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Article 25: Right to prevent the direct use of the invention

Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Local Division, Order dated 13/11/2024, HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P v. LAMA France (Case/ Registry number: UPC_CFI_358/2023, ORD_598511/2023)
Example of decision on the applicable source of law before 1st June 2023: " The Court considers that there is no need to apply national law to acts of infringement committed before 1st June 2023. The Court considers that it is not relevant to refer to the sources of national law when the sources of substantive law before the UPC for defining what constitutes an act of infringement are articles 25 and 26 of the UPCA."

Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Local Division, Order dated 13/11/2024, HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P v. LAMA France (Case/ Registry number: UPC_CFI_358/2023, ORD_598511/2023)
Example of decision the absence of obligation to prove that alledged infringer had prior knowledge of the existence of the patent: "In the case of acts of direct infringement within the meaning of Article 25 UPCA, i.e. acts of making, placing on the market or using the infringing product, the applicant has no obligation thereunder to prove that the defendant had prior knowledge of the existence of the patent and of the materiality of the alleged infringement."