Posted: January 8th, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Wiko SAS, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 24 December 2019, Case No. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2019:3433 Philips holds various UMTS patents, amongst which EP 659. In first instance, Philips was unsuccessful in its injunction proceedings against Wiko, as the Court denied the infringement claim and revoked the Patent based on Wiko’ counterclaim […]
READ MOREPosted: December 18th, 2019
Fractus S.A. v. Xiaomi et al. District Court of The Hague 10 December 2019, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:13184 Introduction In these preliminary injunctions proceedings before District Court of The Hague, the following facts are of relevance. The patentee is Fractus S.A. (“Fractus”), which is a company founded in 1999 to research, develop and commercially exploit small-sized telecommunications antennae […]
READ MOREPosted: December 9th, 2019
Excel-Eucan Limited v. Source Vagabond Systems Limited, Patents Court, London, 21 November 2019 [2019] EWHC 3175 (Pat) HHJ Melissa Clarke This judgment from the Patents Court (Her Honour Judge Clarke sitting as deputy) considers the application of the law on infringement by equivalents. The case was heard under the Shorter Trials Scheme which applies to […]
READ MOREPosted: December 4th, 2019
SANGENIC V. LAMICO / THE DANISH MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL HIGH COURT (DIAPER PAIL REFILLS) – Presumption of validity of granted rights, infringement by equivalent means, loss of rights/acquiescence, recall of products, damages and compensation, proportionality Sangenic International Limited (“Sangenic”) v. Lamico ApS (“Lamico”), the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court Case number BS-287/2015-SHR, 4 October […]
READ MOREPosted: November 4th, 2019
In October 15, 2019, the Swiss Federal Patent Court held in Eli Lilly vs. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals that the Swiss part of Eli Lilly’s patent EP 1 313 508 B1 regarding the use of the anti-cancer drug pemetrexed in combination with a vitamin B12 is valid – almost to the day two years after the Swiss […]
READ MOREPosted: October 22nd, 2019
P/F Vonin and Volu Ventis ApS (“Vonin”) v. MLD ApS (“MLD”), the Danish Western High Court (appeal court), case no. B-0067-18, 12 June 2019 The case concerned alleged infringement of Vonin’s Danish utility model DK 2016 00075 U4 and European patent DK/EP 3 183 959, which relate to a trawl door with a flow booster […]
READ MOREPosted: August 8th, 2019
Novartis Pharma A.G., Novartis Pharmaceutical AG and Novartis AG v. TEVA Nederland B.V., District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, Judge in Interlocutory Proceedings, 5 July 2019, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:7792 Teva holds a Dutch marketing authorization for the generic version of everolimus, named Everolimus Teva. In the SmPC and and the Patient Information Leaflet of Everolimus […]
READ MOREPosted: July 18th, 2019
HE Licenties B.V. vs. VG Colours B.V., District Court of The Hague, The Netherlands, 19 June 2019, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:6407 Introduction HE Licenties B.V. (”HE Licenties”) is a wholesaler of flowers and plants and, more in particular, colored orchids (and licensor of related technology). VG Colours B.V. (”VG Colours”) is involved in, among other things, the artificial […]
READ MOREPosted: July 5th, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Wiko SAS, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 2 juli 2019, Case no. 200.219.487/01 In an interim ruling the Court of Appeal earlier ruled that the claims according to the second auxiliary request are deemed to be valid and infringed by Wiko (see here). Wiko’s FRAND defence is the topic […]
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