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1 Düsseldorf Local Division UPC_CFI_807/2024 UPC_CFI_334/2025 Decision of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court delivered on 27 May 2026 concerning EP 1 905 615 Headnotes: 1. The criteria set out by the Local Division The Hague form a coherent whole and are, as such, suitable for examining patent infringement by equivalent means. The present case does not give rise to any grounds for applying a different standard. 2. In order to determine technical equivalence, the claimant must not focus solely on the objective task of the patent in suit. Instead, it must demonstrate the function of each exchanged feature in achieving this objective and explain why the variation essentially performs the same function. 3. In general, it is not obviou s to a skilled person how to apply the ...