UPC APP 16059/2025

—·EP3215288: SINTERED METAL PREPARATION AND ITS USE FOR JOINING COMPONENTS

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Heraeus Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
Reps: Paul Szynka (CBH Rechtsanwälte)
Respondents
Vibrantz GmbH
Reps: Christian Paul (Jones Day)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding judge, judge-rapporteur
Technology: Semiconductor Devices
Language: —
First decided: Apr 16, 2025

Decisions

2025-04-16
Generic application
Procedural order from Munich Local Division Panel 1 (Heraeus Electronics/Precious Metals v. Vibrantz GmbH, EP 3 215 288) on a time-period extension request by claimant Heraeus. The court corrected the start date of Heraeus's reply deadline to 18 March 2025 (the date the UPC representative was granted access to unredacted documents) rather than 17 March. The extension request citing confidentiality-club members' vacation was rejected: it is the free decision of members to be absent, and this cannot affect procedural deadlines. Vibrantz's request for clarification of its own deadline was addressed.
Legal issues:Time-period extension for confidentiality club members (R. 9 RoP)Start date of reply deadline linked to access to unredacted documentsVacation of confidentiality club members as insufficient basis for extension

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