AGFA v Guccio Gucci (CFI, 4 October 2023)

Date	4 October 2023
Court	CFI
Division	Hamburg (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Infringement Action
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_278/2023
Registry reference	ORD_576288/2023 · UPC_CFI_278/2023
Parties	AGFA NV v. Gucci

Summary pending review. Official UPC registry metadata imported on 24 September 2026.

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Proceedings

UPC_CFI_278/2023 official number

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Parties

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

4 October 2023 AGFA v Guccio Gucci (CFI, 4 October 2023) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_278/2023
21 October 2026 Gucci v AGFA (CoA, 21 October 2026) Appeal · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
La cour d'appel rejette l'appel d'AGFA contre le rejet de son action en contrefaçon, juge la revendication 1 du brevet EP 3 388 490 dépourvue de nouveauté au regard de l'usage public des produits Flora et prononce la nullité du brevet pour la Belgique, la France, l'Allemagne, l'Italie et la Suède, sauf pour les combina…

What the record states

Nature of the act: Infringement Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): Les délais d'exception préliminaire et de mémoire en défense sont prorogés pour toutes les défenderesses au 6 novembre 2023 et au 8 janvier 2024.
Appeal: An appeal is documented in the corpus (see above).
Instance: First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Patents mentioned

EP 3 388 490 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Gucci v AGFA (CoA, 21 October 2026) cites this decision

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 388 490`	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 4 other decision(s): Gucci v AGFA (CoA, 21 October 2026) · AGFA v Gucci Sweden (CFI, 30 April 2025) · AGFA v Gucci Belgium (CFI, 9 August 2024) · AGFA v Gucci (CoA, UPC_CoA_602/2025, 21 October 2026)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet links not checked mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis

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