Active case management includes:
What is UPCRoP 332?
This is Rule 332 from the UPCRoP (Verfahrensordnung des Einheitlichen Patentgerichts), which is part of the legal framework governing the Unified Patent Court in Europe.
Legal Text
(a)
encouraging the parties to co-operate with each other during the proceedings;
(b)
identifying the issues at an early stage;
(c)
deciding promptly which issues need full investigation and disposing summarily of other issues;
(d)
deciding the order in which issues are to be resolved;
(e)
encouraging the parties to make use of the Centre and facilitating the use of the Centre;
(f)
helping the parties to settle the whole or part of the action;
(g)
fixing timetables or otherwise controlling the progress of the action;
(h)
considering whether the likely benefits of taking a particular step justify the cost of taking it;
(i)
dealing with as many aspects of the action as the Court can on the same occasion;
(j)
dealing with the action without the parties needing to attend in person;
(k)
making use of available technical means; and
(l)
giving directions to ensure that the hearing of the action proceeds quickly and efficiently.
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Official Source
This legal text is from the official UPCRoP framework governing the Unified Patent Court.
Reference: UPCRoP 332 (Rule 332)