Kindermann GmbH achieved the final victory at the Court of Appeal in The Hague in the Netherlands against Barco N. V. This also confirms in the Netherlands that Kindermann has not infringed the asserted patent of the Belgian company with its collaboration solution. Klick&Show has not infringed the asserted patent of the Belgian company.

Back in 2021, the Dutch court of first instance rejected the accusation of patent infringement, even assuming that the patent was legally valid. Barco appealed at that time. On July 18, 2023, the Court of Appeal in The Hague has now confirmed the first-instance decision and also the revocation of Barco's patent in the Netherlands after Barco withdrew its appeal. 

"We are very pleased that the patent dispute in the Netherlands has now been concluded. This also signals legal certainty for our trading partners. In the meantime, we have Klick&Show continued to develop. The result is universal BYOM & BYOD solutions that ideally meet the requirements of the new worlds of work and education."

says Timo Meißner, managing director of Kindermann GmbH.

At present, proceedings on the validity of Barco's patent are still underway at the European Patent Office. Here, Kindermann is not alone; other providers of similar collaboration solutions also doubt the validity of the patent, a view that the EPO's Opposition Division has also endorsed and revoked the patent. Barco has filed an appeal against this.

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