MUNICH CENTRAL DIVISION Law and Practice Contributed by: Julia Traumann and Ulrich Blumenröder, Grünecker
According to this amended allocation, the fol - lowing applies. • The Munich Section handles cases from IPC classes C (chemistry, metallurgy; without SPCs) and F (mechanical engineering, light - ing, heating, weapons, blasting). IPC class C includes areas such as pure chemistry, applied chemistry, certain marginal indus - tries, certain operations or treatments and metallurgy. IPC class F includes machines and engines in general, combustion engines, lighting, steam generation, weapons and ammunition. • Just to mention: The Paris Seat handles cases under IPC classes B (performing operations, transporting), D (textiles, paper), E (fixed constructions), G (physics) and H (electricity), and all cases involving SPCs. The Milan Section handles cases pertaining to IPC class A (human necessities) without SPCs. 1.6 Court of Appeal: Purpose and Procedure There is no applicable information in this juris - diction. Since the commencement of operations on 1 June 2023, the Court of First Instance has received a total of 883 cases (as of 31 May 2025). To date, 65 standalone (isolated) revocation actions have been filed with the UPC. Of these, ten were filed with the CD Munich, 47 with the Paris Seat, and eight with the Milan Sec - tion. 2. Statistical Information 2.1 Types of Actions
In addition, the CD Munich has received one counterclaim for revocation, referred by the LD Munich in the long-running dispute between Sanofi/Regeneron and Amgen relating to PCSK9 antibodies. 2.2 Substantive Hearings According to the calendar published on the offi - cial UPC website, four substantive hearings have so far taken place (where the authors assume that this is not a comprehensive list). • The first hearing was held on 4 June 2024 in Sanofi/Regeneron v Amgen (UPC_ CFI_1/2023, ACT_459505/2023, and UPC_ CFI_14/2023, CC_586764/2023). The panel consisted of Presiding Judge Voß, Judge- Rapporteur Kupecz and Technically Qualified Judge Casper Struve. • The second hearing, in the same matter, took place on 16 July 2024 and served as the announcement hearing. It was conducted by Judge-Rapporteur Kupecz. The decisions delivered marked the UPC’s first-ever revoca - tion judgments. • The third hearing was held on 18 September 2024 in NanoString Technologies Europe Ltd v President and Fellows of Harvard College (UPC_CFI_252/2023, ACT_551180/2023), before Presiding Judge Voß, Judge-Rappor - teur Kupecz and Technically Qualified Judge Eric André Enderlin. • The fourth hearing, an announcement hearing in the same case, took place on 17 October 2024, also led by Judge-Rapporteur Kupecz. Additionally, according to the calendar, one hearing was scheduled but later cancelled. The authors do not know whether the list is compre - hensive in all regards.
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