UPC CFI 360/2025
—·EP2005696: APPLIANCED DOMAIN NAME SERVER
- Verfahrensdetails
- Status—VerfahrensartVerletzungKategorieHauptverletzungsklage
- Parteien
- Division
- Hamburg LD
- Richter
- Stefan Schilling · legally qualified
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Sprache
- —
- Erste Entscheidung
- 31. März 2026
- 2026-03-31Infringement ActionÖffentlich
Zusammenfassung: The Judge-rapporteur granted the defendants' request to align the deadline for filing the Statement of Defence (and any Counterclaim for revocation) to 11 June 2026 for all three defendants uniformly. The claimant's objection was dismissed; the court found the 20-day deviation in service dates reasonable to harmonise given the efficiency benefits, and held that the claimant bore the risk of the delayed U.S. service by waiting to arrange advance payment.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (3)
- Alignment of deadlines for multiple defendants served on different dates (R. 9.3(a) RoP)
- Risk allocation for delayed U.S. service where claimant failed to arrange advance payment promptly
- Competence of Judge-rapporteur under R. 331.1 and R. 334(a) RoP
- UPC_CFI_360-2025_Time%20regime%20order-1.pdf2026-03-31EN
A deviation of only 20 calendar days in service dates is reasonable grounds to align all defendants' Statement of Defence deadlines to the latest date (11 June 2026) to streamline proceedings and reduce duplicate filings
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 9.3(a) RoP; R. 23 RoP; R. 271.6(b) and 271.4(a) RoPThe delayed U.S. service was partly caused by the claimant waiting 10 days after the sub-registry's request before arranging advance payment, so the claimant bears the risk of deviating service dates
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: General principle of procedural good faith / risk allocation
The requested alignment would cause a material and unjustified delay, particularly prejudicial given the patent's expiry on 19 March 2027
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: No specific RoP provision cited; claimant relied on general interest in timely proceedingsThere is no procedural requirement under the RoP to align deadlines for different defendants
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 12 RoP; R. 23 RoP
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