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UPC CFI 67/2025

Jan 29, 2025·EP3610762 · DEVICE FOR TREATING A LIQUID, IN PARTICULAR MILK, WITH INTEGRATED RINSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RINSING

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Case details
Status
Oral Phase
Action
Counterclaim for revocation
Category
Counterclaim for revocation
Parties
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Dusseldorf LD
Judges
Technology
  • Other fields
    Consumer products
Language
German
First decided
Apr 28, 2026
How this compares
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Patent revokedMedian days to first decision
All UPC37% (34/91)124
Dusseldorf LDLockedLocked
Judge Berenice ThomLockedLocked
Judge András KupeczLockedLocked
Judge Ingo RinkenLockedLocked
Judge Lorenzo ParriniLockedLocked

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UPC CoA 44/2026·UPC CFI 519/2024·UPC CFI 52/2025·UPC APP 17665/2025

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Decisions
  • 2026-04-28
    Counterclaim 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
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Communication2026-09-30Not public
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Oral procedure opened2026-07-14Not public
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Order2026-04-29Not public
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Summons to oral hearing2026-03-05Not public
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Interim procedure opened2026-02-03Not public
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Further pleadings2026-01-26Not public
Panel-Appointment2025-09-16Not public
Hearing-Dates2025-08-04Not public
R. 28 RoP Anordnung2025-08-04Public
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Urkundenvorlage2025-07-24Not public
Replik zur Klageerwiderung und Klageerwiderung zur Nichtigkeitswiderklage2025-07-24Not public
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Duplik auf die Replik auf die Erwiderung der Inhaberin (Änderungsantrag)2025-07-23Not public
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REPLIK AUF DIE ERWIDERUNG AUF DIE WIDERKLAGE2025-05-26Not public
Outcome of the Order2025-04-10Not public
Inkorrekter Workflow2025-04-10Public
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Bestaetigung2025-04-07Not public
96835 Antrag Geheimnisschutz2025-04-07Not public
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-03-06Not public
Acknowledgement-of-lodging2025-03-06Not public
Statement to court fees and request of defendant regarding status of small enterprise2025-03-06Not public
Document from EPO2025-01-31Not public
Panel-Appointment2025-01-29Not public
EPO-Request-for-case-pending2025-01-29Not public
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