APL 32345/2024

—·EP2568724 +2 more: Radio Communication Device and Radio Communication Method

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Reps: Christof Augenstein (Kather Augenstein); Benedikt Walesch (Kather Augenstein); Marco Berlage (Kather Augenstein)
Respondents
Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd.
OROPE Germany GmbH
Reps: Rien Broekstra (Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators); Andreas Kramer (Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators); Hannes Obex (Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: —
Technology: Telecommunications
Language: —
First decided: Sep 24, 2024

Decisions

2024-09-24
Appeal decisionAppeal RoP220.1
The Court of Appeal upheld the Düsseldorf Local Division's order refusing to require Panasonic to produce licence agreements for the FRAND defence raised by OPPO/OROPE, ruling that the request did not yet satisfy the requirements of necessity, relevance, and proportionality at the current stage of proceedings.
Legal issues:Production of evidenceR.190 RoPFRAND defenceLicence agreementsNecessity and proportionalitySEP litigation

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