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  1. UPC Board of Appeal: Service of the Statement of Claim

    The claimant requested that the statements of claim be served on the Asian defendants by email pursuant to Rule 275.1 of the Rules of Procedure or by public notice in the form of a written communication posted in publicly accessible premises of the Local Division Munich. The Local Division Munich...

  2. Participation in a decision of the EBoA does not constitute grounds for exclusion

    Article 24(3) EPC: The fact that a member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) took part in an EBoA decision which was relevant for the present decision (and which ex lege may only address questions of law) does not constitute grounds for excluding that EBoA member from reviewing the present decision...

  3. UPC Board of Appeal: Interpretation, Infringement

    The patent in suit protects an avalanche transceiver in which, among other things, a control unit is provided to drive a loudspeaker to output a voice message depending on an event, with the loudspeaker also being configured to output a tone signal. Furthermore, the control unit is designed to drive...

  4. Peter Pawloy (1958 - 2024)

    It is with great sadness and dismay that we announce the passing of our former partner Peter Pawloy far too soon on 31 December 2024. We have lost not only an internationally respected and highly esteemed patent attorney colleague, but also a close and loyal friend. His...

  5. UPC Local Divison: Protection of trade secrets

    The claimant requests, in accordance with R 262A RoP that financial information provided in his response to a request for provision of security under R 158 RoP be treated confidentially. The request was granted. Only the defendant's lawyer will have access to confidential information; this is permitted...

  6. Rudolf Griss becomes partner at SONN Patentanwälte

    We are delighted to announce that Rudolf Griss has joined our partnership as of January 2025. Rudolf Griss has been with our firm since 2018, qualified as a European Patent Attorney in 2022 and as an Austrian...

  7. UPC Local Division: Request to produce evidence

    The claimant requests a production order directed against themselves in order to be enabled to produce two SEP (Standard Essential Patent) license agreements which they are prevented from producing on their own initiative by confidentiality clauses. One license agreement partner has not responded,...

  9. UPC Local Division: Separation of proceedings

    The claimant has brought infringement actions against 10 defendants, with defendants 1, 2, 7 and 8 being based in China. Pursuant to R 275.2 RoP, the Court may order that proceedings involving several defendants be heard in separate proceedings. Such a separation is useful and necessary in this case....

  10. UPC Local Division: Service

    The applicant files infringement action against 5 related companies; defendant 1 and 2 are based in China, defendant 3 in the Netherlands, defendant 4 in Germany and defendant 5 in Taiwan. The claimant argues that service on defendant 1 should be effected through defendant...

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