal issues (5)
- claim construction (infringement and validity)
- inventive step pleading standards
- equivalence (clarity of pleading)
- auxiliary requests format and substantiation
- case management / written procedure schedule
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Communication | 2026-09-30 | Not public |
| Communication | 2026-08-17 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Document | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Document | 2026-07-31 | Not public |
| Communication | 2026-07-26 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2026-07-24 | Not public |