Topics: unitary patent
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LD Paris, 24 July 2024, Procedural order of the Court of First Instance, UPC_CFI_440/2023
Pendency of an action: The pendency of an action is determined by the date of the registration with the Division concerned – in other words, the pendency of an action is independent on whether or not the defendant has already accepted service of the statement of a claim. Same parties according to Art. 33 (4)…
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Central Division, Paris Seat, 19 July 2024, Decision of the Court of First Instance, UPC_CFI_255/2023
Concurrent pendency of invalidity proceedings before different divisions and criteria for exercising the Court’s discretion, Art. 33 (3) UPCA: In the situation of concurrently pending invalidity attacks by different parties against the same patent before different divisions (here: revocation action before CD and counterclaim(s) for revocation before LD) the local division has a discretion either…
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LD Milan, 6 June 2024, Procedural Order of the Court of First Instance, UPC_CFI_241/2023
Request for information regarding distribution channels: Showing a product at a trade fair in the territory covered by the patent does not automatically create evidence of market entry – burden of proof is with the claimant. A claimant’s request for declaration of defendant’s chain of sale/resale is not justified in case that defendant confirms that…
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LD Mannheim, April 15, 2024, order pursuant to R. 323 RoP (language of the proceedings), UPC_CFI_410/2023
Change of language of the proceedings into the language in which the patent was granted: The decision whether or not to change the language of the proceedings into the language in which the patent was granted shall be determined with regard to the respective interests at stake that has to be weighted, without it being…
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LD Munich, 18 January 2024, Order of court of first instance, UPC_CFI_9/2023
Admissibility of extending the action by including claims from a further patent-in-suit after terminated limitation proceedings: The requirements for an extension of the complaint by including claims from a further patent-in-suit are exclusively subject to Rule 263 RoP and not to national provisions. In the present case the plaintiff waited for the outcome of the…
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LD Munich, 27, December 2023, Order of court in first instance, UPC_CFI_181/2023
Protection of confidential information (keynotes): 1. The protection of confidential information contained in pleadings and annexes can only be requested within a workflow pursuant to Rule 262 and/or 262A of the Rules of Procedure at the same time as the initial filing or within 14 days. 2. Unlike the standard practice in national proceedings in…
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CD Munich, December 28, 2023, Preliminary Order, UPC_CFI_75/2023
Request under Rule 262.1(b) can be stayed if Court considers the outcome of appeal proceedings in a different case highly likely to be of relevance for the decision: Upon request under Rule 262.1(b) RoP of the Applicant to make available all written pleadings and evidence the Court decided to wait for the outcome of appeal…
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CD Munich, 11 October 2023, procedural order Rule 9 RoP, UPC_CFI_80/2023
Parties are under an obligation to use the CMS and the dedicated workflows in the CMS to file their submissions: Parties are under an obligation to use the CMS and the dedicated workflows in the CMS to file their submissions (see e.g. Rule 4.1 RoP). It is the sole responsibility of the parties that this…
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CD Munich, 11 October 2023, procedural order Rule 9 RoP, UPC_CFI_75/2023
Parties are under an obligation to use the CMS and the dedicated workflows in the CMS to file their submissions: Parties are under an obligation to use the CMS and the dedicated workflows in the CMS to file their submissions (see e.g. Rule 4.1 RoP). It is the sole responsibility of the parties that this…
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LD Munich, 29 September 2023, order, UPC_CFI_15/2023
Filing of preliminary objection via an inappropriate workflow: Filing of preliminary objection via an inappropriate workflow is to be rejected as inadmissible (Article 42.2 UPCA). However, due to the early stage of the UPC proceedings and the resulting lack of experience with the UPC and its Rules of Procedure, the preliminary objection in the current…
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LD Munich, 19 September 2023, decision and orders on preliminary measures, UPC_CFI_2/2023
Rule 206 RoP only defines formal requirements: The requirements of Rule 206 RoP only need to be formally presented. If any requirement is missing materially, this does not lead to inadmissibility of the request for provisional measures. The material assessement is governed by Rule 211.2 RoP. Rule 206.2(e) RoP does not apply to requests for…
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