2026-04-17 - CoA - Guardant v. Sophia Genetics - UPC-COA-0000049/2026
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC-COA-0000049/2026
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of Appeal - Luxembourg (LU)
- Art:
- Procedural Order
- Parteien:
- Guardant Health, Inc. v. Sophia Genetics SA, Sophia Genetics SAS, Sophia Genetics SRL, Sophia Genetics GmbH
Kernaussage: The Court of Appeal standing judge granted Guardant leave to appeal the Paris Local Division's cost decision of 16 March 2026 because the judge-rapporteur had fixed recoverable costs at the same time as deciding the confidentiality regime — meaning Guardant had not yet had acc…
2026-04-17 - CoA - Guardant
v.
Sophia Genetics - UPC-COA-0000049/2026
notable
The Court of Appeal standing judge granted Guardant leave to appeal the Paris Local Division's cost decision of 16 March 2026 because the judge-rapporteur had fixed recoverable costs at the same time as deciding the confidentiality regime — meaning Guardant had not yet had access to the unredacted cost application and invoices when the costs were set, contrary to Art. 76(2) UPCA. The CoA refused to join the cost appeal with the pending Patent-PI appeal (UPC_CoA_19/2026), confirming that cost assessment is a specific and separate procedure under R. 150 et seq. RoP with its own appeal regime under R. 157 and R. 221 RoP, decided by the standing judge rather than a full panel. The order aligns with earlier CoA case law (Hanshow v VusionGroup; Rematec v Europe Forestry).