UPC CoA 7/2025
Jan 6, 2025·EP3504991 · VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Withdrawn)ActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- Electrical engineeringElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Other fieldsOther consumer goods
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Apr 25, 2025
- Last decision
- May 23, 2025
- EPO Opposition
- Nicoventures Trading LimitedAdmissible2021-10-27
- Smokeless.world GmbHAdmissible2021-10-27
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Rian Kalden | Locked |
| Judge Ingeborg Simonsson | Locked |
| Judge Patricia Rombach | Locked |
| Judge Andrea Scilletta | Locked |
| Judge Wiem Samoud | Locked |
At the UPC: Altria Group (45 cases)·Juul Labs Group (33 cases)
This dispute contains 17 other proceedings
UPC CFI 531/2026·UPC CFI 537/2026·UPC CFI 538/2026·UPC CoA 328/2025·UPC CFI 298/2025 and 12 more
5 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CFI 330/2023·APL 588420/2023·APL 588422/2023·APL 588423/2023·APL 588426/2023
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2025
- 2025-05-23Application RoP 265Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal permitted NJOY Netherlands B.V. to withdraw its appeal against a Paris Central Division decision dismissing its revocation action against Juul Labs. The proceedings were declared closed and the scheduled oral hearing cancelled. NJOY's application for reimbursement of court fees was also addressed. NJOY had limited its appeal to the issue of costs allocation in the revocation proceedings.
Show the legal issues (2)
- Withdrawal of appeal under Rule 265 RoP
- Court fee reimbursement under Rule 370.9 RoP
- 2025-04-25Application RoP262.1 (b)Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal granted Nicoventures Trading Limited access to specified written pleadings and evidence from the NJOY vs. VMR Products (Juul) appeal proceedings (UPC_CFI_310/2023), subject to the condition that the documents may not be filed with other courts or distributed until the appeal is concluded.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Public access to written pleadings and evidence (R. 262.1(b) RoP)
- Scope of access request
- Conditions on access to protect integrity of proceedings
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case Closure Formal Check | 2025-06-04 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-05-23 | Not public |
| Order withdrawal | 2025-05-23 | Public |
| APL_322_2025 - UPC CoA 7_2025 - EP 991 - Comments on withdrawal of Claimants appeal | 2025-05-21 | Not public |
| Consulting the other party | 2025-05-16 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-05-16 | Not public |
| NJOY Application withdrawal of appeal EP'991 | 2025-05-15 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2025-04-28 | Not public |
| APL_322_2025 - UPC CoA 7_2025 - EP 991 - Statement of Response_TuP_signed | 2025-04-28 | Not public |
| Summons to oral hearing | 2025-04-08 | Public |