2024-04-24 - LD Munich - Netgear v. Huawei - UPC_CFI_152/2024

Was ist diese UPC-Entscheidung?

Zusammenfassung: In a Wi-Fi 6 SEP infringement action before the Munich Local Division (Zigann presiding), the panel addressed a unique cross-jurisdictional disclosure problem. Netgear already possessed the August 2020 Qualcomm-Huawei licence agreement through US discovery but was precluded by the US court from using it in the UPC proceedings; the US court directed Netgear to seek a production order from the UPC itself. The Munich LD granted production under R. 190.1 RoP — within 10 working days, with a per-day penalty of up to EUR 20,000 — and entered a comprehensive R. 262A RoP confidentiality order. The confidentiality club includes Netgear's outside counsel and experts plus one named natural person (VP Legal Anna Lam), with R. 9 leave to add further individuals. Use of the agreement was authorised in two related parallel UPC proceedings (the non-infringement declaration action and a separated EP 3 678 321 infringement case) but refused for the Wi-Fi 6 portfolio at large — each panel must balance the confidentiality interest case-by-case. The claimant was granted 10 working days to consult Qualcomm before production.

Stichwörter: Erschöpfungseinwand, Regel 190, Geheimhaltung, Vorlageantrag, Regel 262A

Quelle und Fundstellen

Quelle: https://www.unified-patent-court.org/en/node/764

Referenz: ORD_18179/2024

Aktenzeichen: UPC_CFI_152/2024