UPC APP 34320/2025

—·EP2609590: APPARATUS FOR DECODING A SIGNAL COMPRISING TRANSIENTS USING A COMBINING UNIT AND A MIXER

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Reps: Volkmar Henke (Bardehle Pagenberg)
Respondents
HMD Global Oy
Reps: Oliver Bäcker (Hogan Lovells International LLP)
Division: Hamburg LD
Judges: Florence Butin · President of the Court of First Instance
Language: —
First decided: Sep 8, 2025

Decisions

2025-09-08
JurisdictionalGeneric application
President of the Court of First Instance granted HMD Global Oy's application to change the language of proceedings from German to English in infringement proceedings brought by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft at the Hamburg Local Division concerning EP 2 609 590. The change was granted under Art. 49(5) UPCA on grounds of fairness: English is the dominant language in audio processing technology, HMD is a Finnish company that would face disproportionate burden litigating in German, and the Claimant as a German research institute regularly uses English. No special translation/interpretation arrangements were required.
Legal issues:Change of language of proceedings (Art. 49(5) UPCA, R. 323 RoP)Fairness assessment balancing claimant and defendant language interests

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