2026-09-14 - LD Mannheim - Ericsson v. Verifone et al. - UPC-CFI-0001796/2026
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC-CFI-0001796/2026
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Mannheim (DE) Local Division
- Art:
- Decision
- Parteien:
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) v. Verifone GmbH, EC Cash Direkt GmbH, Verifone Payments GmbH, Adyen N.V., Verifone Payments B.V, Verifone Sp. Z oo, Verifone Italy S.R.L, Verifone Portugal, Verifone Systems France S.A.S., Verifone Denmark A/S, Verifone Sweden AB, Verifone, Inc., Verifone Systems, Inc.
Kernaussage: The Mannheim Local Division (judge-rapporteur Böttcher) permitted Ericsson to withdraw its infringement action on EP 2 506 479 against Verifone and Adyen after an out-of-court settlement, one of three parallel decisions of the same day in the Ericsson v Verifone series that had…
2026-09-14 - LD Mannheim - Ericsson
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Verifone et al. - UPC-CFI-0001796/2026
routine
The Mannheim Local Division (judge-rapporteur Böttcher) permitted Ericsson to withdraw its infringement action on EP 2 506 479 against Verifone and Adyen after an out-of-court settlement, one of three parallel decisions of the same day in the Ericsson v Verifone series that had been separated from UPC_CFI_661/2026 on 8 May 2026. No cost decision was needed because the parties declared none was required, following the Court of Appeal in UPC_CoA_808/2024. The refund of court fees was reduced from the 50% that R. 370.9(b) RoP provides for withdrawal before the close of the written procedure to 40% under R. 370.9(e) RoP: although the action was withdrawn early, within the extended period for the statement of defence, the intertwined conditional requests required deeper analysis than usual, coordination with the parallel The Hague proceedings, an above-average complex confidentiality regime that provoked a third-party file-inspection request, a partly decided preliminary objection and the separation of three insufficiently related patents. The value in dispute was set at the undisputed EUR 3,000,000 per patent stated in the statement of claim; the value of the FRAND Specific Claims is accounted for exclusively in the original proceedings UPC_CFI_661/2026, so the refund is EUR 16,440 (40% of EUR 41,100).