Contour enforces important digital camera patent against drone manufacturer before the Mannheim Regional Court with SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech

SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech have once again successfully represented Contour Technosciences Ltd. in a patent infringement case, this time against a drone manufacturer.

On May 7, 2025, the Mannheim Regional Court found a manufacturer of camera drones to have infringed European Patent EP 2 617 186 B1. This patent protects a technology that combines the possibility to record high-quality video with the ability to wirelessly stream a lower-quality version, for example for preview purposes.

The drone manufacturer was ordered, among other things, to cease offering and distributing the infringing drones, to disclose and account for the patent infringement, to recall and remove the drones from distribution channels, todestroy the infringing products and to reimburse legal costs. Furthermore, the court ruled that the manufacturer must pay damages for the infringement. The ruling is final and legally binding.

Contour specializes in the development and commercialization of inventions and patents in the field of camera technologies. The commercialization and licensing of European patents is handled by Contour Technosciences Ltd., headquartered in Ireland.

The SKW Schwarz team included Partner Dr. Oliver Stöckel and Associates Afra Nickl and Jan Möbus. Patent attorneys David Molnia and Stefan Sohn, along with attorney Jakob Dandl, represented Contour for df-mp tech.

Currently, SKW Schwarz and df-mp.tech are pursuing further legal action on behalf of the Contour Group against a number of companies who are using the patented technology without a license. Most recently, the firms secured a favorable judgment for Contour in a patent infringement lawsuit against an action camera manufacturer (read the article here) who then concluded a license agreement after the respective court decision..

Mannheim Regional Court, Judgment dated May 7, 2025, Case No. 2 O 5/25