France: Court Procedure

The Local Division Paris of the Unified Patent Court issued a decision in consolidated infringement proceedings between Valeo Wiper Systems and multiple Robert Bosch entities concerning European Patent EP 4 144 599. The ruling addresses procedural matters under Rule 9.3 of the Rules of Procedure in this patent dispute involving automotive wiper system technology.

KEEEX SAS has initiated infringement proceedings before the Paris Local Division of the Unified Patent Court against major technology companies including Adobe, OpenAI, Truepic, and the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity. The case involves European Patent EP 2 949 070 and centers on a procedural order regarding modification of security for costs under Rule 158 of the Rules of Procedure.

The UPC Court of Appeal recently overturned a first instance decision in the first case of SPC enforcement at the UPC, granting Merz a preliminary injunction against Viatris. The decision clarifies when a patentee must act to avoid undue delay in seeking provisional measures, emphasizing that applicants need sufficient certainty of imminent infringement before filing. The Court conducted a detailed analysis of French regulatory procedures and market practices to determine whether Merz had acted with reasona

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Par un arrêt en date du 11 janvier 2024, la troisième chambre civile de la Cour de cassation est venue rappeler que la convention d'occupation précaire n'était pas un bail...

The power to extend a time limit should only be used with caution and only in justified exceptional cases (see UPC CFI 363/2023 LD Düsseldorf, order of 20 January 2024).

Au cours de ces dernières années, le contentieux lié aux clauses d'indexation a nourri une large part du courant jurisprudentiel relatif aux baux commerciaux. Depuis

Consacré par l'Assemblée Plénière de la Cour de cassation en février 2009[1], le principe de l'estoppel permet une cohérence des débats en interdisant ...

Laid down by the plenary assembly of the cour de cassation in february 2009, the principle of estoppel ensures a consistency in litigants' discussions before a court of law as it prohibits a party to...