EPLAW PATENT BLOG

UK – Gilead v. Idenix

Posted: November 21st, 2016

Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Gilead Sciences Inc., Court of Appeal, London, UK, 8 November 2016, Case no. [2016] EWCA Civ 1089 The Court of Appeal has upheld Arnold J’s judgment on the Gilead v Idenix case, which concerned the validity of Idenix’s patent EP(UK)1 523 489 covering a family of nucleoside analogues for the treatment […]

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UK – Thoratec Europe v. AIS

Posted: November 17th, 2016

Thoratec Europe Limited v AIS GmBH Aachen Innovative Solution (Arnold J), London, UK, 28 October 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 2637 (Pat) In this action, the Claimant (“Thoratec”) sought revocation of two patents owned by the Defendant (“AIS”).  The Claimant also sought declarations of non-infringement of both patents in respect of its product, the […]

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NL – Teva v. Synthon (Copaxone appeal)

Posted: November 17th, 2016

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd v. Synthon B.V., Court of Appeal The Hague, 25 October 2016, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2016:3368 Teva is the proprietor of EP 2 361 924 for a “process for preparation of mixtures of trifluoroacetyl glatiramer acetate using purified hydrobromic acid”. This patent had been nullified by the District Court of The Hague in […]

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ES – Abbott v. Kern / Fenofibrate 145 (Interim injunction appeal)

Posted: November 15th, 2016

Abbott Products Operations AG v. Kern Pharma S.L., Court of Appeals (15th Division) of Barcelona, Spain, 15 September 2016, Docket No. 163/2016. In a Decision rendered on 15 September 2016, the Court of Appeals of Barcelona granted the interim injunctions requested by Abbott against Kern Pharma’s generic Fenofibrate 145 mg. The Court reversed the previous […]

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UK – Napp v. Dr Reddy’s and Sandoz

Posted: November 7th, 2016

Napp Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited v Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (UK) Limited and Sandoz Limited, England & Wales Court of Appeal, London, UK, 1 November 2016, Neutral Citation Number [2016] EWCA Civ 1053 This was an appeal from a decision of Arnold J holding that there was no infringement of European Patent (UK) 2 305 194 (‘the […]

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NL – Actelion v. Icos

Posted: November 3rd, 2016

Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. Icos Corporation, District Court of The Hague, the Netherlands, 26 October 2016, Case number C/09/493389 / HA ZA 15-862 Icos is the holder of the European patent with number 1 200 092 B1 entitled “Beta-carboline drug products”. The patent is directed to tadalafil having specific and defined particle size characteristics, which […]

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NL – Vertidrive v. Waterjet

Posted: October 31st, 2016

Vertidrive B.V. v. Waterjet Robotics USA LLC., Preliminary Relief Judge District Court of The Hague, the Netherlands, 20 October 2016, Case number C/09/515824 / KG ZA 16-956 Waterjet is the holder of the European patent with number 1 409 330 entitled “Air gap magnetic mobile robot”. Vertidrive develops and markets remote controlled magnetic robots for […]

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NL – Innovations 4 Flooring v. Unilin Beheer

Posted: October 28th, 2016

Innovations 4 Flooring Holding N.V. v. Unilin Beheer B.V. District Court The Hague, 19 October 2016, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2016:12523 *** Now including a translation of the judgment in English *** Innovations 4 Flooring successfully attacks the Dutch part of Unilin’s patent on ‘floor covering, consisting of hard floor panels and method for manufacturing such floor panels.’ […]

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UK – Sony Communications International v. SSH Communications Security Corporation

Posted: October 24th, 2016

Sony Communications International AB and others v SSH Communications Security Corporation and others, UK Patents Court, Roger Wyand QC, 10 October 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 2359 (Ch) In this action Sony sought to revoke SSH’s patent, EP (UK) 2 254 311. This patent related to an aspect of accessing wide area networks (WANs) […]

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UK – Warner-Lambert v. Actavis

Posted: October 17th, 2016

Warner-Lambert Company LLC v (1) Generics (UK) Limited (trading as Mylan), (2) Actavis Group PTC EHF, (3) Actavis UK Limited and (4) Caduceus Pharma Limited, England and Wales Court of Appeal (Floyd, Pattern and Kitchin LJJ), London UK, 13 October 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWCA Civ 1006 The Court of Appeal dismissed Warner-Lambert’s appeal […]

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