EPLAW PATENT BLOG

NL – HE Licenties v. Orchid Gardens

Posted: August 4th, 2022

HE Licenties B.V. v. Orchid Gardens et al, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 27 July 2022, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2022:7627 HE Licences is involved in the management of patent rights in the ornamental plants industry. Orchid Gardens cultivates plants, including colored orchids. HE Licences invoked its patent rights against customers of Orchid Gardens. HE Licences […]

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UK – Saint Gobain v. 3M Innovative Properties

Posted: July 11th, 2022

Saint-Gobain Adfors SAS v 3M Innovative Properties Co [2022] EWHC 1666 (Pat), 28 Jun 2022 A recent decision by Michael Tappin QC, sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court, has confirmed that post-judgment amendment in the UK remains very difficult to achieve and could even be viewed by the court as an abuse […]

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NL – Boston Scientific v. Cook

Posted: June 20th, 2022

Boston Scientific Limited and Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited v. Coot Europe Finance B.V., Cook Nederland B.V., Cook Medical Nederland B.V., Cook Ireland Limited, Cook Medical Europe Limited, Cook Medical EMEA Group Limited and Cook France Sarl, District Court Amsterdam 3 May 2022, Case no. C/13/713/564 / KG ZA 22-118 Recently a judgment has been […]

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NO – Norwegian Parliament establishes patent attorney client-attorney privilege

Posted: December 2nd, 2021

Norwegian Parliament adopts amendment act establishing patent attorney client-attorney privilege, by Gunnar Meyer and Nora Bratheim, Wikborg Rein The Norwegian Parliament has passed amendments to the Dispute Act and the Criminal Procedure Act extending the general client-privilege rules to patent attorneys. As an outline, patent attorneys now enjoy the same client-attorney privilege as lawyers. However, […]

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ES – ERASMUS and INVIVO v. VITRO et al.

Posted: November 29th, 2021

Erasmus MC and Invivo v. Vitro et al., Court of Appeals of Barcelona, 8 April 2021, Appeal Docket No. 1969/2020 On 8 April 2021, the Court of Appeals of Barcelona rendered judgment on appeal in a complex case relating to nucleic acid amplification primers for PCR-based clonality studies, involving a number of issues regarding the […]

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NL – Ericsson v. Apple

Posted: October 19th, 2021

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson v. Apple Retail Netherlands B.V. et al, District Court The Hague, Preliminary Relief proceedings, 18 October 2021, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:11312 In the dispute between Ericsson and Apple, Ericsson is demanding the imposition of a freezing measure pending the hearing of the summary proceedings. The preliminary relief Judge refuses: “In that context, Ericsson […]

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ES – TELEFONICA & ACENS TECHNOLOGIES v. TWO-WAY MEDIA

Posted: October 19th, 2021

TELEFONICA S.A. & ACENS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. v. TWO-WAY MEDIA LTD, Court of Appeals of Barcelona, 28 April 2021, Appeal Docket No. 466/2021 The present case analyses whether it is possible to file before the Spanish Courts a patent invalidity claim based on prior art documents which were not submitted at previous invalidity proceedings filed by […]

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NL – Sisvel v. Wiko

Posted: September 24th, 2021

Sisvel International S.A. v. Shenzhen Tinno Mobile Technology Corporation, Wiko SAS et al., interlocutory judgment District Court of The Hague, 21 April 2021, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2021:8955 Sisvel holds EP 2 139 272, relating to a ‘Method and system for attaching a mobile equipment to a wireless communication network’. Sisvel reported EP 272 as essential patent […]

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IT – Guidance Court of Milan on risk of irreparable damage required for interlocutory description order

Posted: September 7th, 2021

The Court of Milan provides guidance on the requirement of the risk of irreparable damage for the purpose of granting an interlocutory description order The description order, a remedy available pursuant to Articles 129 and 130 of the Italian Industrial Property Code, is a sui generis preliminary investigation measure. To be granted, the applicant must […]

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