EPLAW PATENT BLOG

IT – Teva v. Sicor / Bolar exemption

Posted: September 13th, 2021

Introduction With Decision No. 1785 of 8 June 2021, the Court of Appeal of Milan upheld Court of Milan Decision No. 8273 of 24 July 2018 finding Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”) and its Italian affiliate Sicor Società Italiana Corticosteroidi S.r.l (“Sicor”) liable for patent infringement. The appeal court ruled that the Bolar exemption under […]

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UK – Network Homes v. Harlow

Posted: November 22nd, 2018

Network Homes Limited v. Maurice Harlow, High Court of Justice, London, 16 November 2018, citation number [2018] EWHC 3120 (Ch) This case concerned the construction of a contract. However, the judge (Mr Justice Carr, one of the UK Patents Court’s main judges) noted that the same issue of the correct approach to construction also arises […]

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EPLAW – Young EPLAW UPC Moot 2017

Posted: May 22nd, 2017

The 2017 Young EPLAW Congress gave 20 volunteers the opportunity to participate in the project launched in 2013, called “How to plead a case” and kindly hosted again by HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER Brussels. During this mock case, two panels of two Board members sitting as mock judges each heard five sets of plaintiffs and defendants […]

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UK – Unwired Planet v Huawei Technologies

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Unwired Planet International Limited v (1) Huawei Technologies Co. Limited, (2) Huawei Technologies (UK) Co. Limited, (3) Samsung Electronics Co. Limited, (4) Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited & Others The English Patents Court has upheld the validity of EP (UK) 2 229 744, which relates to an efficient polling system for a wireless communications network and […]

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NL – Sun v. Novartis / No skinny label injunction

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (Europe) B.V. v. Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma GmbH, District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands, 25 November 2015, Case file number: C/09/469148 / HA ZA 14-770. In January of this year the Court of Appeal of The Hague in preliminary injunction proceedings held Sun liable for indirect infringement of Novartis’ Swiss […]

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UK – Saab Seaeye v Atlas Electronic cs

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Saab Seaeye Limited -v- Atlas Electronic GmbH and ECS Special Projects Limited and Adrian Dann and Blueprint Design Engineering Limited (t/a Blueprint Subsea) and James Barratt, High Court (Patents Court), Mr Justice Mann, 4 November 2015 The English Patents Court has partially upheld the validity of two patents, GB 2 482 576 (GB 576) and […]

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UK – Warner-Lambert v Sandoz

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Sandoz GmBH, Sandoz Limited and Lloyds Pharmacy Limited, England and Wales Patents Court (Arnold J), London, UK, 4 November 2015, Neutral Citation Number: [2015] EWHC 3153 (Pat) This judgment concerned an application for an interim injunction restraining Sandoz from any further dealing in its full label generic pregabalin product and Lloyds […]

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EPO – First request by the Administrative Council that the EBA proposes the removal of a member of the BoA from office held inadmissible

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

Enlarged Board of Appeal, decision in case Art. 23 1/15 – Request for a proposal of removal from office Background Pursuant to Article 23 (1), 1st sentence, EPC, a member of the Boards of Appeal may not be removed from office during his term of 5 years, “except if there are serious grounds for such […]

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FR – Ethypharm v. Alkermes Pharma Ireland

Posted: December 3rd, 2015

S.A. Ethypharm v. Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited, Court of Appeal, Paris, France, 3 November 2015, No. 184/2015, with thanks to Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier, GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL, for sending in the case, together with a head note and translation in English In this decision, the Court of Appeal has reversed the First Instance decision of 21 December […]

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