Topics: R. 9 RoP
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LD Milan, July 10, 2026, Order – Alignment of Defence Deadlines for Co-Defendants Where Service Abroad Is Pending, UPC CFI 1902/2025
The claimant filed an infringement action against two co-defendants before the Milan Local Division. One defendant (based in China) had already been served and was facing an imminent deadline to file its statement of defence. The other defendant (based in Hong Kong) had not yet been served – with no certainty as to when service…
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CD Milan, October 1, 2024, Procedural Order, UPC_CFI_380/2024
High threshold for intervention in interim injunction proceedings: The Court rejected the request (here: from Menarini) for intervention, emphasizing that Article 313 RoP permits intervention in interim injunction proceedings only under exceptional circumstances. The mere fact that a third party might be affected by the outcome of the proceedings is not sufficient. Rather, the third…
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CD Paris, 22 January 2024, order, UPC_CFI_308/2023
Background of the case: The applicant filed a revocation action against the patent at issue. On 27 November 2023, the respondent submitted a defence to revocation which was considered by as incomplete the Registry. Consequently, on 11 December 2023, the respondent requested to correct the detected deficiencies, by logding a corrected statement of defence which…
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LD Düsseldorf, 24 January 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_452/2023
CMS workflow for the request under R. 212.3 RoP: In order to ensure that the proceedings run as seamlessly as possible, the CMS provides for a separate workflow for the submission of a request to review in accordance with R. 212.3 RoP. The panel may grant a party the right to re-file a request filed…
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