UPC_APP_8392/2024

Order of the Paris Central Division (judge-rapporteur) granting Roche Diabetes Care GmbH's application for extension of the deadline for filing its defence in a non-infringement declaration action brought by Tandem Diabetes Care (EP 2 196 231). Roche had filed a preliminary objection disputing jurisdiction which had not yet been decided; it argued it would be unreasonable to finalise a defence that might become unnecessary. The court extended the deadline to 8 April 2024, finding the extension was justified to await the preliminary objection decision, particularly given the parallel revocation action pending before the same court.