Topics: R. 222.2 RoP
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Court of Appeal, February 27, 2026, request for further exchanges of written pleadings, UPC_CoA_884/2025
Requests, facts and evidence from first instance automatically form part of appeal proceedings (R. 222.1 and R. 222.2 RoP): The appellant argued it needed an additional round of written pleadings to respond to six auxiliary requests raised by the respondent in its Statement of Response. The judge-rapporteur rejected this application, finding no justification for reopening…
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Court of Appeal, March 4, 2026, Order, UPC_CoA_678/2025
The written procedure on appeal is limited; there is no automatic right to reply to the Statement of Response (Part 4 RoP, R. 237, R. 238 RoP): Under Part 4 of the Rules of Procedure, the appellant may file a Statement of Grounds of Appeal and the respondent a Statement of Response. No further written…
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Court of Appeal, December 29, 2025, decision on revocation action, UPC_CoA_71/2025
Accuracy of translation to be checked at an early stage: The Appellant argued that a translation of a Korean prior art document filed by the Respondent in first instance was incorrect and at best inaccurate and filed own translations on appeal. The CoA holds that these translations are late filed and shall be disregarded. Given…
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Court of Appeal, November 21, 2024, decision on a request for a stay of proceedings, UPC_CoA_511/2024
Stay of proceedings is possible even if no final decision in Opposition is expected: Pursuant to Art. 33(10) UPCA and R. 295(a) RoP, the Court may stay proceedings relating to a patent which is also the subject of opposition proceedings before the EPO where a rapid decision may be expected from the EPO. These provisions…
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CoA, October 21, 2024, Request for submission of new evidence, UPC_CoA_297/2024
New contradictory statements of the other party do not justify the submission of new evidence at appeal stage: Rule 222 of the Rules of Procedure (RoP) grants the Court of Appeal discretion to disregard new evidence not previously submitted to the Court of First Instance. In exercising this discretion, the Court considers: (a) whether the…
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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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