UPC_CFI_1536/2025; UPC_CFI_982/2026; UPC_CFI_1168/2026 – Dolby v CPYou/Acer

Court
Local Division The Hague
Date
Outcome
Granted
Sector
Electronics/SEP
Decision Type
PROCEDURAL

Expert Commentary

Correction of order Order The order concerns the correction of the order of 1 May 2026 under which Dolby and Acer (see hereabove under 5) were incorrectly ordered to produce license agreements while this should have been Dolby and Vectis. Comment The JR was caught off guard because of a mistake in the defendant’s application for an order to produce the license agreements by Dolby and Acer which should have read Dolby and Vectis.

Full Decision Text

Local Division The Hague UPC-CFI-0001536/2025 UPC-CFI-0000982/2026 UPC-CFI-0001168/2026 Procedural Order of the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court delivered on 4 May 2026 regarding: correct error in order of 1 May 2026 **CLAIMANT** 1) Dolby International AB Represented by Tilman MÜLLER 77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay Block C Grand Canal Docklands, Dublin, D02 VK60, Ireland (hereinafter also „Dolby“) **DEFENDANTS** 1) CPYou B.V. Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Europalaan 89, 5232BC 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 2) Acer Italy s.r.l. Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Viale Delle Industrie, 1/A, 20044 Arese (MI), Italy 3) Acer Computer GmbH Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Kornkamp 4, 22926 Ahrensburg, Germany 4) Acer Computer B.V (Benelux) Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Europalaan 89, 5232 BC 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 5) Acer Denmark A/S Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Strandvejen 70, 3 tv, 2100 Hellerup, Denmark 6) Acer Finland Oy Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Teknobulevardi 7, 01530 Vantaa, Finland 7) Acer Computer France Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Immeuble Seine 2 – 8 rue Sarah Bernhardt, CS 90045, 92601 Asnières-sur-Seine Cedex, France 8) Acer Sweden AB Represented by Hsueh-Yen LIN Helio, c/o Acer Sweden AB, Frösundaviks Allé 1, 169 70 Solna, Sweden (hereinafter also „Acer“ (singular)) **INTERVENER** 1) Vectis IP Ltd., Represented by Tilman MÜLLER 1 Lyric Square, London W6 0NB, United Kingdom, (hereinafter also „Vectis“) **PATENT AT ISSUE** Patent no. Proprietor/s EP3079153 Dolby International AB **DECIDING JUDGE** Edger Brinkman - presiding judge / judge rapporteur **LANGUAGE OF PROCEEDINGS**: English **SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS** Infringement action, counterclaim for revocation and “counterclaim for rate-setting” **GROUNDS FOR THE ORDER** Parties agree that an obvious error was made in Defendants’ application for R. 190. The request under A, first sentence, erroneously refers to Acer where Vectis was meant. This is clear inter alia from A.(i) where “Dolby and/or Vectis” is used. This error made its way into the order of 1 May 2026, which according to Defendants (to which Dolby nor Vectis oppose) therefore may be rectified on the basis of R. 353 RoP. The Court sees no reason to differ, and thus the below order is made. **ORDER** The Court: Rectifies in the order of 1 May 2026, on page 3 as well as on page 7, under A, first sentence, “Dolby and Acer” into “Dolby and Vectis”. Brinkman On behalf of the registry

Key Holdings

  • A procedural order can be corrected by the court to rectify errors.
  • Errors in identifying the correct parties for document production orders can occur.
  • The Judge Rapporteur (JR) has the authority to correct mistakes in procedural orders.

Tags

  • Procedural Error
  • Order Correction
  • Document Production

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