UPC APP 32822/2024

Procedural order from the Mannheim Local Division (UPC_CFI_219/2023) on Panasonic's application for confidentiality protection under R. 262A RoP in infringement proceedings concerning EP 2 568 724 against Xiaomi entities. The Court addressed the composition of the confidential club and held that access to confidential information before the UPC must be restricted to duly authorised representatives under Art. 48 UPCA, refusing to follow the Munich Local Division's approach of permitting cross-proceeding coordination.