APL 38206/2024

—·EP2263098: POSITIONING OF MOBILE OBJECTS BASED ON MUTUALLY TRANSMITTED SIGNALS

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
Google Commerce Limited
Google Ireland Limited
Reps: Marcus Grosch (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP); Jesko Preuß (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP); Andreas Hahne (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP)
Respondents
Ona Patents SL
Reps: Christof Augenstein (Kather Augenstein); Melissa Lutz (Kather Augenstein); Nicole Schopp (Kather Augenstein)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding Judge and Judge-rapporteur
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally Qualified Judge
Patricia Rombach · Legally Qualified Judge
Technology: Measurement & Testing
Language: —
First decided: Sep 18, 2024

Decisions

2024-09-18
Appeal decisionAppeal RoP220.1
The Court of Appeal allowed Google's appeal and ordered the change of language of the proceedings from German to English, finding that Google's internal working language was English and that it was unduly disadvantaged by having to conduct proceedings in German, while Ona's managing director was proficient in both languages.
Legal issues:Change of language of proceedings (Art. 49(5) UPCA)Fairness grounds for language changeInternal working language of parties

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