2025-01-22 - LD Mannheim - Fujifilm v. Kodak - UPC_CFI_365/2023
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_365/2023
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Mannheim (DE) Local Division
- Art:
- Proceeding Order
- Parteien:
- Fujifilm v. Kodak
Kernaussage: The Mannheim Local Division issued this order to prepare for an oral hearing, asking the parties to clarify their position on specific issues and respond to questions by the Court.
2025-01-22 - LD Mannheim - Fujifilm
v.
Kodak - UPC_CFI_365/2023
The Mannheim Local Division issued this order to prepare for an oral hearing, asking the parties to clarify their position on specific issues and respond to questions by the Court. The Court granted guidance to the parties by partially indicating it's preliminary views on the issues of the case at hand.
Nichtigkeitsgründe
Art. 138 EPCNovelty
Not decidedArt. 54 EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Novelty questions raised over WO 379 (Art. 54(3) EPC — inventor-reworking of Example 7; disclosure of pore parameters under features 1.5/1.7'; standard-deviation argument) and EP 452 (coherent-teaching vs. mosaic-disclosure; reference to Examples 3, 11, 12; construction of feature 1.9). [IV.2, IV.3]”
Inventive Step
Not decidedArt. 56 EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Inventive-step questions over EP 452/EP 968: incentive to combine selected examples with acid color formers; interplay of dotted scumming vs. appearance failure; panel signals preference for the 'incentive to think in a certain direction' approach over rigid closest-prior-art argumentation. [IV.4]”
Added Matter
Not decidedArt. 123(2) EPC · Art. 138(1)(c) EPC
“Added-matter questions over the 100-1500 nm range disclosure and the skilled-person's understanding of small-diameter pores as optional via a distinct anodization step; thickness parameters D and F. [IV.5]”
Priority
Not decidedArt. 87 EPC · derivative
“Panel preliminarily views Defendants' priority attack (limited to JP 837 claims without the document as a whole) as insufficiently substantiated; post-priority-date factual allegations of limited importance on preliminary view. [III]”