Posted: 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 […]
READ MOREPosted: May 31st, 2019
Mobile Sanitary Solutions B.V. v. TWT Verhuur B.V., court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 28 May 2019, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2019:1182 MSS holds EP 2 780 515 entitled ‘Mobile sanitary unit for accommodating at least three sanitary facilities’. The Court of Appeal like the Judge in first instance rules that here is a serious, non […]
READ MOREPosted: May 9th, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Asustek Computers Inc., Asus Europe B.V. and Asus Holland B.V., Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 7 May 2019, Case No. 200.221.250/01 Philips successfully appeals an earlier judgment regarding Philips’ Standard Essential European Patent EP 1 623 511 for a ‘Communication System’ (‘EP ‘511’). A copy of the earlier judgment […]
READ MOREPosted: March 14th, 2019
Eli Lilly and Company, ICOS Corporation, and Eli Lilly Danmark A/S (“Eli Lilly”) v. Generics (UK) Limited and Mylan AB (“Mylan”), the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court, Case number BS-33415/2018-SHR, 1 February 2019 The case concerns infringement of Eli Lilly’s patent DK/EP 1 173 181 T6 (“DK/EP ‘181”) which relates to the use of […]
READ MOREPosted: March 12th, 2019
Saima Sicurezza S.p.A. (“Saima”), a company active in the security sector, brought a patent infringement and unfair competition action before the Court of Milan against Plexa srl, Holacheck srl and Securconsult. The plaintiff is the owner of the Italian patent no. IT 1.396.496 (“IT ’496”), concerning a system for managing passenger access control in public […]
READ MOREPosted: February 13th, 2019
Technetix B.V. & Ors v. Teleste Limited, High Court, London, UK, 29 January 2019, Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWHC 126 (IPEC) This case was brought by the patentee, Technetix B.V (and two licensees) claiming infringement of UK Patent No. 2,382,473 B (“UK’473”), a patent relating to cable tap units used in the distribution of signals […]
READ MOREPosted: February 8th, 2019
Garmin (Europe) Limited v Koninklijke Philips N.V., Patents Court, London, UK, 29 January 2019, case no. [2019] EWHC 107 (Ch) This was a claim brought by Garmin for revocation of Philips’ patent EP (UK) 1,076,806 B1 relating to a portable GPS based athletic performance monitor and to the use of the device in an external […]
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