2023-11-14 - LD Paris - C-KORE SYSTEMS v. Novawell - UPC_CFI_397/2023
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_397/2023
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- C-KORE SYSTEMS LIMITED v. NOVAWELL
Kernaussage: The Paris LD (full panel, Lignieres presiding) granted C-KORE's ex parte R.
2023-11-14 - LD Paris - C-KORE SYSTEMS
v.
Novawell - UPC_CFI_397/2023
notable
The Paris LD (full panel, Lignieres presiding) granted C-KORE's ex parte R. 192 RoP application to preserve evidence at Novawell's Montpellier premises concerning alleged infringement of EP 2 265 793 (subsea test apparatus). The court confirmed UPC jurisdiction under Art. 32(1)(c) UPCA and Paris LD competence under Art. 33(1)(b) UPCA based on the defendant's place of business in France. The applicant discharged its Art. 60 UPCA burden by showing title to a patent in force (no EPO opposition), reasonably available evidence of infringement of at least claim 1 (based on Novawell's SICOM ROV product marketed by a former C-KORE client), urgency (former customer, ongoing marketing, under three months since discovery), and a demonstrable risk of destruction justifying an ex parte order under Art. 60(5) UPCA (mobile product, data easily hidden or erased). The measures are carried out by a court-appointed French patent expert with a bailiff under French law per R. 196.4/196.5 RoP, with a confidentiality club under Art. 58 UPCA / R. 196.1(d) RoP. A single party representative (the patent attorney) may attend but is bound to secrecy towards the applicant. The order is enforceable only on deposit of EUR 20,000 security (R. 196.3/196.6 RoP); the measures lapse if no merits proceedings are filed within 31 calendar days or 20 working days after the expert's report (Art. 60(8) UPCA, R. 198 RoP).