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Apple Intervenes in Confidentiality Appeals: UPC Court of Appeal Allows Intervention in Ericsson and Sun Patent Trust Cases
Apple (Intervener) in Ericsson v. AsusTek and Apple (Intervener) in Sun Patent Trust v. Vivo UPC_CoA_631/2025[1], UPC_CoA_632/2025[2], UPC_CoA_755/2025[3], and UPC_CoA_757/2025[4] – Orders of 23 September 2025 In a cluster of orders issued on...
Variable Views on Confidentiality
In recent months the Local Divisions of Mannheim, Paris and Düsseldorf have given guidance on access to confidential material. These judgments address the procedure for protecting confidential material a party wishes to rely upon, but reach varyin...
Financial penalties for disclosure of confidential information
In this article we discuss two cases which address financial penalties for breach of confidentiality. Krauss-Maffei Extrusion GmbH v Troester GmbH & Co KG (UPC_CFI_181/2023) Order of 27 December 2023 (ORD_588593/2023) The patent in this actio...
How the UPC Handles Requests for Confidentiality
Two recently published judgments from the Unified Patent Court clarify how requests for confidentiality, both in respect to parties to the proceedings and in respect of third parties, are handled. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd v Netgear Inc. and others...
Milan Local Division Grants Inspection Order
The Milan Local Division has granted an inspection order[1] pursuant to Rules 192-199 RoP, the first order granted by the UPC allowing inspection of a defendant’s premises. Previous orders to preserve evidence have related to evidence obtainable ...