EPLAW PATENT BLOG

NL – Lewens Sonnenschutz-Systeme v. A.V.Z

Posted: July 26th, 2010

Lewens Sonnenschutz-Systeme GmbH&Co. KG v. A.V.Z c.s., District Court The Hague, 23 July 2010 Case No. / Docket No.: 367352 / KG ZA 10-691 Lewens is the holder of a European patent concerning an awning (sun screen) comprising inter alia a bearing block and a housing which are provided with interacting confining means for accommodating […]

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EPO – News from the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO

Posted: July 21st, 2010

EPO – News from the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO (Oral proceedings in cases G 2/07 and G 1/08 and two new referrals to the EBA) reported by Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle & Pagenberg EPO, Enlarged Board of AppealOral proceedings in cases G 2/07/BROCCOLI and G 1/08/TOMATOES The oral proceedings were accompanied by protests […]

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FR – Laboratoires Negma v. Biogaran and Laboratoires Medidom

Posted: July 20th, 2010

Laboratoires Negma v. Biogaran and Laboratoires Medidom, Cour d’appel of Paris, 30 June 2010, Docket no. 10/07477, with thanks to Pierre Véron, Véron & Associés for sending in the judgment and the translation
In a case regarding novelty of a patent over a pharmaceutical preparation already disclosed in the prior art but claimed with a higher purity level of the active ingredient, the Court of Appeal of Paris decided that …

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NL – Newell Rubbermaid v. Vermop Salmon

Posted: July 16th, 2010

Newell Rubbermaid Luxembourg SARL, v. Vermop Salmon GmbH, District Court The Hague, 14 July 2010 Case No. / Docket No.: 367112 / KG ZA 10-677 During the ISSA Interclean fair Rubbermaid has presented a mop that allegedly infringes Vermop's European patent on a mop holder. Vermop has seized the mop during the fair. Rubbermaid requests […]

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NL – Clyde Bergemann v. Magaldi

Posted: July 16th, 2010

Clyde Bergemann GmbH v. Magaldi, Court of Appeal The Hague, 13 July 2010, Case No. 200.023.759/01 Patent on a system for the extraction of ash from a steam generating boiler. Bergemann argues a lack of inventive step of Magaldi's patent based on a combination of two prior art documents. In the first instance this argument […]

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BE – Indspec v. Sumitomo Bakelite Europe / wilful infringement

Posted: July 15th, 2010

Indspec Chemical Corporation v. N.V. Sumitomo Bakelite Europe, Court of Antwerp, Belgium, 2 July 2010, Case No. A/09/08112 "On 16 July 2009, Indspec enforced a descriptive seizure upon Sumitomo Bakelite Europe, alleging infringement of its European Patents EP’741 and EP’792, which relate to rubber compounding resins (a cord-to-rubber adhesion promoter). Subsequent to the filing of […]

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UK – Yeda v. The Comptroller General of Patents

Posted: July 14th, 2010

Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd v. The Comptroller General of Patents, Patents Court, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice, London, UK, 12 July 2010, EWHC 1733 (Pat) The Patents Court has dismissed Yeda’s appeal of the decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) to refuse two applications for SPCs relating to a combination […]

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UK – Fosroc v. Grace

Posted: July 13th, 2010

Fosroc International Limited v. W.R. Grace & Co-Conn, Patents Court, Chancery Division, High Court of Justice, London, UK, 12 July 2010, [2010] EWHC 1702 (Pat) The Patents Court has held Grace’s amended patent EP (UK) 0 415 799 to be valid. Grace’s patent related to cement compositions used to form concrete and in particular the […]

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DE – New Summaries

Posted: July 12th, 2010

New summaries in English, with thanks to Tilman Müller-Stoy, Bardehle & Pagenberg, have been added to the following cases: DE – Lundbeck v. Neolab / Escitalopram – invalidity DE – Gelenkanordnung (hinge arrangement)DE – Dynamische Dokumentengenerierung (dynamic document generation) EPO – Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/008 – Computer Implemented Inventions

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DE – Lichtbogenschnürung (Electric arc lacing)

Posted: July 12th, 2010

Lichtbogenschnürung (Electric arc lacing), pre trial proceedings for preserving evidence, German Federal Supreme Court, 16 November 2009, Docket No. X ZB 37/08 A written court expert opinion which was rendered in independent pre-trial proceedings for preserving evidence with respect to a presumed patent infringement may generally be disclosed to the attorney-at-law and the patent attorney […]

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