EPLAW Patent Blog

DE - Verfahren zur Lagerung von Stückgut / infringement

Verfahren zur Lagerung von Stückgut (Method for storing), infringement proceedings (introducing another patent in suit on appeal), Court of Appeals Düsseldorf, Germany, 3 September 2009, Docket No. 2 U 48/07

It is generally admissible to assert another patent in suit which was granted during the pending infringement appeal procedure for the first time in the pending infringement appeal procedure.

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DE - Pneumatisches Schlagwerkzeug / infringement

Pneumatisches Schlagwerkzeug (Pneumatic striking tool), infringement proceedings (introducing a new claim on appeal), Court of Appeals Düsseldorf, Germany, 14 May 2009, Docket No. 2 U 65/04

Asserting a claim for destruction of the infringing embodiments for the first time in the appeal instance is a generally admissible extension of the original complaint.

Read the judgment (in German) here.