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In first merits decision, Unified Patent Court declares patent, as amended, inventive and infringed

By Melissa Ritti ( July 3, 2024, 14:33 GMT | Insight) -- A patent directed to a sanitary suction tub has provided the Unified Patent Court with its first building block of jurisprudence following a merits decision today. The Court of First Instance of the Local Division at Düsseldorf declared three amended claims of a Franz Kaldewei GmbH & Co KG patent directly and contributorily infringed by Bette GmbH & Co. KG., and ordered broad injunctive relief — including an immediate halt by Bette of certain sales and instructions to recall existing products on the market.The Unified Patent Court, or UPC, today ordered Bette GmbH & Co. KG to recall various shower floor products in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands....

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