2025-05-08 - LD Munich - Sanofi et al. v. Accord Healthcare et al. - UPC_CFI_145/2024; UPC_CFI_463/2024

1. The judge-rapporteur informs the parties that the preliminary objections will be dealt with in the main proceedings. 2. The judge-rapporteur puts the remaining pending requests to the panel for decision following the main oral hearing. 3. The defendants are invited to file the rejoinder to the reply to the defence (Rule 29 (d) RoP) within two months from today. 4. The claimants are invited to file a brief according to Rule 29 (2) RoP within one month following the filing of the rejoinder to the reply to the defence. 5. The written procedure will be closed on 8 August 2025. 6. The date for the Interim Conference scheduled for 17 July 2025 is confirmed. The IC will primarily focus on the outcome of the appeal proceedings at the BoA of the EPO. 7. Another (the main) Interim Conference is set for 12 September 2025, 10.00 a.m., via videoconference. 8. The dates for the oral hearing scheduled for 14-17 October 2025 are confirmed. 9. The parties are summoned to the above-mentioned hearings and interim conferences.

The Munich Local Division issued this 60 page procedural order for 4 parallel case-groups with different defendant groups. The Court summarized the parties' positions, ordered that the preliminary objections would be decided together with the main decision, scheduled the end of the written proceedings and the interim conference. The order was published four times for the defendant groups.