2024-07-10 - LD Mannheim - MED-EL v. Advanced Bionics - UPC_CFI_410/2023
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_410/2023
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Mannheim (DE) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H. v. Advanced Bionics GmbH, Advanced Bionics Sarl , Advanced Bionics AG
Kernaussage: Wird eine Nichtigkeitswiderklage gemäß Art.
2024-07-10 - LD Mannheim - MED-EL
v.
Advanced Bionics - UPC_CFI_410/2023
Wird eine Nichtigkeitswiderklage gemäß Art. 33 Abs. 3 lit. b EPGÜ an die Zentralkammer verwiesen, nachdem der Patentinhaber gemäß R. 30 VerfO die Änderung des Patents beantragt hat, so ist auch der Änderungsantrag an die Zentralkammer zu verweisen.
notable
The Mannheim Local Division bifurcated by referring the counterclaim for revocation and the corresponding patent-amendment application (Rule 30 RoP) to the Central Division Paris under Art. 33(3)(b) UPCA. The Division noted that it ordinarily keeps counterclaims for revocation but exercised its discretion to refer because defendant 1 (Advanced Bionics AG) had already filed a substantially identical central revocation action in Paris (UPC_CFI_338/2023), where the written procedure had closed and an oral hearing was scheduled. Efficiency under Preamble para. 4 RoP was decisive: having two panels decide essentially the same validity dispute would be uneconomic. Objections based on forking risk, language change (DE → EN), and advanced state of the central action were rejected — forking was already inevitable from the prior central filing, translation burden minimal because parties had already filed in English before the CD, and there is no duty to consolidate immediately. The amendment application must follow the counterclaim because it is the patentee's defence to it. Leave to appeal refused.
Stichwörter
Verweisung der Nichtigkeitswiderklage, Änderungsantrag
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