Rule 153 – Compensation for costs of experts

The compensation for costs of experts of the parties [Rule 181] exceeding the expenses referred to in Rule 180.1 shall be based on the rates that are customary in the respective sector, with due regard to the required expertise, the complexity of the issue and the time spent by the expert for the services rendered.

Case Law

Court of First Instance

IPPT20250801, UPC CFI, LD Hamburg, Alexion Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepsis - I
On the contrary, the costs incurred for the private expert […] are also eligible for reimbursement. Insofar as the Applicant also objects to the travel expenses claimed on the grounds that the patent attorneys arrived two days before the oral hearing, this seems reasonable.