UPC APP 19228/2025

—·EP3504990: 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 / Thum, Mötsch, Weickert Patentanwälte PartG mbB)
Division: Court of Appeal
Judges: Rian Kalden · Presiding Judge
Ingeborg Simonsson · Legally Qualified Judge and Rapporteur
Patricia Rombach · Legally Qualified Judge
Technology: Electric Techniques
Language: —
First decided: Apr 30, 2025

Decisions

2025-04-30
Appeal decisionGeneric application
Court of Appeal (Panel 2) order staying appeal proceedings in a revocation action concerning EP 3 504 990 (a patent relating to nicotine/vaping products). The Central Division Paris had revoked the patent at first instance. Juul Labs appealed and applied for a stay pending parallel EPO opposition appeal proceedings (oral hearing scheduled for 14 November 2025). NJOY consented to the stay. The Court of Appeal granted the stay under R. 295(a) RoP / Art. 33(10) UPCA, finding that the EPO proceedings could be expected to conclude rapidly relative to the UPC's own timetable.
Legal issues:Stay of proceedings pending EPO opposition appeal (R. 295(a) RoP / Art. 33(10) UPCA)Definition of 'rapidly' for EPO proceedingsConsent of both parties to stay

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