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DECISION of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Local Division Helsinki delivered on 29 April 2026 concerning EP 3295663 HEADNOTES: 1. When assessing an issue where there is no Court of Appeal case law, such as equivalence, and where both parties have argued based on the same C ourt of First Instance case law, legal certainty and/or the right of defence guides the local division to adopt a similar approach unless there are reasons that require diverging from it. 2. In order to assess the infringement by equivalence, the criteria set up by the Court of First Instance are cumulative. If any one of the criteria is not met, there is no need to assess the other criteria. 3. If a party presents an allegation , the Court will have to respond to this allegation only in so far a ...