The Federal Court of Justice rejected a joint request by the parties to stay proceedings because of ongoing settlement negotiations. It held that the parties’ request had been made too late and was therefore no longer considered appropriate. The parties should have taken the scheduling of the hearing, but at the latest the approaching of the hearing, as an occasion to consider the possibility of a settlement.
Case date: 11 September 2018
Case number: X ZR 47/16
Court: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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