SONN Patentanwälte – IP Attorneys

1. UPC Board of Appeal: Acceleration of Appeal Proceedings

   After an infringement action was brought, the defendants filed a counterclaim for revocation with the Local Division Munich. Two sister companies of the defendants also brought a revocation action before the Central Division Paris concerning the patent in suit. The revocation counterclaim was then...

2. UPC Court of Appeal: Request for expedition of the appeal

   The defendant filed an application for security for costs. The Court of First Instance dismissed the application. The defendant appeals and requests to expedite the appeal under R 225(e) and R 9.3 RoP and to shorten any deadlines as significant legal costs have been incurred and continue to increase....