Institutions: Luxembourg Court of Appeal
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CoA Luxembourg, September 25, 2024, order on provisional measures, UPC_CoA_182/2024
Background and first instance decision: This decision relates to an appeal regarding a decision on provisional measures and, in particular, answers the question whether submissions from the main proceedings (and related counterclaim for revocation) are to be considered during the appeal stage of provisional measures. The first instance had issued a preliminary injunction in ex…
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Court of Appeal, September 18, 2024, Order concerning language of proceedings, UPC_CoA_354/2024
Criteria for the decision under Article 49(5) UPCA: Unlike Art. 49(4) UPCA, Art. 49(5) UPCA does not mention convenience as a criteria, only fairness. If a claimant is proficient in English and German, claimant’s choice of German as the language of the proceedings is merely one of convenience and thus not relevant under Art. 49(5)…
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Court of Appeal, September 16, 2024, order concerning security for costs, UPC_CoA_301/2024
Late filed requests and duty to provide evidence: The Court of Appeal may decide to disregard late filed requests, facts and evidence even if these were not objected by the other party (Rule 222.2 RoP). The Court of Appeal may exercise its discretion in this respect. When exercising this discretion, it shall take into account…
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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, September 17, 2024, order of the Court of Appeal concerning security for costs, UPC_CoA_217/2024 et. al.
Standard and its application to the case at hand: The Court, when exercising its discretion under Art. 69(4) UPCA and R.158 RoP, must determine, in light of the facts and arguments brought forward by the parties, whether the financial position of the Claimant gives rise to a legitimate and real concern that a possible order…
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CoA, September 6, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CoA_457/2024 and UPC_CoA_458/2024
The possibility that an injunction might be granted by the Court of First Instance (Local Division) in infringement proceedings based on a patent that has been upheld in first instance revocation proceedings, but may subsequently be revoked by the Court of Appeal, is not sufficient to justify expediting the appeal proceedings.: The two Defendants in…
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Court of Appeal, September 6, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CoA_489/2024, ORD_48358/2024
Applicant failed to demonstrate that a review of the impugned order is necessary to ensure a consistent application and interpretation of the RoP (point 8 of the Preamble of the RoP) or any other objective of the discretionary review procedure. Its contention that the impugned order is incorrect and does not provide a detailed interpretation…
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CoA, September 3, 2024, Order on international jurisdiction and competence, UPC_CoA_188/2024
1) Art. 7(2) in conjunction with Art. 71b(1) of the Brussels I recast Regulation must be interpreted as meaning that the UPC has international jurisdiction in respect of an infringement action where the European patent relied on by the claimant has effect in at least one Contracting Member State and the alleged damage may occur…
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CoA, September 5, 2024, Order on connection joinder of proceedings, UPC_CoA_106/2024
A connection joinder pursuant to R. 340 RoP cannot result in the referral of an action to another division of the Court of First Instance beyond the possibilities provided for referral of actions in Art. 33 UPCA.: A joinder pursuant to R. 340 RoP cannot result in the referral of an action to another division…
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CoA, September 5, 2024, Order on application for language change, UPC_CoA_207/2024
The fact that the parties are domiciled in countries where the language of the proceedings chosen by the claimant is an official language is an important factor in the decision on an application to use the language of the patent as the language of the proceedings.: An important factor is the fact that the claimant…
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CoA Luxemburg, August 26, 2024, Order concerning a request for security for costs of a party in the Court of Appeal, CoA_328_2024
A party can rely on R.158 RoP and R.222.2 RoP to request the Court of Appeal to order theother party to provide adequate security for the legal costs and other expenses incurredand/or to be incurred by the requesting party in the appeal proceedings.: Article 69(4) UPCA provides that, at the request of the defendant, the…
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CoA, August 21, 2024, Order on a request for a discretionary review pursuant to R. 220.3 RoP, UPC_CoA_469/2024
The exclusion of a specific natural person from the confidentiality club in the context of a R. 262.A order requires concrete reasons: The abstract risk that an in-house counsel could breach the confidentiality obligation due to conflicts of interest if the in-house counsel is included in the group of persons entitled to access confidential information…
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CoA, August 21, 2024, order on an application pursuant to R. 9.1 RoP, UPC_CoA_469/2024
R.9.1 RoP cannot be interpreted as giving the parties the right to file motions on their own initiative.: According to R. 9.1 RoP, the Court may, at any stage of the proceedings, of its own motion or on a reasoned request by a party, make a procedural order such as to order a party to…
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CoA, August 21, 2024, order on application pursuant to R. 9.1 RoP and summons of the parties to the oral hearing, UPC_CoA_354/2024
An application under R.36 RoP can only be made before the closure of the interim procedure, and further pleadings may only be filed after an application under R. 36 RoP has been made: For the appeal procedure, R.239.2 RoP conclusively determines when the written procedure is completed. As soon as the judge-rapporteur considers the appeal…
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CoA Luxemburg, August 21, 2024, Order concering an application for a discretionary review by the CoA under Rule 220.3 RoP, UPC_CoA_454/2024
An appeal against an order denying a request to reject an action as manifestly bound tofail according to R.361 RoP is admissible under the requirements of R.220.2 and R.220.3 RoP: A discretionary review by the Court of Appeal pursuant to R.220.3 RoP is only admissible if leave to appeal against the impugned order is required…
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CoA Luxemburg, August 19, 2024, Decision concerning suspensive effect of appeal against preliminary injunction, UPC_CoA_388/2024
It is not a requirement that a request for suspensive effect is lodged in a separate workflow in theCourt’s case management system: This may be done separately, and is advisable if an order is required urgently. It cannot however be inferred from R.223 RoP that the lodging in a separate workflow is a requirement in…
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CoA Luxembourg, July 29, 2024, Order concerning service of a Statement of claim, UPC_CoA_69/2024 & UPC_CoA_70/2024
Service in China or Hong Kong: A defendant company in China or Hong Kong cannot be served a Statement of claim by email to a person who is not authorised to accept service. Neither can such service be made by public service in the form of a written notice to be displayed in the publicly…
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