Author: Philipp Bovenkamp

  • LD Munich, 29 September 2023, order, UPC_CFI_15/2023

    Filing of preliminary objection via an inappropriate workflow: Filing of preliminary objection via an inappropriate workflow is to be rejected as inadmissible (Article 42.2 UPCA). However, due to the early stage of the UPC proceedings and the resulting lack of experience with the UPC and its Rules of Procedure, the preliminary objection in the current…

  • LD Munich, 23 August 2023, final decision on request for extension of deadline, UPC_CFI_15/2023

    Extension of time limit for preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP): An intended harmonization of the time limit regime as such does not constitute a reason for extending the time limit that runs for the party to which was successfully served at an earlier point in time. Rather, an alignment can also be achieved by shortening…

  • LD Munich, 10 August 2023, final decision on request for extension of deadline, UPC_CFI_15/2023

    Extension of time limit for preliminary objection (R. 19 RoP): In case of more than one defendant, the Rules of Procedure do not require an alignment of the time limit for preliminary objection for the different parties. Usage of case management system at early stage of UPC : Working with the new procedural law and…