UPC CoA 320/2023
Sep 13, 2023
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Claimants
- Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHOperating co.
- Sanofi-Aventis Groupe S.A.Operating co.
- Sanofi Winthrop IndustrieOperating co.
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.Operating co.
Representatives- Niels Hoelder-Hoffmann Eitle
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Language
- German
- First decided
- Oct 13, 2023
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Rian Kalden | Locked |
| Judge Patricia Rombach | Locked |
| Judge Ingeborg Simonsson | Locked |
At the UPC: Sanofi Group (33 cases)·Amgen Group (19 cases)
- 2023-10-13Appeal RoP220.2Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal (German language version) addressed the date of service of the Statement of claim and term extensions. The Court held: (1) A Statement of claim can be validly served even if annexes are not simultaneously uploaded, provided the statement alone enables the defendant to assert its rights. (2) If a claimant fails to upload annexes simultaneously with the Statement of claim contrary to R.13.2 RoP, this in itself constitutes sufficient grounds for a defendant's request for term extension (without regard to the nature or content of the annexes). (3) The extension must compensate for the period during which the annexes were unavailable. This is a duplicate/German language version of the same decision published in English (see final-order-appeal-572929-eng_0.pdf).
Show the legal issues (3)
- Service of Statement of claim without annexes
- Term extension under R.13.2 RoP
- Date of service determination
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2023-10-16 | Not public |
| DecisionOutcome | 2023-10-16 | Not public |
| Final Order | 2023-10-16 | Not public |
| Hearing reference | 2023-10-13 | Not public |
| Hearing reference | 2023-10-13 | Not public |
| interimProcedureClosure | 2023-10-06 | Not public |
| summons | 2023-10-06 | Not public |
| Rule 239.2 Order | 2023-10-06 | Not public |
| Rule 239.2 Order | 2023-10-06 | Not public |
| interimConferenceDecisionAppeal | 2023-10-06 | Not public |