TEXTBOOK UPC judgment on billiard-style squeeze via priority date; Dusseldorf LD deems selection of material from narrow set non-inventive

A seemingly simple case over egg cartons turned out pretty instructive.

Panel and counsel

Dusseldorf LD: Presiding Judge (and here, judge-rapporteur) Ronny Thomas, Judge Dr. Jule Schumacher, Judge András Kupecz and Technically Qualified Judge Beate Schenk.

Counsel for Hartmann: Heuking’s Dr. Anton Horn and Birthe Struck, and Budde Schou patent attorney Jan Sørensen.

Counsel for Omni-Pac: Kather Augenstein’s Dr. Christof Augenstein and Nicole Schopp, and Glawe Delfs Moll patent attorney Claus Becker.