ORD 64355/2024

—·EP3646825: A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PROSTHETIC VALVE AND A DELIVERY CATHETER

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
Meril Italy S.r.l.
Reps: Emmanuel Larere (Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI); Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier (Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI)
Respondents
SWAT Medical AB
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding Judge
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally Qualified Judge and Judge-Rapporteur
Patricia Rombach · Legally Qualified Judge
Technology: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Feb 12, 2025

Decisions

2025-02-12
Generic Order
The Court of Appeal ruled that lawyers and European Patent Attorneys are not exempt from the mandatory representation requirement under Rule 8.1 RoP when they are themselves parties before the UPC, and that representation is a public policy requirement the court may raise at any time.
Legal issues:Mandatory representation (Rule 8.1 RoP)Self-representation by lawyers/patent attorneysPublic access to register (Rule 262.1 RoP)

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