ORD 40822/2024

—·EP3594009: LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE ORIGINAL PLATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
Fujifilm Corporation
Reps: Lars Baum (Hoyng Rokh Monegier)
Respondents
Kodak GmbH
Kodak Graphic Communications GmbH
Kodak Holding GmbH
Reps: Eva Acker (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
Division: Dusseldorf LD
Judges: —
Language: —
First decided: Aug 2, 2024

Decisions

2024-08-02
Generic Order
The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a procedural order addressing the scope of applications to amend the patent under R. 30 RoP and R. 263 RoP. The court clarified that amendments to auxiliary requests in an application to amend the patent are subject to R. 30.2 RoP (requiring court permission), and that territorial limitation of an amendment application should only be made if there are objective reasons for it under Art. 34 UPCA.
Legal issues:Admissibility of amended application to amend patent (R. 30.2 RoP)Territorial limitation of patent amendment application (Art. 34 UPCA)R. 263 RoP scope and amendments to auxiliary requests

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