Messerle tray patent upheld at UPC; Sabert avoids infringement
By Inbar Preiss ( February 25, 2026, 09:32 GMT | Insight) -- The Unified Patent Court upheld Austrian packaging manufacturer Messerle’s cardboard tray patent, but dismissed its infringement claim against Sabert’s Tray2Go products. Judges in the Vienna division rejected late-filed prior art and prior-use arguments under the court’s front-loaded procedure, and found no literal or equivalent infringement.Austrian packaging manufacturer Messerle has failed to stop Belgian food-container maker Sabert Corporation Europe from selling its takeaway products, after the Unified Patent Court dismissed its infringement action while upholding the validity of the patent at issue....
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