Institutions: Luxembourg Court of Appeal
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Court of Appeal, July 23, 2024, order on appeal, UPC_CoA_177/2024
Application for preservation of evidence or inspection of premises implies a request to disclose the report on the outcome: The legitimate purpose of the procedure for the preservation of evidence or the inspection of premises (Art. 60 UPCA, R. 192 et seq.) includes the use of the evidence to decide whether to initiate proceedings on…
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Court of Appeal, June 21, 2024, Order on request to stay proceedings, UPC_CoA_227/2024
Stay of proceedings following an appeal only in case of a “reasoned request” : If an appeal is lodged against an order rejecting a preliminary objection, the Court of Appeal may stay the proceedings at first instance on a “reasoned request” by a party (R. 21.2 RoP). A statement which lacks any reasons as to…
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Court of Appeal, June 20, 2024, Order on application pursuant to R. 262A RoP, UPC_CoA_234/2024
An order by the Court of First Instance pursuant to R. 262A RoP also applies to the appeal proceedings : A non-appealed order by the Court of First Instance pursuant to R. 262A RoP that restricts access to certain information or evidence to specific persons, unless otherwise stated in the order, continues to apply after…
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Court of Appeal, February 26, 2024, order on provisional measures, UPC_CoA_335/2023
The patent claim is not only the starting point, but the decisive basis for determining the scope of protection of an EP under Art. 69 EPC in conjunction with the Protocol on the Interpretation of Art. 69 EPC: The interpretation of a patent claim does not depend solely on the strict, literal meaning of the…
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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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CoA, April 10, 2024, public access to the register, UPC_CoA_404/2023
Art. 9(1) UPCA – no technically qualified judges required: Art. 9(1) UPCA must be interpreted such that if the subject matter of the appeal proceedings is of a non-technical nature only, and there are no technical issues at stake, the Court of Appeal may decide the matter without the need to assign two technically qualified…
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CoA, April 11, 2024, request for a decision by default, UPC_CoA_79/2024
Time period for filing a statement of appeal under R.220.2 RoP: If an appeal is lodged under R.220.2 RoP and leave is granted in the impugned order itself, the statement of appeal must be lodged within 15 days of service of that order containing the decision to grant leave (R.224.1(b) RoP). If the decision to…
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Court of Appeal, 4 June 2024, Order of the Court of Appeal, UPC_CoA_79/2024
Art. 83(3) UPCA must be interpreted such that a valid opt out application requires that it is lodged by or on behalf of all proprietors of all national parts of a European patent: According to R.5.1(b) RoP an opt-out must be made in relation to all national parts of an EP patent. In addition, …
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CoA Luxembourg, June 4, 2024, order on withdrawal of appeal, UPC_CoA_183/2024
Applicable rule for the withdrawal of an appeal: R. 265 RoP, which has a broad scope: R. 265 RoP is primarily drafted with a view to comprehensive withdrawals of whole actions. It does neither distinguish between the first instance and the appeal proceedings nor between procedural appeal and appeals in substance. It does also not…
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CoA Luxembourg, June 4, 2024, order on withdrawal of appeal, UPC_CoA_205/2024
Applicable rule for the withdrawal of an appeal: R. 265 RoP, which has a broad scope: R. 265 RoP is primarily drafted with a view to comprehensive withdrawals of whole actions. It does neither distinguish between the first instance and the appeal proceedings nor between procedural appeal and appeals in substance. It does also not…
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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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Court of Appeal, May 22, 2024, order concerning an expedition request, UPC_CoA_218/2024 et al.
Requirements for request for expedition of proceedings pursuant to R.9.3 RoP : A request to expedite appeal proceedings, namely a request to shorten any deadlines where possible pursuant to R. 225(e), R.9.3 RoP, requires the Applicant (here: Volkswagen AG) to explain that and why it would have a particular interest in the concerned brief (here:…
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CoA Luxembourg, May 13, 2024, order on provisional measures, UPC_CoA_1/2024
The CoA confirmed its standards for the claim construction as stated in the order of CoA of February 26, 2024, UPC_CoA_335/2023: The patent claim is not only the starting point but also a decisive basis for determining the scope of protection of the European Patent. The interpretation of a patent claim does not depend solely…
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CoA Luxembourg, April 26, 2024, UPC_CoA_500/2023
Time period for lodging an appeal can be extended in case of an excusable error: It is true that the time period for lodging an appeal is a mandatory time limit that cannot be extended (see R. 9.4 RoP) However, an excusable error can, in exceptional circumstances, justify a derogation from that rule. That is…
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Court of Appeal – Luxembourg (LU), May 2, 2024, Order re application for suspensive effect, UPC_CoA_177/2024
According to Article 74(1) UPCA, the appeal has no suspensive effect unless the Court of Appeal decides otherwise at the motivated request of one of the parties. : The Court of Appeal can grant the application only if the circumstances of the case justify an exception to the principle that the appeal has no suspensive…
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Court of Appeal, April 17, 2024, Order, UPC_CoA_101/2024
The decision on a R. 323 RoP (Art. 49(5) UPCA) request to change the language of proceedings into the language of the patent shall be based on all relevant circumstances related to the specific case and the position of the parties. Art. 49(5) UPCA provides that in particular the position of the defendant is to…
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CoA, March 21, 2024, order, UPC_CoA_486/2023
An appeal against a decision of the judge rapporteur can be admissible if it is the subject of the appeal whether the judge rapporteur was entitled to issue the decision under appeal.: R 220.3 RoP provides for the admission of an appeal against an order issued by a panel. However, the order under appeal was…
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