UPC Unfiltered, by Willem Hoyng – UPC decisions week 14, 2025

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31 March 2025
Local Division Munich, JingAo v Chint

UPC_CFI_425/2024 

Change of claim (R. 263 RoP)

Background

JingAo wants to change its requests because:

  1. a new version of the infringing device came on the market;
  2. claim 13 was amended by the OD;
  3. the auxiliary requests filed in the response to the counterclaim for revocation.