UPC CoA 95/2026
15. Juni 2026·EP2949070: VERIFICATION PROCESS OF THE INTEGRITY OF NUMERICAL DATA BLOC
- Verfahrensdetails
- StatusCase ClosedVerfahrensartBerufungKategorieHauptberufung
- Parteien
- Kläger
- ADOBE INC.
- ADOBE SYSTEMS SOFTWARE IRELAND LIMITED
- OpenAI OPCO LLC
- OpenAI Ireland Ltd.
- TRUEPIC INC.
- JOINT DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION PROJECTS LLC
- COALITION FOR CONTENT PROVENANCE AND AUTHENTICITY (C2PA)
Vertreter: Thomas Cuche (Duclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés) - Division
- Court of Appeal
- Richter
- Technology
- Computing & AI
- Sprache
- French
- Erste Entscheidung
- 10. Juli 2026
- 2026-07-10BerufungsentscheidungRequest for a discretionary review (RoP 220.3)
The Court of Appeal rejected the request for discretionary review (R. 220.3 RoP) filed by Adobe Inc. and Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited against an order of the Paris Local Division (UPC_CFI_530/2025) dated 1 June 2026. The CoA found that none of the challenged rulings of the first-instance division were manifestly erroneous, upholding the division's decisions to allow KEEEX SAS to introduce an interim damages claim (provision sur dommages-intérêts) in its reply brief and to reject Adobe's request for summary dismissal of that claim.
Rechtsfragen:Admissibility of discretionary review under R. 220.3 RoPWhether the first-instance division's decisions were manifestly erroneousClaimant's entitlement to introduce an interim damages claim (provision sur dommages-intérêts) in the reply brief after withdrawing the main damages claimWhether withdrawal commitment at case management conference precluded the interim damages claimCompliance with procedural formalities under R. 263 RoP for admission of new claimsSummary dismissal of interim damages claim
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| action.phaseChange.caseClose | 2026-07-10 | Nicht öffentlich |
| action.issueOrder.order | 2026-07-10 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Order | 2026-07-10 | Öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Exhibit Respondent | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Statement of defence | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Formal Deficiency found | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Exhibit Respondent | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Statement of Response | 2026-07-02 | Nicht öffentlich |
| action.issueOrder.order | 2026-06-17 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Order | 2026-06-17 | Öffentlich |
| action.publishOrderDecision.case | 2026-06-16 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2026-06-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Cover sheet | 2026-06-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Fee | 2026-06-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Proof of payment | 2026-06-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
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| Statement of appeal and statement of the grounds of appeal | 2026-06-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
The interim damages claim (provision sur dommages-intérêts) is procedurally distinct from the final damages claim that KEEEX agreed to withdraw; its provisional nature is not altered by the high nominal amount claimed (€120 million) or by the fact that it relies on the same underlying facts.
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 119 RoP; R. 125 RoP; Case management order of 8 September 2025The case management order left open the possibility of filing an interim damages claim at a later stage, and filing it simultaneously with the formal withdrawal of the final damages claim in the reply brief was not unreasonable.
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 220.3 RoP (manifestly erroneous standard)Adobe had sufficient notice of KEEEX's damages allegations from the statement of claim and of the possibility of an interim claim since the case management conference, so its procedural position was not unreasonably prejudiced.
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 220.3 RoP
KEEEX's commitment at the case management conference to withdraw its damages claim precluded it from later introducing an interim damages claim of €120 million, which is substantively identical to the withdrawn claim.
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Case management order of 8 September 2025The interim damages claim was filed too late and the rapporteur ignored the formalities required by R. 263 RoP before admitting it.
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 263 RoPThe first-instance division should have summarily dismissed the interim damages claim.
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 220.3 RoP