Uitspraak Nº C/09/562325 / HA ZA 18-1108. Rechtbank Den Haag, 2020-12-09

• Court: Corte Superior de Den Haag (Holanda)
• ECLI: ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2020:12547
• Docket Number: C/09/562325 / HA ZA 18-1108
• Date: 09 December 2020

vonnis

RECHTBANK DEN HAAG

Team handel

zaaknummer / rolnummer: C/09/562325 / HA ZA 18-1108

Vonnis van 9 december 2020

in de zaak van

de rechtspersoon naar buitenlands recht

BARCO N.V.,

te Kortrijk, België,

eiseres in conventie,

verweerster in reconventie,

advocaat mr. M.R. Rijks te Eindhoven,

tegen

1 DELTA ELECTRONICS (NETHERLANDS) B.V.,

te Hoofddorp,

2. de rechtspersoon naar buitenlands recht

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC.,

te Taipei, Taiwan,

gedaagden in conventie,

eiseressen in reconventie,

advocaat mr. M.G.R. van Gardingen te Amsterdam.

Partijen zullen hierna Barco en (gedaagden in conventie, eiseressen in reconventie, gezamenlijk in enkelvoud) Delta genoemd worden. Waar nodig zullen gedaagden in conventie, eiseressen in reconventie, afzonderlijk worden aangeduid als Delta NL respectievelijk Delta INC.

Voor Barco is de zaak inhoudelijk behandeld door de advocaat voornoemd, tezamen met mr. I. Werts en mr. I.S. Klink, advocaten te Eindhoven respectievelijk Amsterdam. Voor Delta is de zaak inhoudelijk behandeld door de advocaat voornoemd, tezamen met mr. ir. R. Broekstra, mr. J.M. Eck en mr. R.A.C. Stoop, advocaten te Amsterdam.

1 De procedure

1.1.

Het verloop van de procedure blijkt uit:

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  de dagvaardingen in de bodemprocedure, tevens inhoudende een provisionele vordering, van 11 juni 2018, met producties EP01 tot en met EP39;

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  de conclusie van antwoord tevens conclusie van eis in reconventie, met producties GP01 tot en met GP28;

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  de conclusie van antwoord in reconventie, tevens houdende conclusie van repliek in conventie, met producties EP40 tot en met EP61;

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  de conclusie van dupliek in conventie en conclusie van repliek in reconventie, met producties GP29 tot en met GP33;

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  de conclusie van dupliek in reconventie, met producties EP61 tot en met EP63;

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  de akte houdende overlegging producties van Delta, met producties GP34 tot en met GP37;

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  de akte overlegging nadere producties van Barco, met producties EP64 tot en met EP70;

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  de akte houdende overlegging producties van Delta, met producties GP38 tot en met GP40;

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  de akte overlegging nadere producties van Barco, met productie EP71;

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  de brief van Barco van 6 januari 2020 met het verzoek om aanhouding van het pleidooi vanwege een versnelde oppositieprocedure bij het Europees Octrooibureau, waartegen Delta bij brief van 7 januari 2020 bezwaar heeft gemaakt en welk verzoek de rechtbank bij

e-mailbericht van 7 januari 2020 heeft afgewezen;

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  het e-mailbericht van Barco van 9 januari 2020, met productie EP72 (een actueel proceskostenoverzicht);

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  het e-mailbericht van Delta van 9 januari 2020 met productie GP41 (een actueel proceskostenoverzicht);

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  het pleidooi van 10 januari 2020 en de ter gelegenheid daarvan overgelegde pleitnotities, waarbij in de pleitnotities van Barco de randnummers 90 tot en met 97 en 105 tot en met 109, en in de pleitnotities van Delta de randnummers 38, 43 tot en met 48 en 114 tot en met 129, zijn doorgehaald omdat deze niet zijn gepleit.

1.2.

Ten slotte is vonnis nader bepaald op heden.

2 De feiten Barco en het octrooi

2.1.

Barco is een wereldwijd opererende onderneming die onder meer presentatiehulpmiddelen, beeldschermen en streamingapparatuur op de markt brengt.

2.2.

Barco is houdster van Europees octrooi EP 2 756 668 B1(hierna ook: EP 668 of het octrooi) voor een “Electronic tool and methods for meetings”. EP 668 is verleend op een aanvrage van 14 september 2012, met een beroep op de prioriteitsdocumenten US 201161534592 P van 14 september 2011, US 201113270659 van 11 oktober 2011 en US 201261635219 P van 18 april 2012. De verlening van het octrooi voor onder meer Nederland is op 4 januari 2017 gepubliceerd.

2.3.

De authentieke Engelse tekst van de conclusies 1 tot en met 16 van EP 668 luidt als volgt:

1. An electronic meeting tool for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprising:

a node configuration means adapted to operate a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display, the node configuration means being adapted to receive user selected arbitrary media content from a processing device and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display; and

at least one peripheral device adapted to communicate the user selected arbitrary media content from the processing device via the communications network, wherein the peripheral device is a connection unit comprising:

(a) a connector adapted to couple to a port of the processing device having a second display, a memory and an operating system; and

(b) a transmitter for communicating with the communications network,

(c) a program adapted to be loaded onto the processing device and to run on the operating system of the processing device, said program being adapted to obtain user selected arbitrary media content from the processing device, the program being stored on the peripheral device being adapted to screen scrape content of the second display, and

(d) an input device to allow the user to carry out a user action that triggers transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content from said processing device to said transmitter through said port, and to the communications network for display on the first display.

2. The electronic meeting tool of claim 1 wherein said program leaves a zero footprint on termination.

3. The electronic meeting tool of claim 1 or 2, wherein the transmitter is a wireless transmitter or transceiver.

4. The electronic meeting tool of any previous claim wherein the peripheral device is a plug-and-play device.

5. The electronic meeting tool of any previous claim wherein the input device is physical actuator coupled to the peripheral device.

6. The electronic meeting tool of claim 5 wherein the physical actuator has a surface area of between 100 and 14,400 square mm.

7. The electronic meeting tool of any of claims 1 to 6 adapted to present the peripheral device to the processing device as a human interface device via a pre-installed generic driver which is a human interface device driver, or

to present the peripheral device to the processing device as a mass storage device via a pre-installed generic driver which is a mass storage device drive, or

to present the peripheral device to the processing device as a composite device via pre-installed generic drivers which drive different device interfaces independently.

8. A method for communicating arbitrary media content from users at a meeting comprising:

operating a display node of a communications network, the display node being coupled to a first display, to receive user selected arbitrary media content from a processing device and to control display of the user selected arbitrary media content on the first display; and connecting a peripheral device to a port of the processing device and communicating the user selected arbitrary media content via the communications network,

loading a program onto the processing device and running the program on the operating system of the processing device to obtain user selected arbitrary media content, said program being stored on the peripheral device and being adapted to screen scrape content from the processing device, and triggering transfer of said user selected arbitrary media content from said processing device to said transmitter through said port after a user action on an input device and to the communications network for display on the first display.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the processing device has a memory, a second display, the operating system having at least one pre-installed generic driver providing a generic communications protocol for communication between said processing device and a standard class of peripheral devices, the method further comprising the steps of:

a) coupling the peripheral device to the processing device, the peripheral device having a transceiver;

b) setting up, by means of the pre-installed generic driver of the operating system, a means for communication between the peripheral device and the processing device;

c) coupling the processing device to a communications network via the peripheral device;

d) routing screen scraped data between the processing device and the communication network via the means for communication, wherein the generic communication protocol is used for transferring the screen scraped data between the processing device and the peripheral device.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein Step b) comprises presenting the peripheral device to the processing device as a human interface device and wherein the pre-installed generic driver is a human interface device driver, or

wherein Step b) comprises presenting the peripheral device to the processing device as a mass storage device and wherein the pre-installed generic driver is a mass storage device driver, or

wherein Step b) comprises presenting the peripheral device to the processing device as a composite device and wherein pre-installed generic drivers drive different device interfaces independently.

11. The method of claim 9 or 10 wherein the program stored on the peripheral device is adapted to run on the processing device to obtain the screen scraped data.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the program is a portable application.

13. The method of any of the claims 8 to 12, further comprising configuring the peripheral device to connect to the communications network by pairing the peripheral device with the first display.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the pairing is performed by plugging the peripheral device into the first display.

15. The method of any of the claims 8 to 14 further comprising...