UPC CoA, 4 March 2026: no further exchange of written pleadings in appeal
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Request for further exchange of written pleadings rejected (R. 36 RoP).
New arguments on inventive steps […] have been raised by NUC in response to the new Auxiliary Requests brought for the first time by HUROM with the Grounds of Appeal and could consequently not have been submitted at an earlier stage.
HUROM has been waiting for two months following the filing of the Statement of Response until it lodged the R. 36 RoP application for further exchange of written submissions on 22 February 2026, while it knew, according to the order of the judge-rapporteur of 20 October 2025, that following the filing of the Statement of response in this appeal, the appeal proceedings were expected to be ready for oral hearing.
The parties will have the opportunity to further comment on each other’s positions from a legal perspective at the oral hearing.
