2024-12-13 - LD Paris - Icpillar v. Arm et al. - UPC_CFI_495/2023
- Aktenzeichen:
- UPC_CFI_495/2023
- Datum:
- Spruchkörper:
- Court of First Instance - Paris (FR) Local Division
- Art:
- Order
- Parteien:
- ICPillar LLC v. ARM Limited, Allinea Software GmbH, Apical Limited, Arm France SAS, Arm Germany GmbH, Arm Germany d.o.o, Arm lreland Limited, Arm Poland Sp. z.o.o, Arm Sweden AB, Simulity Labs Limited, Hyperglance limited, SVF Holdco
Kernaussage: The Paris Local Division, on mutual R.
2024-12-13 - LD Paris - Icpillar
v.
Arm et al. - UPC_CFI_495/2023
notable
The Paris Local Division, on mutual R. 265 RoP withdrawal applications following a confidential settlement signed between ICPillar and ARM in October 2024, permitted the withdrawal of both the infringement claim and the counterclaim for revocation, closed the proceedings, cancelled the oral hearing scheduled for January 2025, and ordered full refund of the EUR 400,000 R. 158 security deposit. The more notable element is the Court's discretionary reduction of the Court-fee reimbursement from the headline 60% rate under R. 370.9(b)(i) RoP to 40% under R. 370.9(e) RoP: although the parties had behaved diligently, the Court invoked the 'late stage of the proceedings and all the work already done by the Court' — in particular a 28-page, 30-hour preliminary note by the Technically Qualified Judge on validity, produced after the counterclaim for revocation under R. 34.2 RoP — as justification for the reduction, even though the written procedure had not yet closed at the formal sense. This is the first reasoned UPC application of R. 370.9(e) to reduce a reimbursement in a settlement context.