UPC CFI 457/2023

Vor dem UPC: Dolby Group (38 Verfahren)·HP Group (22 Verfahren)

• 2024-07-30
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  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order confirming that an intervener (Access Advance LLC) is treated as a party under Rule 315.4 RoP and is therefore entitled to apply for protection of confidential information under Rule 262A RoP in the Dolby v. HP infringement proceedings.

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  • Status of intervener as party (R. 315.4 RoP)
  • Right of intervener to apply for confidentiality protection (R. 262A RoP)
• 2024-06-27
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  Zusammenfassung: The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order in Dolby International's HEVC-SEP infringement action against HP entities concerning EP 3 490 258 B1. The order addressed an extension of time for Dolby's reply brief necessitated by a confidentiality protection application (R. 262A) over HP's FRAND licence negotiation submissions. The court held that where a R. 262A application temporarily prevents the claimant from consulting Access Advance (the pool administrator), a full time extension—not merely a partial one—may be granted where it does not prejudice the oral hearing date.

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  • Extension of time limit (R. 9.3 RoP)
  • Confidentiality protection (R. 262A RoP)
  • FRAND defence and patent pool
  • Right to be heard
• 2024-06-26
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  Zusammenfassung: Düsseldorf Local Division (26 June 2024) granted Access Advance LLC's application to join the proceedings as a third-party intervener (Streithelferin) on Dolby's side, holding that Access Advance had a direct legal interest because it managed the FRAND licensing obligations for Dolby's patent pool including the patent in suit, and HP was disputing those FRAND obligations.

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  • Third-party intervention (Streithilfe)
  • Legal interest in intervention
  • FRAND obligations
  • Patent pool administrator