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UPC – Plant-e Knowledge v. Arkyne Technologies

Posted: 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 […]

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UPC – NanoString Technologies v. 10x Genomics and President and Fellows of Harvard College

Posted: 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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NL – Novartis v. Mylan / Supreme Court

Posted: March 11th, 2024

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 […]

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UPC – NanoString v. 10x Genomics: UPC Court of Appeal’s first substantive decision overturns NanoString preliminary injunction due to doubts over validity

Posted: 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 […]

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UPC – Plant-e Knowledge v. Arkyne Technologies / The Hague Local Division takes pragmatic approach to bifurcation

Posted: 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 […]

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NL – Dutch Trading Office v. CNC Grondstoffen

Posted: 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 […]

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NL – Janssen Biotech v. Samsung Bioepis / Manufacturing Waiver

Posted: February 2nd, 2024

Janssen Biotech Inc. v. Samsung Bioepis NL B.V., PI Proceedings, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 23 January 2024, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2024:701 PI proceedings, SPC. Explanation of Manufacturing Waiver Regulation (EU) No. 2019/933. Manufacturing of biosimilar for export to third countries. Samsung Bioepis successfully invokes the manufacturing waiver. Reference number of marketing authorisation in export […]

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ES – TEKNICS v. CIBERNETICA

Posted: January 29th, 2024

Commercial Court no. 4 of Barcelona, TEKNICS v. CIBERNETICA, Judgment of 19 March 2023, ECLI:ES:JMB:2023:1261 The plaintiff, S. R. Teknics Project 2016, S. L. (hereinafter, TEKNICS) filed a complaint against CIBERNETICA PARA LA PANIFICACION, S.L. (hereinafter, CIBERNETICA) for the infringement of Spanish patent ES 2279737 protecting a “dough-kneading machine”. The entire contribution can be read […]

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NL – SEaB Power v. The Waste Transformers Nederland et al.

Posted: January 23rd, 2024

SEaB Power Ltd. v. The Waste Transformers Nederland B.V. et al., Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 December 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2023:2688 Joined cases related to the use of technology for portable Renewable Energy Microgeneration facilities (hereinafter: REM facilities) that allow biogas to be extracted from organic waste at the location where that […]

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