UPC CFI CD Paris, 30 July 2024: No public access for litigation costs estimates
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No confidentiality club for expected litigation costs, including working hours of lawyers and patent attorneys and resulting fee claims, but confidential treatment vis-à-vis the public granted (Rule 262A RoP, Rule 262(2) RoP).
A restriction of access to information for parties to proceedings pursuant to Rule 262A always includes an exclusion of the public from access to the information pursuant to Rule 262 RoP as a ‘minus’.
While the parties to the proceedings who would be affected by a possible confidentiality order pursuant to Rule 262A RoP are particularly affected by the fundamental right to be heard and their right to a fair trial, only the general public interest in information must be taken into account when deciding on the request pursuant to Rule 262.2 RoP.
The requirements for granting a restriction on publication are therefore lower.
