EPLAW PATENT BLOG

NL – Basic Holdings v. Ruby Decor

Posted: June 21st, 2016

* Now including an English translation of the judgment * Basic Holdings ULC v. Ruby Decor B.V., Aparto B.V., District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 4 May 2016, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2016:4657, with thanks to Alexander Tsoutsanis, DLA Piper (NL) for sending in the English translation Basic Holdings, part of the Glen Dimplex Group, is proprietor of EP […]

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NL – LEO Pharma v. Sandoz

Posted: May 23rd, 2016

LEO Pharma v. Sandoz, District Court The Hague (PI Proceedings), the Netherlands, 11 May 2016,  ECLI:NLRBDHA:2016:5093 LEO Pharma is the proprietor of EP 2 455 083 B1 for a “Pharmaceutical composition for dermal use comprising calcipotriol and betamethasone”, which claims (in claim 1, a combination preparation consisting of calcipotriol, betamethasone and a solvent, used for […]

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UK – GlaxoSmithKline v Wyeth Holdings

Posted: May 20th, 2016

GlaxoSmithKline UK Limited v Wyeth Holdings LLC, High Court of Justice of England & Wales (Patents Court), London, UK, Carr J, 12 May 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 1045 (CH) Carr J has upheld the validity of Wyeth’s patent EP(UK) 2,343,308 relating to a combination product comprising a 2086 protein and a PorA protein […]

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UK – Positec v. Husqvarna

Posted: May 19th, 2016

Positec Power Tools (Europe) Limited and ors v Husqvarna AB, High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Patents Court (Birss J), London UK, 10 May 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 1061 (Pat) On 10 May 2016, the Patents Court (Birss J) refused the Claimant’s application for an Order that the Defendant patentee provide […]

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UK – Gedeon Richter v Generics

Posted: May 6th, 2016

Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT v Generics (UK) Limited (t/a Mylan) UK, Court of Appeal Court, Floyd LJ, Arnold J & Sir Robin Jacob, 26 April 2016 This appeal was an appeal from the decision of Mr Justice Sales in which he held European Patent (UK) 1 448 207 invalid for obviousness. The appeal was […]

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UK – ASE v. Rapiscan

Posted: April 19th, 2016

American Science & Engineering Inc. v Rapiscan Systems Limited, UK, High Court (Patents Court), Arnold J, 11 April 2016 ASE’s patent related to a covert mobile X-ray scanning system. By the time the case came to trial Rapiscan had admitted that their rival scanning system would infringe if the patent was valid but contended that […]

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NL – JP Russel v. Innovet

Posted: April 8th, 2016

JP Russel Science Ltd. v. Innovet Italia S.r.l., District Court of The Hague, the Netherlands, 30 March 2016, Case number 481573 / HA ZA 15-111 JP Russel develops and markets nutricial supplements and dietetics for medical use. One of the products sold by JP Russel on the Dutch market is PEAPURE, a product that includes […]

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UK – Fujifilm Kyowa Biologics v. AbbVie

Posted: March 17th, 2016

Fujifilm Kyowa Biologics Co., Ltd. v AbbVie Biotechnology Ltd., High Court of England and Wales (Carr J), London, UK, 1 March 2016, Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 425 (Pat) The English High Court has confirmed that it has jurisdiction to grant a declaration that a dosage regime for a biosimilar product would have been anticipated […]

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DE – nullification of EP 1 379 220 (inhalation capsules)

Posted: January 21st, 2016

Cinfa v Boehringer-Ingelheim (“BI”), Federal Court of Justice, Germany, 12 January 2016, Case No. X ZR 38/14, with thanks to Matthias Sonntag, Gleiss Lutz In nullity case Cinfa v Boehringer-Ingelheim (“BI”) – X ZR 38/14 – regarding European Patent 1 379 220 (“EP’220”), the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, “FCJ”) lifted the first instance judgment […]

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