Overview · Filed: Mar 24, 2025
UPC_CoA_257/2025
VAPORIZER
AppealsMain AppealCourt of AppealAppealCase ClosedSettled at: Post-merits
Parties
Claimants
- NJOY Netherlands B.V.(Altria Group)
Reps: Henrik Holzapfel (McDermott Will & Schulte)
Respondents
- VMR Products LLC
Reps: Bernhard Thum (Thum, Mötsch, Weickert); (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Judges
- Rian Kalden
- Ingeborg Simonsson
- Patricia Rombach
- Andrea Scilletta
- Wiem Samoud
Patents
- EP3613453
CPC codes: A61M2205/8237, H02J7/00, H02J7/751, A24F40/00, A61M2205/07, A24F40/50, A61M15/06, A61M2205/3633, A61M2205/584, A61M2205/8206, A61M2206/20, A61M2205/3368…
Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Outcome
Withdrawn
Filed: Mar 24, 2025
First decided: Jan 9, 2026
Language: English
Settled at: Post-merits — patent revoked elsewhere
The Court of Appeal permitted VMR Products LLC to withdraw its appeal against the Central Division Paris partial revocation decision (UPC_CFI_310/2023, 22 January 2025), which had partially revoked EP 3 613 453, maintaining it based on claims 6, 7 and 8 in combination with claim 1. The withdrawal followed the EPO Boards of Appeal revoking the patent in full on 11 November 2025. Court fees were reimbursed under the pre-2026 rate of 20% (action withdrawn before closure of oral procedure).
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