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APL 24585/2024
—·EP2642632: Wireless power receiver and method of manufacturing the same
- Case details
- Status—ActionAppealCategoryMain Appeal
- Parties
- Respondents
- Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Xiaomi Inc.
- Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V.
- Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH
Reps: Eva Acker (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer) - Division
- Court of Appeal
- Judges
- Rian Kalden · Presiding judge, legally qualified judge
- Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally qualified judge, judge-rapporteur
- Patricia Rombach · Legally qualified judge
- Technology
- Automotive
- Language
- —
- First decided
- Aug 6, 2024
Decisions
- 2024-08-06DismissedAppeal decisionAppeal RoP220.2
Court of Appeal upheld Hamburg Local Division's refusal to allow service of a statement of claim on Chinese Xiaomi entities (Xiaomi Communications Co. Ltd. and Xiaomi Inc.) via their German/Dutch group companies in Nera Innovations Ltd. v. Xiaomi entities (EP 2 642 632). The court held: (1) service on a Chinese-domiciled defendant cannot be made via a group company in a contracting member state without more, because the corporate separation principle applies; (2) service must first be attempted via the Hague Service Convention (R. 274.1(a)(ii) RoP); (3) alternative service (R. 274.1(b), R. 275 RoP) is available only after Hague Convention attempts.
Legal issues:Service of statement of claim on defendants in China (R. 273, 274 RoP)Hague Service Convention requirement before alternative serviceCorporate separation principle preventing service via group company
Documents
- BCB47F5E17A08FBDC11D315DF6887880_de.pdf2024-08-06GERMAN