SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech successfully enforce Contour's camera patent against infringers

The law firms SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech have enforced an important camera patent of the Contour Group against a provider of action cams.

The European patent (EP 2 617 186 B1) protects an invention which, in particular, makes it possible to receive a preview video from a digital video camera via a wireless connection such as Bluetooth or Wifi on a mobile device (e.g. smartphone) and to adapts camera settings before a recording is started.

The action cam provider had used this invention in its digital cameras. He refused to acquire a license, but was also not willing to refrain from using the patented technology. SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech therefore filed a patent infringement suit against the provider with the Mannheim Regional Court.

In a ruling dated April 1, 2025, the Mannheim Regional Court ordered the provider in full to cease and desist from the patent infringement, provide information, render accounts and reimburse the pre-litigation warning costs due to patent infringement. The provider was also ordered to recall the products, remove them from the distribution channels and destroy them. The court also ruled that the provider must pay damages for the patent infringement.

The judgment is not yet final.

Contour specializes in the development and commercialization of inventions and patents in the field of camera technologies. The commercialization and licensing of the European patents is carried out by Contour Technosciences Ltd. based in Ireland.

Contour Technosciences Ltd., represented by SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech, is currently taking legal action against a number of other providers who are also using the patented technology without a license.

The SKW Schwarz team includes partner Dr. Oliver Stöckel and associates Afra Nickl and Jan Möbus. Patent attorneys David Molnia and Stefan Sohn as well as attorney-at-law Jakob Dandl are involved in the proceedings on behalf of df-mp.tech.