Quantificare S.A. v. Canfield GmbH a. o., UPC CFI Düsseldorf Local Division, 23 April 2026, Case Number: UPC_CFI_559/2024 UPC CFI 106/2025
On 23 April 2026 the Düsseldorf Local Chamber held that a patent owned by Quantificare was valid and infringed. Quantificare’s patent related to stereophotogrammetry devices and methods using predefined capture distances for different image formats (e.g. face and body imaging). The judgment is lengthy with details on, amongst other things, infringement and validity of the patent.
Importantly, the Court confirmed that establishing an infringing act in a single Contracting Member State is sufficient to justify injunctive relief covering all Member States where the patent is in force, even where the claimant has procedurally carved out that state from the infringement action (here, Germany as there was pending national litigation).
The Court granted a pan territorial injunction for Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands, ordered recall and permanent removal of infringing products, disclosure and accounting, provisional damages and provisional costs.
A copy of the decision can be found here.
