2024-02-14 - LD Mannheim - Panasonic v. OPPO et al. - UPC_CFI_210/2023

Was ist diese UPC-Entscheidung?

Zusammenfassung: In this SEP/FRAND infringement action, the Mannheim Local Division established a detailed 13-step confidentiality regime for the submission of licence agreements under R. 262 and R. 262A RoP, and deferred ruling on the parties' R. 190/191 RoP document production applications. The regime requires a full unredacted upload visible only to the court, a redacted version for the opponent, and a R. 262A application that may be made conditional on full protection being granted. For SEP licence agreements, preliminary confidentiality protection will generally be accepted. The access circle expands stepwise from opposing counsel to named client representatives with the applicant's right to be heard at each stage. The licence partner's consent must be secured by the submitting party itself because involving a third party via Hague Service Convention / EU Service Regulation would be impracticable. The Court declined to order R. 190 RoP production at this early stage — before reply and response to the counterclaim for revocation — because the relevance of FRAND documents cannot yet be validly assessed. The order expressly aligns with the Düsseldorf LD's same-day R. 262A workflow order in 10x Genomics v Curio Bioscience (UPC_CFI_463/2023).

Quelle und Fundstellen

Quelle: https://www.unified-patent-court.org/en/node/569

Referenz: ORD_

Aktenzeichen: UPC_CFI_210/2023