EPLAW PATENT BLOG

UK – L’Oréal v. RN Ventures

Posted: February 16th, 2018

L’Oréal SA and L’Oréal (UK) Ltd v RN Ventures Ltd, UK Patents Court, 5 February 2018, Carr J This case concerned the alleged infringement of L’Oréal’s EP (UK) 1 722 699 B1 and two registered community designs. The defendant sold a range of “Magnitone” electronic facial skin care devices. The case was heard under the […]

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ES – Gilead v. Teva & Mylan / Tenofovir + Emtricitabine / Interim injunction opposition

Posted: February 7th, 2018

Gilead Biopharmaceutics Ireland UC., Gilead Sciences, S.L.U., Gilead Sciences Ireland UC., Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Teva Pharma, S.L.U, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, S.L., Mylan S.A.S., Barcelona Commercial Court No. 4, 20 October 2017, Docket No. 190/2017 – 197/17 In its decision of 20 October 2017, Barcelona Commercial Court No. 4 reversed its previous rulings pursuant to which […]

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ES – ZHENSHI GROUP & JUSHI GROUP v OCV INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL / Selection invention

Posted: February 7th, 2018

Zhenshi Group Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co., LTD & Jushi Group Co., LT v. OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC., Commercial Court of Barcelona N.º 5, Spain, 12 September 2017, Case number: 433/2015 The Commercial Court of Barcelona n.º 5 has handed down its decision in a patent nullity case regarding patent ES 2.1405.941 T9, Spanish part of […]

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DE – Federal Supreme Court ‘Drum Unit’

Posted: February 5th, 2018

Judgment of the Federal Supreme Court, Germany, 24 October 2017, docket no. X ZR 55/16, ‘Drum Unit’ With its milestone ‘Drum Unit’decision, the German Federal Supreme Court revisits its case law on the exhaustion of patent rights, and in particular, on the delimitation of ‘permissible use’ on the one hand and the ‘unlawful (re-)making’ of […]

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UK – Hospira v. Cubist / Appeal

Posted: February 5th, 2018

Hospira UK Limited v Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC, Court of Appeal, London, UK, 18 January 2018, [2018] EWCA Civ 12 This is a judgment from an appeal by Cubist Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Cubist”) in which a two-judge panel (Lewison LJ and Kitchin LJ) upheld Henry Carr J’s first instance decision, that Cubist’s patent EP (UK) 2,264,047 (“the […]

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UK – Sandoz v. G.D. Searle / Appeal

Posted: February 2nd, 2018

Sandoz Limited and Hexal AG v G.D. Searle LLC and Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Lord Justice Floyd, London UK, 25 January 2018, [2018] EWCA Civ 49 On 25 January 2018, the UK Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Sandoz v G.D. Searle. Floyd LJ, giving the leading judgment, […]

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NL – Tata Steel v. Arcelormittal / Appeal

Posted: January 18th, 2018

Tata Steel IJmuiden B.V. v. ArcelorMittal France, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 19 December 2017, Case no. CLI:NL:GHDHA:2017:3951 Tata Steel appealed the earlier judgment between parties (a copy can be found here). In the first instance judgment, it was ruled that Tata Steel has a legitimate interest in a negative declaratory judgment -even […]

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NL – Digital Revolution v. Samsung

Posted: January 11th, 2018

Digital Revolution B.V., Maxperian NL B.V., Yorcum Computers B.V. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, District Court The Hague, 5 January 2018, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2018:93 Enforcement dispute. Samsung earlier successfully obtained an injunction against Digital Revolution et al for patent infringement. Later, it became apparent that HP took over the printing division of Samsung. According to […]

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ES – MARKET v. LOGO PAINT / Declaration of non-infringement / 3D Advertising prints

Posted: January 5th, 2018

Market SP’94 S.L. v. Logo Paint A/S, Barcelona Commercial Court No. 5, 12 September 2017, Docket No. 203/16 On 12 September 2017, Commercial Court No. 5 of Barcelona handed down a ruling on the interpretation of the requirements for bringing a declaration of non-infringement in Spain, in a case involving two companies dedicated to the […]

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NL – SCA Tissue v. Vailli

Posted: January 3rd, 2018

SCA Tissue France SAS v. Vailli, District Court The Hague, 27 December 2017, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2017:15395 SCA holds EP 1 799 083 B1 related to a “Toilet paper dispenser housing a roll, toilet paper roll and dispenser’. SCA states that the Vailli K5 dispensers filled with paper that SCA employees discovered at a fair directly […]

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