Action n°: UPC 526/2024 ACT_51533/2024 Revocation action

Order

of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Central Division (Section Munich) issued on 22 May 2025

CLAIMANT

Kunststoff KG Nehl & Co., Stresemannstraße 30-34 - 32257 - Bünde - DE.

represented by:

Hannes Jacobsen, CBH Rechtsanwälte, Ismaningerstr. 65a - 81675 - München - DE.

DEFENDANT

Häfele SE & Co. KG , Adolf-Häfele-Straße 1 - 72202 - Nagold - DE.

represented by:

Ulrich Blumenröder, Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, Leopoldstr. 4 - 80802 - München - DE.

PATENT AT ISSUE

European patent EP 3 767 151.

PANEL/DIVISION

Panel 1 of the Central Division (Section Munich).

DECIDING JUDGE

This order is an order of the Judge-rapporteur András Kupecz.

LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS:

English.

SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS

Revocation action. Stay of proceedings. Rule 295(d) RoP.

FACTS, SUBMISSIONS AND REQUESTS

As already communicated to the Court in email correspondence, the parties are in settlement negotiations. The parties want to concentrate on finalising the settlement. For that it would be helpful if the oral hearing were not to be prepared in parallel. For these reasons the Claimant, in agreement with the Defendant, requests:

to stay proceedings.

GROUNDS

The Court - based on Rule 295(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the Unified Patent Court (´RoP´) agrees to stay the proceedings awaiting the outcome of the settlement negotiations at the joint request of the parties. The oral hearing, which was originally scheduled for 4 June 2025, is cancelled and can be rescheduled to a later date, if this would become necessary.

This order formalises the stay in the CMS, which was already granted by email of the judgerapporteur of 21 May 2025, and which took immediate effect on said date.

Any party may request the Court to resume the proceedings in case this should become necessary.

ORDER

• -The revocation action (ACT_51533/2024) is stayed as of 21 May 2025.
• -The hearing scheduled for 4 June 2025 is cancelled.

22 May 2025 KUPECZ Judge-rapporteur

ORDER DETAILS

Order no. ORD_24550/2025 in ACTION NUMBER: ACT_51553/2024

UPC number: UPC_CFI_526/2024

Action type:

Revocation Action

Related proceeding no. Application No.:

24259/2025

INFORMATION ABOUT PANEL REVIEW

Any party may request that this Order be referred to the panel for a review pursuant to R. 333 RoP. Pending review, the Order shall be effective (R. 102.2 RoP).

INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURAL PERIODS

In accordance with Rule 296.3 RoP while proceedings are stayed, time shall cease to run for the purposes of procedural periods. Time shall begin to run afresh for the purposes of procedural periods from the date on which the stay of proceedings comes to an end.