UPC CFI, LD Munich, 14 January 2025: Confidentiality Club rules and scope
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Confidentiality club regime (R. 262A RoP).
Witness's personal details and copy of his passport do not qualify as confidential information under Rule 262A RoP. The witness's personal data are protected against disclosure to third parties by the mechanism provided for in Rule 262 RoP.
Remaining information qualifies as confidential information. They relate to details of the remuneration and accounting between the various members of the Sanofi group in respect of the licence agreements relating to the patent in suit and to commercial figures relating to actual sales and profits generated by the licensed product; the tables in Appendix No. 1, the information corresponding to the “number of boxes sold to third parties” and the “net sales to third parties”, for each year and each country; : information in license agreement providing details of the accounting and handling within the sub-licensee framework and details of the accounting and handling within the sub-licensee framework.
Limited club membership. At least one natural person must have access for each party to the proceedings. If there is more than one defendant and therefore more than one party, each of them is entitled to nominate a natural person ("one natural person from each party"). In addition, according to the wording of the law, access must be granted to all lawyers or other representatives of these parties to the proceedings. There is no numerical limit.
