UPC APP 14082/2025

—·EP3430921: VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
NJOY Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Henrik Holzapfel (McDermott Will & Schulte)
Respondents
Juul Labs International, Inc.
Reps: Bernhard Thum (Thum & Partner); null (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding judge and legally qualified judge
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally qualified judge and judge-rapporteur
Patricia Rombach · Legally qualified judge
Wiem Samoud · Technically qualified judge
Andrea Scilletta · Technically qualified judge
Technology: Electric Techniques
Language: —
First decided: Apr 28, 2025

Decisions

2025-04-28
Generic application
The UPC Court of Appeal granted Juul Labs International's application to stay the revocation appeal proceedings pending a final decision by the EPO Boards of Appeal in parallel opposition proceedings concerning EP3430921, noting that both parties agreed to the stay and that the EPO oral proceedings were scheduled for approximately the same time as the UPC appeal hearing.
Legal issues:Stay of proceedings pending EPO opposition appeal (R.295 RoP)Meaning of 'rapid decision' in R.295(a) RoPConsent of both parties to stayAccelerated EPO proceedings

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