Tobii AB vs Pupil Labs GmbH Patent Lawsuit
News
November 12, 2025
You may have seen a recent press release from Tobii AB, regarding a non-final, first-instance court ruling in Germany.
Their announcement suggests a broad and impactful judgment. We feel the need to set the record straight, as the scope of the ruling is narrow and the ruling only concerns the Enrichment Marker Mapper in combination with the Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses.
We want to clarify the scope of the potential effects of the lawsuit around patent EP 3 332 285 B1 (EP'285):
1. The Scope of the Ruling is Limited. The court only found the specific combination of our Enrichment Marker Mapper together with our Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses making use of the teaching of EP'285.
2. This is Not a Sales Ban. We can still sell our Neon and Pupil Invisible glasses and the Enrichment Marker Mapper. If the judgment is enforced, the effect will be that we will have to alert our German customers that the Enrichment Marker Mapper must not be used in Germany with the Neon and/or Pupil Invisible products and vice versa without Tobii's consent as owner of EP'285.
3. The court dismissed Tobii's other claims. This means all other cloud enrichments and software tools are completely unaffected and can be used freely.
4. The ruling has no impact on products which are offered and/or distributed to customers for use outside of Germany.
5. We Are Appealing. This is a non-final, first-instance judgment, and we have already appealed. We are confident the Appeal Court will dismiss Tobii's lawsuit in its entirety.
This lawsuit does not stop us. Pupil Labs will continue on its 10+ year journey of innovation. We will continue to own the IP rights behind our products and contribute to further developments by open sourcing and giving to the common domain.
We will keep you updated on relevant developments.
You may have seen a recent press release from Tobii AB, regarding a non-final, first-instance court ruling in Germany.
Their announcement suggests a broad and impactful judgment. We feel the need to set the record straight, as the scope of the ruling is narrow and the ruling only concerns the Enrichment Marker Mapper in combination with the Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses.
We want to clarify the scope of the potential effects of the lawsuit around patent EP 3 332 285 B1 (EP'285):
1. The Scope of the Ruling is Limited. The court only found the specific combination of our Enrichment Marker Mapper together with our Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses making use of the teaching of EP'285.
2. This is Not a Sales Ban. We can still sell our Neon and Pupil Invisible glasses and the Enrichment Marker Mapper. If the judgment is enforced, the effect will be that we will have to alert our German customers that the Enrichment Marker Mapper must not be used in Germany with the Neon and/or Pupil Invisible products and vice versa without Tobii's consent as owner of EP'285.
3. The court dismissed Tobii's other claims. This means all other cloud enrichments and software tools are completely unaffected and can be used freely.
4. The ruling has no impact on products which are offered and/or distributed to customers for use outside of Germany.
5. We Are Appealing. This is a non-final, first-instance judgment, and we have already appealed. We are confident the Appeal Court will dismiss Tobii's lawsuit in its entirety.
This lawsuit does not stop us. Pupil Labs will continue on its 10+ year journey of innovation. We will continue to own the IP rights behind our products and contribute to further developments by open sourcing and giving to the common domain.
We will keep you updated on relevant developments.
You may have seen a recent press release from Tobii AB, regarding a non-final, first-instance court ruling in Germany.
Their announcement suggests a broad and impactful judgment. We feel the need to set the record straight, as the scope of the ruling is narrow and the ruling only concerns the Enrichment Marker Mapper in combination with the Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses.
We want to clarify the scope of the potential effects of the lawsuit around patent EP 3 332 285 B1 (EP'285):
1. The Scope of the Ruling is Limited. The court only found the specific combination of our Enrichment Marker Mapper together with our Neon or Pupil Invisible glasses making use of the teaching of EP'285.
2. This is Not a Sales Ban. We can still sell our Neon and Pupil Invisible glasses and the Enrichment Marker Mapper. If the judgment is enforced, the effect will be that we will have to alert our German customers that the Enrichment Marker Mapper must not be used in Germany with the Neon and/or Pupil Invisible products and vice versa without Tobii's consent as owner of EP'285.
3. The court dismissed Tobii's other claims. This means all other cloud enrichments and software tools are completely unaffected and can be used freely.
4. The ruling has no impact on products which are offered and/or distributed to customers for use outside of Germany.
5. We Are Appealing. This is a non-final, first-instance judgment, and we have already appealed. We are confident the Appeal Court will dismiss Tobii's lawsuit in its entirety.
This lawsuit does not stop us. Pupil Labs will continue on its 10+ year journey of innovation. We will continue to own the IP rights behind our products and contribute to further developments by open sourcing and giving to the common domain.
We will keep you updated on relevant developments.