APL 588423/2023

—·EP3498115 +4 more: VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Case details: Status
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Action
Appeal
Category
Main Appeal
Parties: Claimants
NJOY Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Hon.-Prof. Dr. Henrik Holzapfel (McDermott Will & Schulte)
Respondents
Juul Labs International, Inc.
Reps: Bernhard Thum (Thum & Partner); Jonas Weickert (Thum & Partner); Andreas Mötsch (Thum & Partner); Tobias Wuttke (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Klaus Grabinski · President of the Court of Appeal
Françoise Barutel · Legally Qualified Judge
Peter Blok · Legally Qualified Judge / Judge-Rapporteur
Technology: Electric Techniques
Language: —
First decided: Apr 3, 2024

Decisions

2024-04-03
Appeal decisionAppeal RoP220.2
Order by the Court of Appeal (Panel 1a, 3 April 2024) in five consolidated appeals (UPC_CoA_433-438/2023) upholding first-instance orders allowing NJOY Netherlands B.V. to rectify the name of the defendant in five revocation actions from Juul Labs, Inc. to Juul Labs International, Inc. (the registered patent proprietor). The CoA also clarified that costs are not awarded at appellate stage when the CoA decision does not conclude the action (R. 242.1 RoP).
Legal issues:Rectification of party name (defendant)No undue prejudice testCosts at appellate stage (R. 242.1 RoP)

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