UPC CoA 420/2025

At the UPC: Hurom Co., Ltd. (29 cases)·NUC Electronics Group (29 cases)

• 2026-03-27
  Appeal RoP220.1Public

  Summary: The Court of Appeal reversed the Mannheim Local Division's infringement findings, holding that the attacked embodiment (NUC AUTO10 slow juicer) does not implement feature [1N] of claim 1 of EP 2 028 981 because its fixing elements do not prevent the housing from being vertically lifted from the drive unit, which the Court found to be required by the claim. As a result, none of the asserted claims (1-4, 6-9) are infringed by NUC or WARMCOOK, and HUROM's separate appeal seeking to extend jurisdiction over Turkey was also rejected.

  Show the legal issues (5)

  • Claim construction of feature [1N] — whether 'longitudinally fixed' requires prevention of vertical lifting of the housing
  • Infringement of claims 1-4 and 6-9 of EP 2 028 981 by the NUC AUTO10 juice extractor
  • International jurisdiction of the UPC over acts of infringement in Turkey under Art. 7(2) and Art. 71b(3) Brussels Ia Regulation
  • Whether logging onto the UPC Case Management System constitutes 'entering an appearance' under Art. 26(1) Brussels Ia Regulation
  • Relationship between R. 19.7 RoP and Art. 26(1) Brussels Ia Regulation on tacit prorogation of jurisdiction