Posted: February 6th, 2019
(1) Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd (2) Huawei Technologies (UK) Co., Ltd (3) ZTE Corporation & (4) ZTE (UK) Limited v Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. (30 January 2019, Court of Appeal, UK, Case Nos. A3/2018/1274 and A3/2018/1278) The UK Court of Appeal (“CA”) dismissed an appeal by Huawei and ZTE’s Chinese and UK companies against the […]
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Posted: February 6th, 2019
Regen Lab SA v (1) Estar Medical Limited, (2) Estar Technologies Limited, (3) Medira Limited, (4) Lavender Medical Limited, (5) Antoine Turzi, UK Patents Court, 18 January 2019, [2019] EWHC 63 (Pat) The Patents Court held Regen’s European Patent (UK) 2 073 862 lacked novelty over a non-confidential prior use, and notably rejected the Defendants’ […]
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Posted: February 5th, 2019
Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited, Novartis Pharma AG & Novartis International Pharmaceutical AG v Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Limited, UK Patents Court, 15 January 2019, [2018] EWHC 92 (Pat) In a recent case before the UK Patents Court, in addition to considering an application for summary judgment to revoke the patent in suit for added matter, […]
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Posted: February 1st, 2019
Anheuser-Busch Inbev N.V. v. Heineken Supply Chain B.V. et al., Interlocutory Judge of the District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands, 1 February 2019, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:853 Anheuser holds EP 2 152 486 B1 (hereafter: EP 486) for an “integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container comprising an inner layer and an outer layer comprising energy absorbing additives, preform […]
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Posted: January 31st, 2019
EPO, Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04, decision of July 5, 2018 in case T 2435/13 – Clubroot resistant plants/SYNGENTA, by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg After decision T 1063/18 of December 5, 2018, stating that Rule 28 (2) EPC as introduced in 2017 is in conflict with Article 53(b) EPC, (see post dated December 11, 2018, […]
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Posted: January 30th, 2019
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. v. Belmoca BVBA, Interlocutory Judge of the District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands, 28 December 2018, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2018:15453 Nespresso compatible coffee capsules. Koninklijke Douwe Egberts (hereafter: KDE) accuses Belmoca of indirect infringement of EP 521 relating to ‘A beverage preparation system, a capsule and a method for forming a […]
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Posted: January 24th, 2019
Sandoz International GmbH v. Eli Lilli and Company, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 16 January 2019, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:321 Lilly holds European patent 1 313 508 B1 (hereafter: EP 508), entitled ‘Combination containing an antifolate and methylmalonic acid lowering agent’. Sandoz in tries to have EP 508 revoked due to lack of inventive step. […]
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Posted: January 24th, 2019
The Dutch AIPPI ‘Zeist’ symposium shall take place on 13 March 2019 in Hotel Figi in Zeist. The programme and registration details will be announced here.
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Posted: January 21st, 2019
EPO, Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.02, decision of 9 November 2018 in case T 1085/13 – Amorphous Lercanidipine Hydrochloride/Recordati Since decision T 990/96, OJ EPO 1998, 489, it has been consistent case law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO that a document disclosing a low molecular chemical compound and its manufacture makes this […]
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Posted: January 17th, 2019
G.D. Searle LLC. v. Sandoz B.V., PI Judge District Court the Hague d.d. 8 January 2019, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:72 Searle was the holder of European patent EP 0 810 209 B1 titled “Alpha – and beta-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulphonamides useful as retroviral protease inhibitors”, which lapsed on 23 August 2013. The claims of this patent define a […]
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