SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

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,...

EPO case law: NDA for experts is irrelevant

The appalent's request not to admit the declaration of an expert, since the latter is bound by an NDA and is therefore not entitled to make statements on the experiments he made, cannot be granted: In order to comply with that request, the Board of Appeal would have to examine the content and...