UPC APP 31764/2025

—·EP3716655: A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING INTERACTIVE COMPONENTS WITHIN MOBILE CONTENT

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Malikie Innovations Ltd.
Reps: Miriam Kiefer
Respondents
Discord Inc.
Discord Netherlands B.V.
Reps: Tobias Wuttke
Division: Mannheim LD
Judges: Peter Tochtermann · Presiding Judge
Dirk Böttcher · Legally qualified judge / judge-rapporteur
Petri Rinkinen · Legally qualified judge
Technology: Telecommunications
Language: —
First decided: Jul 29, 2025

Decisions

2025-07-29
Application Rop 362
Order of the Mannheim Local Division in Malikie Innovations v Discord rejecting the defendants' request under R. 361/362 RoP that the claimant be required to appoint a domestic representative for the German national part of EP 3 716 655 pursuant to s. 25(1) German Patent Act. The court held that the UPC regime under Art. 83(1) UPCA does not require compliance with the German domestic representative requirement.
Legal issues:Applicability of German domestic representative requirement (s. 25(1) PatG) in UPC proceedingsRelationship between national patent law and UPC regime under Art. 83(1) UPCA

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