Court decides: LELO convicted of patent infringement

15.08.2024 | Bielefeld, Germany – The Düsseldorf Regional Court ruled on 25 July 2024 that the Sona, Sila and Enigma products of the LELO brand infringe the patents of EIS GmbH/Satisfyer.

These patents are used in particular in the pressure wave vibrators of the Satisfyer brand. As a result of this judgement, LELO is obliged to refrain from distributing the infringing products within the scope of the decision, to provide EIS with information about all distributed products and their recipients and to pay damages.

The European Patent Office had already previously rejected LELO Europe GmbH’s opposition to the patent in a decision dated 18 October 2022. Both decisions provide EIS GmbH with a tailwind in further proceedings against LELOi AB, which are pending in Sweden, Australia, Canada and other countries in Europe. LELO has appealed against both the decision of the European Patent Office and the judgement of the Düsseldorf Regional Court.

However, EIS GmbH/Satisfyer and its patent attorneys and attorneys-at-law remain convinced that the clear decisions already made will be further confirmed by the appellate courts. EIS GmbH/Satisfyer sees the decision of the Düsseldorf Regional Court as confirmation of its decision to offer former dealers of the market companion LELO and other patent-infringing providers who refrain from infringing the patent a co-operation with regard to the Satisfyer products.