Posted: September 26th, 2023
Basic Holdings ULC v. Afire NL-BE en Afire Nederland and Afire SARL, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 September 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2023:1812 Basic holds European patent EP 2 029 941 B1 relating to artificial fireplaces. Basic states that Afire et al. infringe this patent and therefore requests a declaratory judgment to that […]
READ MOREPosted: September 21st, 2023
US biotech company 10x Genomics has been granted a preliminary injunction that prevents a competitor NanoString Technologies from selling products in 17 EU countries in a landmark ruling by the local division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Munich. Dr Julia Traumann and Emmanuel Gougé of Pinsent Masons said the ruling, where 10x Genomics […]
READ MOREPosted: September 15th, 2023
Genmab A/S v. Dutch Patent Office, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 29 August 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2023:12773 Application for a supplementary protection certificate for the product “ofatumumab” used as a medicinal product. A marketing authorization has been granted for the product, but this is not the first authorization for placing the product on the […]
READ MOREPosted: September 4th, 2023
Communication from the UPC: Upcoming hearing at the UPC Local Division Vienna Name of the parties: CUP&CINO Kaffeesystem-Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG vs. Alpina Coffee Systems GmbH File number: ACT_528738/2023 Type of action: Application for provisional measures Language of proceedings: German Date: 13.9.2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Room 25, 3rd floor, Althanstraße 39-45, 1090 Vienna […]
READ MOREPosted: August 31st, 2023
The EPO announces the online conference ‘Litigation Matters 2023’ to be held online on 5-6 December 2023 The conference is organised in close co-operation with EPLAW, and features various prominent speakers, amongst which UPC Judge Rian Kalden, Presiding judge of the second panel of the Court of Appeal, former EPLAW Presidents Willem Hoyng and Klaus […]
READ MOREPosted: August 31st, 2023
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V v. Belmoca BVBA, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 25 July 2023, Case No. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2023:1641 Koninklijke Douwe Egberts (‘KDE’) holds EP 521 and EP 333 relating to beverage production systems. KDE states that Belmoca’s Belmio coffee capsules indirectly infringe on these patents. This has led to KDE seeking an injunction […]
READ MOREPosted: August 30th, 2023
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Angiocare B.V., Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences PVT Ltd. District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 26 July 2023, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2023:11325 Edwards’ EP 3 494 930 B1 relating to a “Leaflet attachment frame for a prosthetic valve” is found to be partially invalid and therefore not infringed. The Dutch part of […]
READ MOREPosted: August 28th, 2023
Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH et al., Panel 1 of the Central Division (Section Munich), Order of the Judge-rapporteur András Kupecz, Case no. UPC_CFI_1/2023 Patent at issue: EP3666797 Amgen, Inc “Conclusion “4.53 Based on the above, it is concluded that at the point in time the Claimants brought their revocation action by lodging the […]
READ MOREPosted: August 24th, 2023
Communication from the UPC: Upcoming hearings at the Local Division Munich Upcoming hearings of the UPC Local Division Munich and instructions for the press on seat reservation Public hearing 1 Name of the parties: 10x Genomics and others v. NanoString Technologies and others File number: ACT_459746/2023 UPC_CFI_2/2023 Type of action: application for provisional measures Language […]
READ MOREPosted: August 24th, 2023
On 25 July 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Teva & Sandoz v Astellas [2023] EWCA Civ 880 concerning the validity of EP(UK) 1 559 427 B1 (the “Patent”), which claims the compound mirabegron for use in the treatment of overactive bladder (“OAB”). At first instance, Mr Justice Meade found the […]
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