APL 25922/2024

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Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Network System Technologies LLC
Reps: Thomas Gniadek (Simmons & Simmons)
Respondents
Volkswagen AG
Reps: Jan Bösing (Bardehle Pagenberg); Saskia Mertsching (Bardehle Pagenberg); Monika Harten (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding Judge / Judge-Rapporteur
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally Qualified Judge
Patricia Rombach · Legally Qualified Judge
Language: —
First decided: Sep 17, 2024

Decisions

2024-09-17
Appeal decisionAppeal RoP220.2
The Court of Appeal set aside the Munich Local Division's orders refusing security for costs and ordered Network System Technologies LLC to provide security for costs to Volkswagen AG, finding that NST's financial position as a special-purpose patent enforcement entity created a legitimate concern that a cost order might not be recoverable.
Legal issues:Security for costs (Art. 69(4) UPCA, R. 158 RoP)Burden of proof for security for costsFinancial position of special-purpose patent enforcement entityRelative financial position of parties irrelevant

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