The European Central Bank vs. Document Security Systems, Inc.

District Court of The Hague, 12 March 2008, Case number / Cause-list number: 269923 / HA ZA 06-2495, The European Central Bank versus Document Security Systems, Inc.

By means of a judgment having immediate effect, ECB requests the annulment of European patent 0 455 750 B1, pertaining to a Method of making a nonreplicable document", for the Netherlands, ordering DSS to pay the procedural costs, including the translation costs. 3.2. The underlying reason for ECBs claim is that, in its opinion, the patent is null and void as the subject of the patent is not covered by the content of the original application, the invention is not new, and in addition there is a lack of inventive step.

The District Court of The Hague concludes that EP 750 is valid so that its nullification claimed by ECB must be dismissed.

Read the entire judgement here.