2026-04-16 - LD Milan - Prinoth v. Xelom - UPC_CFI_703/2025
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_703/2025
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Milan (IT) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- PRNOTH SPA v. XELOM s.r.l.
Kernaussage: The Milan Local Division's judge rapporteur granted Prinoth a 30-day deadline extension under R.
2026-04-16 - LD Milan - Prinoth
v.
Xelom - UPC_CFI_703/2025
routine
The Milan Local Division's judge rapporteur granted Prinoth a 30-day deadline extension under R. 9.3 and R. 334 RoP after Xelom filed a rejoinder introducing roughly 150 validity attacks (novelty and inventive step) across the main claims and 11 auxiliary requests, plus 7 new prior-art documents and a change of the closest prior art for three inventive-step attacks. The Division applied its established three-part test (application must be timely, motivated, and supported by evidence of impossibility of meeting the deadline), finding all three prongs satisfied here. Crucially, the judge rapporteur held that assessing whether Xelom itself violated the front-loaded-case principle is reserved for the panel at a later stage and has no bearing on the extension application. The 30-day extension was considered proportionate and to have minimal impact on the overall timetable (following Düsseldorf LD UPC_CFI_336/2024, UPC_CFI_605/2024).
Nichtigkeitsgründe
Art. 138 EPCInventive Step
Not decidedArt. 56 EPC · Art. 138(1)(a) EPC
“Multiple inventive-step attacks newly raised in Xelom's rejoinder — substantive assessment reserved for later.”
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