Topics: time period
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CoA Luxembourg, July 30, 2024, procedural order, UPC_CoA_405/2024
No shortening of term for response in appeal proceedings due to filing of grounds of appeal prior to end of term or due to contention on a purely legal issue: The arguments that an appeal concerns purely legal issues, the appellant seeks patent protection as soon as possible and the fact that the appellant did…
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LD Hamburg, 27 January 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_22/2023
The time period for responding to a counterclaim for revocation and the time period for the reply to the statement of defense should run in parallel: In a case in which the statement of defense includes trade secrets but the counterclaim for revocation does not, and in which access to an unredacted version of the…
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LD Dusseldorf, 20 January 2024, procedural order, UPC_CFI_363/2023
Term extensions are an exception: Insofar as R. 9.3 (a) RoP provides for the possibility of extending time periods, this should only be used with caution and only in justified exceptional cases against the background of the strict time limit regime set out in the Rules, which serves to ensure that proceedings are conducted as…
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LD Hamburg, 22 August 2023, order declining request for extension of time period, UPC_CFI_54/2023
Coordination with suppliers located outside of Europe is no sufficient reason for an extension of time period for statement of defense: The RoP provides for a balanced timing regime. With a three-month time period for filing the statement of defense, the RoP already provides for the longest time period of the timing regime. This time…
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