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Court of Appeal, April 16, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_54/2026

Markus Morgenroth

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Table of Contents

  1. Key takeaways
  2. Division
  3. UPC number
  4. Type of proceedings
  5. Parties
  6. Patent(s)
  7. Jurisdictions
  8. Body of legislation / Rules

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Key takeaways

The appeal period only starts once the Court of First Instance issues a reasoned decision (Art. 77(1) UPCA, R. 224.1(a) RoP).

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Referring to R. 224.1 (a) RoP and Art. 77 (1) UPCA, the CoA held that the grounds of the decision are indispensable for the appellant in order to formulate the remedy soughtpusuant to R. 225(e) RoP. Therefore, the Court found that the time limit for lodging an appeal only starts once the the reasoned decision to be appealed is available.

Division

Court of Appeal

UPC number

UPC_CoA_54/2026

Type of proceedings

Appeal (procedural order on time limits)

Parties

Appellants (Defendants): Belkin International Inc., Belkin B.V., Belkin Limited

Respondent (Claimant): Koninklijke Philips N.V.

Patent(s)

EP 2 867 997

Jurisdictions

UPC

Body of legislation / Rules

Art. 77(1) UPCA

R. 9.3(a) RoP, R. 9.4 RoP, R. 224.1(a) RoP, R. 225(e) RoP, R. 229.2 RoP

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