UPC APP 67889/2024
Dec 23, 2024·EP2671173 · METHOD AND MEANS FOR BROWSING BY WALKING
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionGenericCategoryFile-access requests (R. 262.1(b))
- Parties
- ClaimantsRepresentativesRespondentsRepresentatives
- Tilman Mueller-Stoy-Bardehle Pagenberg
- Division
- Paris CD
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringTelecommunications · Digital communication · Computer technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Jan 24, 2025
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Paris CD | Locked |
| Judge Paolo Catallozzi | Locked |
| Judge Tatyana Zhilova | Locked |
| Judge Wiem Samoud | Locked |
At the UPC: Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (0 cases)·Microsoft Group (34 cases)
14 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CoA 51/2026·UPC CoA 21/2026·UPC CoA 911/2025·UPC CoA 883/2025·UPC CoA 892/2025 and 9 more
- 2025-01-24Application RoP262.1 (b)Public
Summary: The Paris Central Division (sitting as CFI) dismissed the Institute of Professional Representatives before the EPO (EPI)'s application for public access to written pleadings and evidence in the Suinno v Microsoft infringement proceedings (UPC_CFI_164/2024, EP 2 671 173). The Court held that the interest in protecting the integrity and independence of proceedings (particularly given the EPI's professional interest in the status of in-house European Patent Attorneys at the UPC) outweighed the access interest, as the matter raised a purely legal and general issue that did not require access to the specific case file.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Public access to register under R. 262.1(b) RoP
- Art. 45 UPCA — open proceedings vs. confidentiality
- In-house European Patent Attorney representation rights
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2025-11-05 | Not public |
| Final order 67889-2024 anonymized | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| access to register | 2025-01-24 | Not public |
| access to register | 2025-01-24 | Public |
| Submission | 2025-01-13 | Not public |
| Comments to file inspection request | 2025-01-09 | Not public |
| preliminary order | 2024-12-24 | Not public |
| file inspection request | 2024-12-23 | Not public |