Key takeaways
Jurisdiction for Cost Assessment
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The Court of Appeal clarified that the Court of First Instance has exclusive jurisdiction over cost assessment applications.
The applicant had mistakenly filed the application with the Court of Appeal instead of the competent Local Division.
The Court of Appeal allowed the applicant for cost assessment to withdraw their application without a hearing of the respondent to the cost assessment application.
Division
Court of Appeal
UPC number
UPC_CoA_845/2024
Type of proceedings
Appeal proceedings concerning a cost assessment application.
Parties
Applicant for cost assessment and Respondent in the appeal: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Respondents to the cost assessment application and Appellants in the appeal: Belkin International, Inc., Belkin GmbH, and Belkin Limited
Patent(s)
EP 2867997
Jurisdictions
UPC
Body of legislation / Rules
R. 151 RoP
R. 265 RoP
