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UPC APP 33316/2024
Jun 4, 2024·EP2628464 +1 more: PROSTHETIC VALVE
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionGenericCategoryDocument Access (RoP262)
- Parties
- ClaimantsReps: Magnus Dahlman; Siddharth Kusumakar; Tessa Waldron; Bryce MatthewsonRespondents
- Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
- Meril GmbH
- SMIS INTERNATIONAL OÜ
- Sormedica UAB
Reps: Andreas von Falck (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Alexander Klicznik (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Kerstin Jonen (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Beatrice Wilden (Hogan Lovells International LLP) - Division
- Nordic-Baltic RD
- Technology
- Pharmaceutical & Medical
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Sep 18, 2024
Decisions
- 2024-09-18Application RoP262.1 (b)
Procedural order of the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (full panel) on an anonymized applicant's request for access to pleadings and evidence under Rule 262.1(b) RoP in the Edwards Lifesciences v. Meril infringement proceedings (EP 2 628 464). The court set out important headnotes on public access: Art. 45 UPCA establishes a principle of openness of UPC proceedings including written procedure, and if an applicant has provided a credible explanation for seeking access, the application should be approved unless confidentiality is necessary. The court addressed whether the applicant's stated interest was sufficient to justify granting access.
Legal issues:Public access to pleadings and evidence under Rule 262.1(b) RoPPrinciple of openness of UPC proceedings under Art. 45 UPCACredible interest requirement for third-party register access
Documents
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| action.issueDecision.decision | 2025-10-31 | Not public |
| Final Order | 2025-10-31 | Public |
| action.phaseChange.caseClose | 2025-09-26 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2024-10-16 | Not public |
| Application for a cost decision | 2024-10-16 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2024-09-17 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2024-09-17 | Not public |
| Access to documents | 2024-09-17 | Not public |
| Comments | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Comments | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Comments | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Comments | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Submissions on access request | 2024-07-16 | Not public |
| Response to UPC | 2024-07-02 | Not public |
| Evidence 2: Registration certificate of SWAT Medical AB (in Swedish) | 2024-07-02 | Not public |
| Evidence 1: Registration certificate of SWAT Medical AB | 2024-07-02 | Not public |
| Procedural order | 2024-06-18 | Not public |
| Application for access | 2024-06-04 | Not public |