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UPC CFI 68/2025

Jan 29, 2025·EP3281569 · MODULAR FOAM UNIT

Case details
Status
Oral Phase
Action
Counterclaim for revocation
Category
Counterclaim for revocation
Parties
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Dusseldorf LD
Technology
  • Other fields
    Consumer products
Language
German
First decided
Apr 28, 2026
EPO Opposition
  • Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Admissible2019-04-04
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 revokedMedian days to first decision
All UPC37% (34/91)124
Dusseldorf LDLockedLocked
Judge Berenice ThomLockedLocked
Judge András KupeczLockedLocked
Judge Ingo RinkenLockedLocked
Judge Lorenzo ParriniLockedLocked

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

Decisions
  • 2026-04-28
    Counterclaim for revocationPublic

    Summary: The presiding judge issued a case management order (Verfahrensanordnung) under Rule 332 RoP providing procedural guidance for the parties ahead of the oral hearing. The order addresses pleading standards for infringement and validity arguments, requirements for auxiliary requests, and sets out a briefing schedule with deadlines between 15 May and 19 June 2026.

    Show the legal issues (5)
    • Case management and pleading standards under Rule 332 RoP
    • Uniform claim construction for infringement and validity
    • Sufficiency of invalidity attacks (novelty and inventive step)
    • Requirements for auxiliary requests
    • Briefing schedule and procedural timetable
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Replik zur Klageerwiderung und Klageerwiderung zur Nichtigkeitswiderklage2025-07-24Not public
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