ORD 46985/2024
—·EP2863637: VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM
- Case details
- Status—ActionProcedural applicationCategoryCase Management Orders
- Parties
- Respondents
- TCL Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
- TCL Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd.
- TCT Mobile Germany GmbH
- TCT Mobile Europe SAS
- TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd.
- TCL Operations Polska Sp. z o.o.
- TCL Overseas Marketing Ltd.
Reps: Nack (Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB) - Division
- Munich LD
- Judges
- Matthias Zigann · Presiding judge, judge-rapporteur (implied)
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Language
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- First decided
- Oct 2, 2024
- 2024-10-02Substantive — otherGeneric Order
Munich Local Division order admitting the intervention of Access Advance LLC (patent pool administrator) in NEC Corporation v. TCL Deutschland GmbH et al. (EP 2 863 637). The court held: (1) a patent pool administrator has a legal interest in proceedings (R. 313 RoP); (2) admission is not precluded by Art. 101 TFEU competition law concerns; (3) the intervener is treated as a party (R. 315(4) RoP) and granted file access, subject to the existing confidentiality restrictions. A detailed confidentiality order was issued specifying which FRAND negotiation information remains restricted, with the intervener's representatives granted access to certain but not all restricted categories.
Legal issues:Admission of patent pool administrator as intervener (R. 313 RoP)Legal interest of patent pool administratorArt. 101 TFEU and exchange of sensitive informationConfidentiality access for intervener (R. 262A RoP, R. 315.4 RoP)
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