Dyson-SharkNinja close to settling

In May 2024, the Munich LD granted Dyson a preliminary injunction (PI) against certain SharkNinja vacuum cleaners. But last month, the UPC’s Court of Appeal (CoA) overturned that one.

An order entered today by the Munich LD’s first panel grants a stipulation to stay the proceedings and vacates both the interim conference and hearing dates. Formally, the plaintiff (Dyson) requested the stay, and attached to its motion the defendant’s (SharkNinja) written consent.

This course of action suggests that Dyson considers this enforcement action a lost cause based on the CoA decision on the PI track, and the parties just have to sort out costs. Whether Dyson will try to prevail over SharkNinja on other patents is unclear.

The order was signed by Presiding Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann in his capacity as judge-rapporteur.