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JUB, Cour d’appel - Syngenta c/ Sumi Agro


Decision date

2025-12-19

Decision No.

UPC_CoA_523/2024

Nature

Patent

Country

Union européenne

Jurisdiction

Juridiction unifiée du brevet, Cour d’appel

Parties

Syngenta c/ Sumi Agro



Very important victory for our client Syngenta, a leading crop protection company, in a landmark decision on file inspection applications before the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court.

Syngenta était représentée par CASALONGA, avec une équipe composée de Benjamin Grzimek et Jörn Peters, avocats allemands.

traduction en cours

Docket Navigator, a commercial patent intelligence platform, had filed a file inspection request related to several submissions and exhibits filed by both parties.

The Court of Appeal decided that Docket Navigator does not have the right to access copies of such documents filed by the parties, even after the conclusion of the litigation.

The Court found that the interest in offering access to such documents to its subscribers is not an interest protected under Article 45 of the UPC Agreement.

The decision is already widely discussed in the UPC community.