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  1. UPC Local Division: Protection of Confidential Information

    The claimant requests that access to confidential information of the cost assessment proceedings (proof of legal fees) be restricted to the defendant and their lawyers. The application is granted. The defendant is therefore prevented from making the subject matter of the application known to third...

  2. UPC Court of Appeal: Protection of Confidential Information

    According to R 262A.6 RoP, the number of persons to whom access is restricted shall not be greater than is necessary to ensure the parties' rights to effective judicial protection and a fair trial. At least one natural person of each party and the respective lawyers of these parties must be granted...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. EPO case law: GDPR is no basis for exclusion from file inspection

    A party requesting the exclusion of certain documents from inspection under Art 128(4) EPC may not successfully rely on the provisions of the GDPR because it is not binding on the European Patent Organisation (EPO BoA 12 April 2019,
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