Posted: March 22nd, 2024
Introduction On 2 January, the Italian Supreme Court put an end to the ‘latanoprost saga’ by rejecting Pfizer Italia S.r.l. (“Pfizer”)’s appeal against the Rome Court of Appeal decision ordering Pfizer to pay the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (jointly, “Italian Government”) EUR 13,360,464 as compensation for damage caused by […]
READ MOREPosted: March 21st, 2024
Plant-e Knowledge B.V., Plant-e B.V. v Arkyne Technologies S.L., UPC Court of First Instance, The Hague Local Division – 4 March 2024, UPC_CFI_239/2023 and ACT_549536/2023 and CC_588768/2023 On 4 March 2024, the Hague Local Division of the UPC issued an order relating to Plant-e’s application under Rule 262A RoP for a confidentiality order covering financial […]
READ MOREPosted: March 21st, 2024
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Sanofi-Aventis Groupe & Sanofi Winthrop Industrie S.A. v. Amgen, Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Amgen, Inc. Court of First Instance, Central Division (Munich Section) – 27 February 2024, and UPC_CFI_14/2023, Actions ACT_459505/2023 and CC_586764/2023 This decision was an Order of the judge-rapporteur András Kupecz relating to procedural matters. As readers may […]
READ MOREPosted: March 11th, 2024
NanoString Technologies Inc et al. v. 10x Genomics, Inc. and President and Fellows of Harvard College, Order of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court, 11 March 2024, Case no. UPC_CoA_335/2023 Correction of ´obvious slip´ in the order of 26 February 2024 `With regard to an obvious slip in Headnote 2, paragraph 3 […]
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Novartis A.G. v. Mylan B.V. and Mylan Ireland Limited, Supreme Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 8 March 2024, Case no. ECLI:NL:HR:2024:341 Appeal to the Supreme Court regarding fingolimod. Earlier, Novartis alleged Mylan infringed its Patent. In first instance PI proceedings, the preliminary relief Judge ruled that there was a serious, non negligible chance that the […]
READ MOREPosted: February 28th, 2024
NanoString Technologies, Inc, NanoString Technologies Germany GmbH & NanoString Technologies Netherlands B.V. v. 10x Genomics, Inc & President and Fellows of Harvard College – Court of Appeal – Luxembourg, 26 February 2024, Case no. UPC_CoA_335/2023 App_576355/2023, by Sarah Taylor and Julia Traumann, Pinsent Masons The Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) Court of Appeal has overturned an […]
READ MOREPosted: February 28th, 2024
The Young EPLAW Congress is to be held on 29 April 2024 in The Hotel, Brussels. EPLAW members have received a link which they can forward to their eligible associates. An informal reception will take place on 28 April from 7 to 11pm in The Merode, which is walking distance from the venue. A limited […]
READ MOREPosted: February 22nd, 2024
Plant-e Knowledge v Arkyne Technologies – The Hague Local Division takes pragmatic approach to bifurcation by Sarah Taylor, Pinsent Masons Plant-e Knowledge B.V & Plant-e B.V. v Arkyne Technologies S.L – Court of First Instance – The Hague (NL) Local Division, 15 February 2024, Case no. UPC_CFI_239/2023 A topic often discussed prior to the UPC’s […]
READ MOREPosted: February 20th, 2024
Dutch Trading Office B.V. v. CNC Grondstoffen B.V., District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 23 October 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2023:15621 Method of transporting mushroom compost. No infringement: “Placing blocks on pallets in this manner does not meet the characteristics that stacked compost blocks are supported by spacer(s), providing rows and columns of stacked blocks, leaving […]
READ MOREPosted: February 14th, 2024
On 13 February 2024 the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce published a notice regarding ‘Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions’ SUMMARY: “Pursuant to the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (October 30, 2023), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is […]
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