Topics: Rule 263 RoP
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LD Hamburg, April 27, 2026, Decision, UPC_CFI_685/2024, UPC_CFI_157/2025
High number of auxiliary requests (here: 51) may be admissible where the patent faces numerous and diverse validity challenges (headnote 1): The Court must weigh all relevant circumstances, including the complexity of the technology, the number of prior art documents, the nature and number of validity attacks (novelty, inventive step, clarity, enablement, added matter), and…
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LD Hamburg, December 30, 2024, No preliminary decision on admissibility of amendments of claims, UPC_CFI_173/2024 und 424/2024
No preliminary decisions on admissibility of requests for amendment of claims (Rule 263 RoP, Rule 30 RoP): It is generally not procedurally efficient to decide on the substantive admissibility of requests to amend claims (Rule 30 RoP) and corresponding amendments of the claim or the case (Rule 263 RoP) in a preliminary decision pursuant to…
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