UPC_APP_8500/2024

The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a confidentiality protection order under R.262A RoP establishing principles for granting natural persons access to protected information, holding that access cannot be denied solely because a named person works in the relevant technical field.

Published headnotes and keywords document for the 23 February 2024 Düsseldorf Local Division order in Curio Bioscience v. 10x Genomics, setting out the legal principles on trade secret protection under Rule 262A RoP in provisional measures proceedings, including preliminary access restrictions and the right to be heard before a final confidentiality order.

The Düsseldorf Local Division issued a confidentiality protection order under Rule 262A RoP in Curio Bioscience v. 10x Genomics, establishing preliminary access restrictions to allegedly confidential documents and setting out the proportionate circle of persons entitled to access (four legal representatives, two patent attorneys, three client representatives, expandable by two paralegals if needed).