2025-05-30 - CD Paris - Lindal Dispenser v. Rocep-Lusol - UPC_CFI_202/2024
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_202/2024
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Central Division - Seat
- Art:
- Decision
- Parteien:
- Lindal Dispenser GmbH v. Rocep-Lusol Holdings Limited
Kernaussage: Paris CD partially revoked patent.
2025-05-30 - CD Paris - Lindal Dispenser
v.
Rocep-Lusol - UPC_CFI_202/2024
notable
Paris CD partially revoked patent. Claim 5 invalid (Art. 57 EPC — physically impossible state). Patent maintained with First Auxiliary Request. Drawings cannot extract characteristics contradicted by description. Auxiliary requests in proposed order.
Nichtigkeitsgründe
Art. 138 EPCNovelty
Patent survived (this ground)Art. 54 EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Novelty upheld. WO'010 no clearance.”
Inventive Step
Patent survived (this ground)Art. 56 EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Inventive step upheld. Synergistic effect.”
Insufficiency of Disclosure
Patent survived (this ground)Art. 83 EPC · Art. 138(1)(b) EPC
“Sufficiency upheld.”
Non-patentable Subject Matter
Patent invalid (this ground)Art. 52(2) EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Claim 5 lacks industrial application (physically impossible).”