UPC CoA 634/2024
Oct 29, 2024·EP3646825 · A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PROSTHETIC VALVE AND A DELIVERY CATHETER
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionAppealCategoryFile-access requests (R. 262.1(b))
- Parties
- Claimants
- Meril Italy srlOperating co.
Representatives- Emmanuel Larere-Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI
- Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier-Cabinet Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Feb 12, 2025
- Last decision
- May 5, 2025
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Rian Kalden | Locked |
| Judge Ingeborg Simonsson | Locked |
| Judge Patricia Rombach | Locked |
At the UPC: Meril Group (60 cases)
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2024
- 2025-05-05Decision By DefaultPublic
Summary: The Court of Appeal addressed procedural issues in Meril Italy's appeal, ruling that a decision issued when the respondent was not properly represented constitutes a default decision subject to Rule 356.1 RoP, and that unrepresented public members may not be granted access to pleadings under Rule 262.1(b) RoP.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Decision by default (Rule 356.1/235.3 RoP)
- Public access to register (Rule 262.1(b) RoP)
- Representation requirement
- 2025-02-12
Summary: The Court of Appeal ruled that lawyers and European Patent Attorneys are not exempt from the mandatory representation requirement under Rule 8.1 RoP when they are themselves parties before the UPC, and that representation is a public policy requirement the court may raise at any time.
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- Mandatory representation (Rule 8.1 RoP)
- Self-representation by lawyers/patent attorneys
- Public access to register (Rule 262.1 RoP)
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2025-09-24 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keyword-Translated | 2025-06-16 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-05-06 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-05-05 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-05-05 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-05-05 | Not public |
| Decision | 2025-05-05 | Public |
| Interim-Conference-Decision | 2025-05-05 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-03-20 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-03-20 | Not public |