Main Details: Registry number App_11333/2025 Date 30 April, 2025 Parties The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V, The Walt Disney Company Limited Order/Decision reference ORD_11991/2025 Type of action Generic application Language of Proceedings German Court - Division Court of First Instance - Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division German Headnotes: - The position of all parties potentially affected by the requested change must be heard in the context of an application pursuant to R. 323 RoP. - The possibility of changing the language of the proceedings to the language of the patent does not conflict with the option offered to the Claimant pursuant to R. 14.1 RoP. It addresses situations where that initial choice appears to be detrimental to the Applicant(s) and was based on circumstances that cannot prevail when weighing the respective interests. The position of the Defendant(s)shall, in addition, be the decisive factor in the overall assessment when the outcome of this balancing of interests is equal. German Keywords: Art. 49 (5) UPCA, Change of the language of the proceedings, R. 323 RoP Back to Decisions and Orders
Main Details: Registry number App_11333/2025 Date 30 April, 2025 Parties The Walt Disney Company (Benelux) B.V, The Walt Disney Company Limited Order/Decision reference ORD_11991/2025 Type of action Generic application Language of Proceedings German Court - Division Court of First Instance - Düsseldorf (DE) Local Division German Headnotes: - The position of all parties potentially affected by the requested change must be heard in the context of an application pursuant to R. 323 RoP. - The possibility of changing the language of the proceedings to the language of the patent does not conflict with the option offered to the Claimant pursuant to R. 14.1 RoP. It addresses situations where that initial choice appears to be detrimental to the Applicant(s) and was based on circumstances that cannot prevail when weighing the respective interests. The position of the Defendant(s)shall, in addition, be the decisive factor in the overall assessment when the outcome of this balancing of interests is equal. German Keywords: Art. 49 (5) UPCA, Change of the language of the proceedings, R. 323 RoP Back to Decisions and Orders