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Claim Construction In The UPC: The Case SES-Imagotag v Hanshow

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On 20 December 2023, the Munich UPC Local Division handed down a landmark decision on claim construction(UPC_CFI_292/2023: machine translation (EN) / German original), rejecting preliminary measures regarding the alleged infringement of European Patent EP 3 883 277.

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Roland Küppers
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On 20 December 2023, the Munich UPC Local Division handed down a landmark decision on claim construction(UPC_CFI_292/2023: machine translation (EN) / German original), rejecting preliminary measures regarding the alleged infringement of European Patent EP 3 883 277. At the same time, the court held that the defendants' cost for depositing protective letters in the UPC have to be reimbursed by the applicant as a part of the costs in proceedings for preliminary measures. The Taylor Wessing team was successful in representing its client Hanshow in these first instance proceedings.

"Headnotes:
1.The original wording of the claims of a European patent can be used as an aid to interpretation in connection with amendments to the version of the claims made during the grant procedure.

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