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APL 21602/2024
—·EP2792100: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS OVER A NETWORK USING A HARDWARE SECURITY ENGINE
- Case details
- Status—ActionAppealCategoryMain Appeal
- Parties
- Respondents
- Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Xiaomi Inc.
- Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V.
- Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH
- MediaTek, Inc.
Reps: Tilman Müller-Stoy (Bardehle Pagenberg) - Division
- Court of Appeal
- Judges
- Rian Kalden · Presiding Judge
- Ingeborg Simonsson · Judge-Rapporteur
- Patricia Rombach · Legally Qualified Judge
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Language
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- First decided
- Aug 6, 2024
Decisions
- 2024-08-06Appeal decisionAppeal RoP220.2
Order from the Court of Appeal (UPC_CoA_183/2024) addressing service of a Statement of Claim on defendants based in China and Taiwan. The Court held that a group company in a Contracting Member State cannot automatically be used to serve Chinese or Taiwanese parent companies; Hague Convention procedures must normally be attempted first for China, and diplomatic/consular channels for Taiwan, before alternative methods are permitted.
Legal issues:Service on defendants in China and Taiwan (R. 273, R. 274 RoP)Hague Service ConventionService via group companyAlternative methods of service
Documents
- 9A1A1FF5387E436BCA12D63757AB74C1_en.pdf2024-08-06EN