Judgment_paragraph 18 · Kirin Amgen Inc. v Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis patentų biuras (C-66/09)

18Bearing in mind the very purpose of an adversarial procedure, which is to prevent the Court from being influenced by arguments which the parties have been unable to discuss, the Court may of its own motion, on a proposal from the Advocate General or at the request of the parties, order that the oral procedure be reopened, in accordance with Article 61 of its Rules of Procedure, if it considers that it lacks sufficient information or that the case must be dealt with on the basis of an argument which has not been debated between the parties (see, inter alia, the order in Case C-17/98 Emesa Sugar [2000] ECR I-665, paragraph 18, and Case C-42/07 Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and Bwin International [2009] ECR I-7633, paragraph 31 and the case-law cited).

Kirin Amgen Inc. v Lietuvos Respublikos valstybinis patentų biuras (C-66/09)

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