UPC APP 19084/2024

Paris Central Division procedural order ruling on Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy's application to keep certain documents ('Agreement A & B') confidential from Microsoft Corporation and the public in infringement proceedings concerning EP 2 671 173. The court first rejected Microsoft's admissibility objection (that Suinno's representative, who was also the inventor and managing director, lacked independence under the Code of Conduct), finding the objection unfounded. The substantive confidentiality application was then assessed on its merits.