UPC APP 67889/2024

Vor dem UPC: Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (0 Verfahren)·Microsoft Group (34 Verfahren)

• 2025-01-24
  Application RoP262.1 (b)Öffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Paris Central Division (sitting as CFI) dismissed the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (EPI)'s application for public access to written pleadings and evidence in the Suinno v Microsoft infringement proceedings (UPC_CFI_164/2024, EP 2 671 173). The Court held that the interest in protecting the integrity and independence of proceedings (particularly given the EPI's professional interest in the status of in-house European Patent Attorneys at the UPC) outweighed the access interest, as the matter raised a purely legal and general issue that did not require access to the specific case file.

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  • Public access to register under R. 262.1(b) RoP
  • Art. 45 UPCA — open proceedings vs. confidentiality
  • In-house European Patent Attorney representation rights