Self-representation by lawyers ‘not valid’ at UPC, appeal court rules
By Inbar Preiss ( February 13, 2025, 12:36 GMT | Insight) -- The UPC Court of Appeal has ruled that lawyers and European Patent Attorneys who are parties to UPC cases must be independently represented, overturning an earlier decision that granted access to pleadings and evidence to an attorney representing himself and his company. The order comes in a case between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril Life Science alongside its German and Italian subsidiaries.Lawyers and European patent attorneys must be represented if they are parties in Unified Patent Court cases, its Court of Appeal ruled in a decision within a patent revocation case between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril Life Science alongside its German and Italian subsidiaries....
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