SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

1. UPC: Access to Files Does Not Constitute Acceptance of Jurisdiction

   In this order, the Court of Appeal addresses the question of when a defendant implicitly accepts the international jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court. Merely accessing the case file before taking an active procedural step or a defense action does not constitute a conscious decision regarding...

2. UPC Court of Appeal: Procedural Decision: Public Access to the Register

   The applicant requested access to pleadings and evidence from a concluded case in order to publish these documents on a subscription-based platform and thus promote the transparency of patent proceedings. The request is rejected as a purely commercial interest does not constitute a legitimate interest...

3. UPC Local Division: Information Transmission

   The claimant demands that a third party in ancillary proceedings transmit information in accordance with R 191 Alt 2 RoP. The defendant and the third party objected to the requested information transmission, with the third party reserving the right to make further submissions after receiving access...

4. UPC Local Division: Access to the File

   If a request for access to written pleadings and evidence is made by a member of the public under Rule 262.1(b) of the Rules of Procedure, the interests of that member of the public who would gain access to the pleadings and evidence must be balanced against the interests set out in Article 45 of...