SEOUL, South Korea, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Hurom, the global pioneer in slow juicing and inventor of the world’s first vertical juicer, has secured a major legal victory against NUC, maker of the Kuvings juicer line, before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) of Europe.

On March 11, the UPC’s regional division in Mannheim, Germany, ruled that NUC — including its Korean headquarters, its European subsidiary and its distributor Warmcook — had infringed Hurom’s European patent (EP 2028981).

As a result, NUC is now barred from selling its juicers in Europe, with any violation punishable by a €2,000 fine per unit sold.

The court also ordered NUC to compensate Hurom for damages, cover all legal costs, and recall and destroy every infringing product already on the market. One of the principal models found to infringe is the Kuvings AUTO10 juicer.

This ruling follows Hurom’s earlier legal wins in South Korea and the United States, reinforcing the company’s status as the original innovator of vertical slow‑juicing technology.

In December 2024, the Korean Fair Trade Commission found that NUC had violated Hurom’s patents and engaged in unfair trade practices, issuing corrective orders and imposing a fine. Likewise, in July 2024, Amazon’s Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) process (APEX ID: 15060613361) confirmed NUC’s infringement, leading to the suspension of several key Kuvings models in the U.S. market.

Hurom CEO Jaewon Kim commented, “This ruling is a firm affirmation of Hurom’s technological leadership on the global stage. We will continue to take decisive action against reckless patent infringement and low‑cost knock‑offs that threaten our mission of promoting health through the consumption of fruits and vegetables.”

Unified Patent Court case numbers (Germany): PR_ACT_17336/2024, PR_ACT_17365/2024