EPLAW PATENT BLOG

NL – Koninklijke Douwe Egberts v. Belmoca / Appeal

Posted: 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 […]

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NL – Edwards Lifesciences v. Angiocare and Meril

Posted: 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 […]

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NL – Sunconfex v. HSD Ecoscreen

Posted: February 14th, 2023

Sunconfex B.V. v. HSD Ecoscreen B.V., District Court The Hague, The Netherlands, 8 February 2023, Case No. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2023:1334 Sunconfex holds EP 2 426 287 entitled: ‘Fabric holder for roller blinds’. HSD developed and markets a mounting system for roller blinds and is accused of infringing EP ‘287. The Court finds no infringement: “The legs [of […]

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UK – AIM Sport Vision v. Supponor

Posted: February 9th, 2023

AIM Sport Vision AG v Supponor Limited and Supponor Oy [2023] EWHC 164 (Pat) The English High Court has held that AIM’s patent concerning virtual advertising billboards (EP (UK) 3 295 663 B1 (“the Patent”)) is both valid and infringed by Supponor’s competing technology. These advertising billboards are used in sports stadiums and relate to […]

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NL – Pharmathen v. Novartis / Appeal

Posted: November 25th, 2022

Pharmathen Global B.V. v. Novartis A.G., Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 15 November 2022, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2022:2327 Novartis is the holder of – inter alia – European patent EP 2 377 519 B1  entitled ‘Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Octreotide Microparticles’ Novartis markets an injectable Long Acting Release (hereinafter also: ‘LAR’) product containing octreotide under […]

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ES – LÉKUÉ, v. PENINSULA 2000

Posted: November 8th, 2022

LÉKUÉ, S.L. v. PENINSULA 2000, S.A., Barcelona Court of Appeals, Section 15, 30 March 2022 The Barcelona Court of Appeals, by reversing a first-instance Judgment, found that LÉKUÉ’s patent protecting a food container for use in microwave cooking was being infringed by the defendant, PENINSULA 2000. The Court of Appeals criticized the first-instance Court for […]

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NL – Tinnus Enterprises v. [x] International / appeal

Posted: October 11th, 2022

Tinnus Enterprises LLC and Zuru Inc. v. [x] International, Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 20 September 2022, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2022:1802 Tinnus holds EP 3 005 948 B1 (hereinafter: EP 948 or the patent). EP 948, entitled ‘Apparatus, system and method for filling containers with fluids’ is licensed to Zuru which markets a toy […]

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ES – Brudy Technology v. LABORATORIOS THÈA & STEVE PHARMACEUTICALS

Posted: October 3rd, 2022

BRUDY TECHNOLOGY, S.L. v. LABORATORIOS THÈA, S.A. & ESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS, S.A., Commercial Court no. 4 of Barcelona, 7 March 2022 This first-instance decision issued by Barcelona Commercial Court no. 4 deals with a case of direct infringement of second medical use “Swiss-type” claims. Furthermore, it addresses the applicability of Prosecution History Estoppel in determining the […]

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NL – Floration v. Royal FloraHolland (RFH)

Posted: August 16th, 2022

Floration Europe B.V. v. Coöperatie Royal Floraholland U.A., District Court The Hague, 10 August 2022, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2022:8015 Floration holds EP 036, relating to a “Method for long-term storage or transport of roses or chrysanthemums, packaging assembly, container comprising packaging assemblies, and use of packaging assembly”. RFH has started experimenting with the transport of roses […]

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