UPC CFI LD Mannheim, 9 september 2024: No extension of deadline as granted by judge-rapporteurbeyond two weeks
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Panel confirms case management orders judge-rapporteur (R. 333 RoP, R. 262A RoP, R. 29(d) RoP).
Panel exercises its authority to order and extension of the time limit for lodging Reply to the Defence to the Counterclaim together with any Rejoinder to the Reply to the Statement of defence because of redacted versions of Defence in the Counterclaim (Part II – non-technical part) in the same way as the judge-rapporteur: two week extension from 14 August 2024 until 28 August 2024. The defendants in all three parallel proceedings have, when looked at in the light of the circumstances, almost seven weeks to prepare the replies to the reply to ‘Part II - non-technical part’ alone. This is more than the one-month period that would have been available without a nullity counterclaim for the statement in response to the infringement action with regard to the infringement action and the FRAND objection.
No leave to appeal granted (R. 220.2 RoP).
In issuing this order, the panel is not deviating from the cited orders of the Court of Appeal and the Düsseldorf Local Division.
