EPLAW PATENT BLOG

NL – Ancientgrain v. Bakels Senior

Posted: December 7th, 2018

Ancientgrain B.V. v. Bakels Senior N.V., District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 21 November 2018, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2018:13960 Two Dutch patents of Ancientgrain relating to processed ‘Teff-grain’ (Eragrostis grain) lack inventive step and are thus not infringed by Bakels. A message sent to potential Teff growers (the ‘Teff-document’) before the application date of the patents […]

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NL – Nikon v. ASML / Case No. 4

Posted: August 23rd, 2018

Nikon Corporation v. ASML Holding N.V., ASML Netherlands B.V. and ASML Systems B.V., District Court of The Hague, 22 August 2018, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2018:10046 This is case no. 4 of 11 patent cases between Nikon and ASML. Nikon holds EP 2 765 595 for an ‘Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing a device’. […]

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ES – SCA vs. ICT

Posted: July 11th, 2018

Barcelona Commercial Court No. 1, SCA TISSUE FRANCE SAS vs. INDUSTRIE CARTARIE TRONCHETTI IBÉRICA S.L., 26 March 2018, Docket No. 84/2018 On 26 March 2016, Barcelona Commercial Court No. 1 issued a first-instance decision declaring that the offering and manufacturing by ICT of several models of toilet paper products infringed SCA’s patent rights. The Court […]

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NL – High Point v. KPN

Posted: June 20th, 2018

High Point SARL v. KPN B.V., Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 5 June 2018, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2018:1271 High Point is the owner of EP 0 522 772 which relates to a ‘Wireless access telephone-to-telephone network interface architecture’. It has sued KPN for infringement. KPN, in turn, has claimed the invalidation of EP 772. […]

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NL – Nikon v. ASML – Case no. 2

Posted: June 8th, 2018

Nikon Corporation v. ASML Holding N.V., ASML Netherlands B.V. and ASML Systems B.V., District Court of The Hague, 6 June 2018, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2018:6542 This is case no. 2 of 11 patent cases between Nikon and ASML. The Court rules that ASML does not infringe the Dutch part of Nikon’s EP 2 157 480 relating […]

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NL – SCA Tissue v. Vailli

Posted: January 3rd, 2018

SCA Tissue France SAS v. Vailli, District Court The Hague, 27 December 2017, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2017:15395 SCA holds EP 1 799 083 B1 related to a “Toilet paper dispenser housing a roll, toilet paper roll and dispenser’. SCA states that the Vailli K5 dispensers filled with paper that SCA employees discovered at a fair directly […]

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DK – ELI LILLY V. FRESENIUS KABI (PEMETREXED)

Posted: December 22nd, 2017

Eli Lilly and Company and Eli Lilly Danmark A/S (“Lilly”) v. Fresenius Kabi AB v/Fresenius Kabi and Fresenius Kabi Oncology Plc. (“Fresenius Kabi”), the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court, Case number A-19-17, 8 December 2017 The case concerns the infringement of Lilly’s patent DK/EP 1 313 508 (“DK/EP ‘508”) which relates to the use […]

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NO – Orifarm v. Mundipharma

Posted: November 24th, 2017

Orifarm Generics AS et al. v. Mundipharma AS, Oslo District Court, Norway, Joint cases 16-135025TVI-OTIR/01 and 16-141308TVI-OTIR/01, 8. September 2017 On 8 September 2017, Oslo District Court rendered its decision in a case uniting two separate cases between Orifarm and Mundipharma (patentee) regarding claims of infringement and invalidity of Mundipharma’s patents NO 334290, 332248 and […]

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NL – Sandoz v. Astrazeneca / Appeal

Posted: November 2nd, 2017

Sandoz B.V. v. Astrazeneca AB, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 31 October 2017, Case No. 200.200.332/01, with thanks to Willem Hoyng and Theo Blomme, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER, for submitting the case including an English and German translation thereof Astrazeneca markets FASLODEX which is used for the treatment of oestrogen hormone dependent breast cancers. […]

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