UPC APP 16619/2024

—·EP3669828: PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Reps: Boris Kreye
Respondents
Meril GmbH
Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Meril Italy S.r.l.
Reps: Andreas von Falck
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding Judge
Tobias Pichlmaier · Legally Qualified Judge
Stefan Wilhelm · Technically Qualified Judge
Margot Kokke · Judge-Rapporteur
Technology: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Apr 8, 2024

Decisions

2024-04-08
Generic application
Order from the Munich Local Division (UPC_CFI_501/2023) rejecting Meril's request for a three-week extension to file its Statement of Defence following a language change from German to English. The Court held that a language change agreed to shortly before the deadline does not constitute exceptional circumstances justifying an extension, consistent with the UPC's principle that extensions should be granted only in exceptional cases.
Legal issues:Extension of deadline (R. 9.3 RoP)Language change as grounds for extensionExceptional circumstances

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