2025-01-17 - CD Paris - NJOY v. Juul Labs - UPC_CFI_316/2023
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_316/2023
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat
- Art:
- Proceeding Decision
- Parteien:
- NJOY Netherlands B.V. v. Juul Labs, Inc.
Kernaussage: The Paris Central Division revoked a patent, stating that the patent extended beyond the EP application as filed and the parent application.
2025-01-17 - CD Paris - NJOY
v.
Juul Labs - UPC_CFI_316/2023
The Paris Central Division revoked a patent, stating that the patent extended beyond the EP application as filed and the parent application. In the decision, the Court disregarded late filed documents, emphasizing the front-loaded proceedings before the UPC.
Stichwörter
Revocation, claim interpretation, clarity, added matter, admission of auxiliary claims
Nichtigkeitsgründe
Art. 138 EPCAdded Matter
Patent invalid (this ground)Art. 123(2) EPC · Art. 138(1)(c) EPC
“Features 1.4/11.5 and 1.5/11.6 held to extend beyond both the divisional application as filed (MWE 3) and the parent application (MWE 4, WO 2015/100361) [9.1-9.35]. Parent claims 149 and 158, and description paragraphs [0042]/[0046]/[0048]/[00179], are ambiguous as to whether 'first/second end' refers to the cartridge or the fluid storage compartment; Fig. 9 shows enclosure, not attachment to an end of the fluid storage compartment.”
Clarity
Patent invalid (this ground)Art. 84 EPC · derivative
“Auxiliary requests II, VII, VIII, IX, XII rejected under Art. 84 EPC [10.9, 10.12-10.18]. The double condition 'the heater/mouthpiece encloses the first/second end of the cartridge AND the first/second end of the fluid storage compartment' was held unclear; mere verbatim repetition of the phrase from the description does not cure the ambiguity.”