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UPC CFI 999/2025

Oct 6, 2025·EP3083107 +1 more: DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MELTING A MATERIAL WITHOUT A CRUCIBLE AND FOR ATOMIZING THE MELTED MATERIAL IN ORDER TO PRODUCE POWDER

Case details
Status
Written Phase
Action
Revocation
Category
Main Revocation Action
Parties
Claimants
Reps: Bolko Ehlgen (Linklaters LLP); Christian Läufer (Fuchs Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB)
Respondents
Reps: Hannes Bock (Pfenning Meinig & Partner mbB); Stefan Golkowsky (Pfenning Meinig & Partner mbB); Jan Phillip Rektorschek (PENTARC)
Division
Paris CD
Judges
Technology
Industrial Manufacturing · Powder Metallurgy · Electric Techniques
Language
German
First decided
Dec 9, 2025
Decisions
  • 2026-01-26
    Revocation Action

    Order from the Paris Central Division (Panel 3) dated 26 January 2026 reviewing (under R. 333 RoP) the judge-rapporteur's earlier order on a preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP) in a revocation action brought by ALD France S.A.S. against Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG regarding EP 3 083 107 B1. The panel upheld the judge-rapporteur's ruling that ALD France S.A.S. has a sufficient independent interest to bring the revocation action notwithstanding that ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (an affiliated entity) had already filed a counterclaim for revocation in parallel infringement proceedings. The panel held: (1) ALD France and ALD Vacuum are not 'the same party' under Art. 33(4) UPCA merely because they are parent/subsidiary; (2) independent business activity is the relevant criterion; (3) competition law principles on economic units do not transfer.

    Legal issues:Party identity and 'same party' under Art. 33(4) UPCAStanding to bring revocation action by affiliated entityAdmissibility of parallel revocation and counterclaim for revocationStraw man doctrine
  • 2025-12-09
    Revocation Action

    Paris Central Division rejected Nanoval's preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP) seeking dismissal of ALD France's revocation action. The Court held that ALD France S.A.S. and the ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH (party in the Munich Local Division proceedings) are not the same party, so the revocation action before the Central Division is not inadmissible on grounds of party identity.

    Legal issues:Preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP)Admissibility of revocation action at Central DivisionArt. 33(4) UPCAParty identityMultiple revocation proceedings
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