UPC CFI LD Paris, 13 March 2024: No extension of time limit for Statement of defence after intervention

Request for extension of time limit for filing Statement of defense by Laser Components because of coordination of a joint defence with intervening party Photon Wave dismissed (Rule 9(3) RoP, Rule 316A RoP). 

The plaintiff must not suffer from the procedural choices made by the defendant who has decided to call the intervener into question. 

The parties before the Unified Patent Court are aware that the time limits are strictly limited and must be diligent in their approaches so that the Court's operation is both fair and efficient, 

in accordance with the principles of the preamble to the Rules of Procedure, in articles 2 and 4. Accordingly, the defendant cannot legitimately rely on the fact that an intervention is in progress; it is being conducted in parallel with the main action and there is no justification for it delaying the proceedings.

IPPT20240313, UPC CFI, LD Paris, Laser Components v Seoul Viosys