UPC CoA 312/2025

Court of Appeal order on a confidentiality application (R. 262A RoP) filed by Kodak (appellants/defendants) in appeal proceedings concerning Fujifilm's infringement action. The order addresses confidentiality of trade secrets and commercially sensitive information in the grounds of appeal, confirming that the requirements of the Court's electronic case management system do not override the Rules of Procedure and the Court's case law. No substantive ruling on infringement or validity.

Court of Appeal (Panel 2, Rian Kalden as rapporteur) dismissed Kodak Holding GmbH, Kodak GmbH, and Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH's application for suspensive effect of the Mannheim Local Division's infringement judgment of 2 April 2025 against Kodak. The Mannheim Local Division had found infringement of Fujifilm Corporation's EP 3 511 174, ordered a permanent injunction, damages, information disclosure, product destruction and recall, and EUR 300,000 interim costs. The Court of Appeal held that Kodak had not demonstrated manifest errors in the first-instance decision – the complaints about priority, prior use rights, right to be heard, proportionality of injunction, and cost allocation did not reach the threshold of manifest error on a summary assessment. The Court also addressed R. 171.2 RoP (uncontested facts), clarifying that an uncontested fact does not automatically lead to the legal consequence for which it was invoked.