UPC CFI nLD Dusseldorf, 26 June 2024: Intervention by patent pool manager allowed

Intervention by manager of patent pool to which the plaintiff has contributed its HEVC-essential patent portfolio, including the patent in suit, allowed (Rule 313 RoP). 

The intervener has a sufficient legal interest in the outcome of the legal dispute. […] the intervener also fulfils the plaintiff's FRAND obligations and has been in talks with the defendant's group for some time about the conclusion of a pool licence.

IPPT20240626, UPC CFI, LD Düsseldorf, Dolby v HP