UPC CFI 80/2023

Vor dem UPC: ASTELLAS INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (4 Verfahren)·Healios K.K (4 Verfahren)

• 2024-03-18
  Revocation ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: Order following the interim conference (R. 105.5 RoP) in the revocation action by Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine against Healios K.K. and Osaka University (EP 3 056 564) at the Munich Section of the Central Division. The court confirmed the oral hearing would proceed as planned and admitted a second expert declaration (D21) conditionally, giving the defendant limited time to reply.

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  • Interim conference order under R. 105.5 RoP
  • Admissibility of second expert declaration
  • Stay of proceedings pending EPO opposition outcome
• 2023-11-20
  Revocation ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Munich Central Division refused a request by Healios K.K. and Osaka University to stay UPC revocation proceedings pending a decision by the EPO, finding no concrete near-future date for an EPO decision and holding that the interests of the parties must be weighed, with the claimant's interest in timely proceedings prevailing.

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  • Stay of proceedings (Art. 33(10) UPCA, Rule 295(a) RoP)
  • Parallel EPO proceedings
  • Discretion to stay
• 2023-11-17
  Revocation ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Munich Central Division issued an order on a Rule 262A application by Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine to restrict access to a confidential annex, addressing the scope of access permitted to named individuals at the defendant entities Healios K.K. and Osaka University in the revocation action concerning EP 3 056 564.

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  • Confidential information (Rule 262A RoP)
  • Access restriction
  • Named individual access
• 2023-10-11
  Revocation ActionÖffentlich

  Zusammenfassung: The Munich Central Division issued a Rule 9 RoP procedural order directing parties to use the CMS and designated workflows for all submissions and limiting external correspondence to a minimum, in the revocation action by Astellas against Healios K.K. and Osaka University.

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  • CMS obligations (Rule 4.1 RoP)
  • Electronic service (Rules 278.1, 271.6 RoP)