Author: Monika Harten
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Court of Appeal, September 18, 2024, order concerning a preliminary objection and a request for an order pursuant to R. 361 RoP, UPC_CoA_265/2024 et. al.
Key Takeaways Referral of certain objections raised with a preliminary objection to the main proceedings can be reasonable: R. 20.2 RoP allows that objections are referred to the main proceedings. An objection to the Court’s jurisdiction for damages suffered in the UK and Northern Ireland can be dealt with in the main proceedings for case…
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CoA, April 9, 2024, Order concerning clarification of the date of service, UPC_CoA_86/2024
In appeal proceedings the rules concerning service (R. 270-279 RoP) apply mutatis mutandis: In appeal proceedings, Chapter 2 – Service (Rules 270 – 279 RoP) applies mutatis mutandis. Consequently, if R. 271.1 RoP applied during the proceedings at the Court of First Instance (in short: an electronic address for service was provided by the defendant…
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LD Munich, April 9, 2024, Order regarding R. 9 RoP extension request, UPC_CFI_501/2023
No time extension due to change of language of the proceedings: An extension of the deadline to file the statement of defense according to R. 9.3 RoP was rejected. The change of language of the proceedings one month before the deadline to file the statement of defense was not considered a justification for such an…
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CoA, May 28, 2024, Order, UPC_CoA_22/2024
Regularly proceedings must be conducted in a way, which will allow the final oral hearing at first instace to take place within one year. As a general principle, the Court will not stay proceedings: Art. 33.10 UPCA and R. 295.a RoP must be applied and interpreted in accordance with the fundamental right to an effective…
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LD Dusseldorf, May 30, 2024, order pursuant R. 323 RoP, UPC_CFI_26/2024
In infringement proceedings, the position of the defendant requesting the language of the proceedings to be changed into the language of the patent is decisive, if in the overall assessment the result of the balancing of interest is the same: Art. 49.5 UPCA must be interpreted in such a way that the decision on whether…
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LD Dusseldorf, February 16, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_463/2023
A party has to substantiate why specific persons should receive access to confidential information according to R. 262A RoP: According to R. 262A.6 RoP, the number of persons receiving access to confidential information of the other party shall be no greater than necessary. This does not necessarily include the entire team of lawyers and other…
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LD Munich, 19 September 2023, decision and orders on preliminary measures, UPC_CFI_2/2023
Rule 206 RoP only defines formal requirements: The requirements of Rule 206 RoP only need to be formally presented. If any requirement is missing materially, this does not lead to inadmissibility of the request for provisional measures. The material assessement is governed by Rule 211.2 RoP. Rule 206.2(e) RoP does not apply to requests for…