MILAN CENTRAL DIVISION Law and Practice Contributed by: Luca Pellicciari, Lorenzo Battarino and Daniel Borgogni, Trevisan & Cuonzo
1. General Information 1.1 Basic Information Address and Opening Hours
Judge Marije Kniff completed her law degree in 2003 at Leiden University and was appointed as a judge at the District Court of The Hague in 2008. Initially serving in criminal law, she transi - tioned to IP in 2014 and became a senior judge in 2018. 1.3 Specific Procedural Issues No specific procedural issues of any noteworthy significance have yet emerged. The Milan Cen - tral Division has started operating only in June 2024, after the other sections of the Central Division, and therefore has not yet developed a significant body of case law regarding proce - dural issues. A number of decisions and orders are expected to be issued in the coming months in the framework of the cases already pending. Under the timetable for the conduct of actions stipulated in the Rules of the UPC, the first cases issued in the Milan Central Division will be com - ing to trial in the summer of 2025. 1.4 Regional Division Competence This does not apply. 1.5 Central Division Competence The Milan Central Division is competent to hear revocation and non-infringement actions direct - ed at patents that fall under class A of the Inter - national Patent Classification (IPC), established by the Strasbourg Agreement of 1971, con - cerning “Human Necessities”. Revocation and non-infringement actions directed at patents that serve as basic patents to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs), as well as those directed at the SPCs themselves, are however heard by the Paris Central Division. This real - location of responsibility is the result of political discussions within the participating countries and is of no particular significance.
The Milan Central Division (the “Milan CD”) is located in Via San Barnaba 50, in a newly refur - bished building in the city centre, right behind the historical court building hosting the District Court of Milan. The Clerk’s offices of the Central Division are open Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm local time, excluding Italian public holi - days. Contacts The Milan CD can be contacted via email at con - tact_milan.ctl@unifiedpatentcourt.org and over the phone at +39 02 5433 8061. 1.2 UPC Judges Presiding Judge: Mr Andrea Postiglione Judge Andrea Postiglione entered the judiciary in 2000, serving as a first-instance judge until 2011, then at the Court of Appeal of Rome until 2015 in the department for competition law and civil affairs. From 2015 to 2024, he sat at the Intellectual Property Court of Rome, deal - ing with IP and antitrust cases. In 2024, he was appointed Deputy Advocate General at the Ital - ian Supreme Court, continuing to handle IP and competition law matters. Legally Qualified Judges: Ms Anna-Lena Klein and Ms Marije Kniff Judge Anna-Lena Klein has been a judge at the Regional Court Munich I since 2014, working in IP since 2018. She served in divisions handling patent infringement cases and currently presides over the 33rd division of the Regional Court Munich, focusing on trade marks and unfair competition. Since 2020, she has also served as a mediator in IP law.
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