UPC APP 22313/2025

—·EP3076673: DECODING AND ENCODING OF PICTURES OF A VIDEO SEQUENCE

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Reps: Wim Maas
Respondents
ASUSTek Computer Inc.
Arvato Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Alexander Wilson
Division: Milan LD
Judges: Pierluigi Perrotti · Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Alima Zana · Legally qualified judge
Rute Lopes · Legally qualified judge
Christoph Norrenbrock · Technically qualified judge
Technology: Telecommunications
Language: —
First decided: Jun 20, 2025

Decisions

2025-06-20
Application Rop 333
Milan Local Division panel dismissed Ericsson's application for review (Rule 333 RoP) of the judge-rapporteur's order refusing to impose an 'external eyes only' confidentiality regime for license agreements submitted as FRAND evidence. The panel held that Ericsson failed to substantiate the specific antitrust risk from allowing one Asustek employee access to the documents. Leave to appeal was granted to allow the Court of Appeal to set a standard on external-eyes-only confidentiality regimes in SEP/FRAND cases.
Legal issues:Confidentiality protection under Rule 262A RoPExternal-eyes-only regime in FRAND/SEP proceedingsAntitrust risk threshold for restricting party access to documentsPanel review under Rule 333 RoP

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