Posted: July 26th, 2021
Fiberweb v. Geofabrics, Court of Appeal, 11 June 2021, Case no. [2021] EWCA Civ 854 Background The UK Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Fiberweb against a finding of Mr David Stone (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) that Geofabric’s patent relating to trackbed liners for railways was valid and infringed. The patent […]
READ MOREPosted: March 18th, 2021
Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Incorporated v. Koninklijke KPN N.V., KPN B.V., Telfort Zakelijk B.V., XS4ALL Internet B.V. and Nokia Solutions and Networks Nederland B.V., 16 March 2021, Case No. 200.272.142/01 On 16 March 2021 the Dutch Court of Appeal of The Hague rendered an early decision in the appeal proceedings between ASSIA, KPN (and […]
READ MOREPosted: February 2nd, 2021
Fisher & Paykel v Flexicare The Patents Court has handed down judgment upholding Fisher & Paykel (“F&P”)’s patent EP (UK) No. 2 025 359 entitled “Components for breathing circuits” (the “Patent”) as valid and infringed. The judgment also provides useful guidance on the stepwise approach to instructing experts in patent actions. Background The Patent covers […]
READ MOREPosted: January 25th, 2021
Coloplast A/S v Salts Healthcare Limited [2021] EWHC 3 (Pat) (18 January 2021) In this judgment Nicholas Caddick QC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, found Coloplast’s patent for a “comfort layer” for an ostomy bag invalid for obviousness over the common general knowledge and also over five separate prior art citations. The lengthy […]
READ MOREPosted: May 20th, 2020
Geofabrics Limited v Fiberweb Geosynthetics Limited [2020] EWHC 444 (Par) (5 March 2020) In this judgment Mr. David Stone (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) held that Geofabrics Limited’s patent entitled “trackbed liner and related methods” is valid and infringed by Fiberweb Geosynthetics Limited’s product, Hydrotex 2.0. Background Geofabrics Limited (“Geofabrics”) is the proprietor […]
READ MOREPosted: January 10th, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Asustek Computer Inc. Asus Europe B.V. and Asus Holland B.V. , Court of Appeal The Hague, The Netherlands, 24 December 2019, Case no. ECLI:NL:GHDHA:2019:3427 Philips holds various patents in the field of UMTS technology, amongst which EP 659. In first instance, Philips tried to obtain an injunction against Asus, but the […]
READ MOREPosted: November 4th, 2019
In October 15, 2019, the Swiss Federal Patent Court held in Eli Lilly vs. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals that the Swiss part of Eli Lilly’s patent EP 1 313 508 B1 regarding the use of the anti-cancer drug pemetrexed in combination with a vitamin B12 is valid – almost to the day two years after the Swiss […]
READ MOREPosted: October 14th, 2019
Mermet v. Chavanoz Industrie, cour d’appel de Lyon, 12 September 2019, Docket № 16/06896 By Pierre Véron, Honorary President, EPLAW On 12 September 2019, the cour d’appel de Lyon (court of appeal) overturned a judgment handed down on 8 September 2016 by the tribunal de grande instance de Lyon (court of first instance) which found […]
READ MOREPosted: September 27th, 2019
Biogen v. Swiss Pharma, Court of Appeal of The Hague 10 September 2019 Biogen MA Inc (“Biogen”) is a pharmaceutical company marketing numerous medicinal products including Tysabri (or Antegren). The active pharmaceutical ingredient of Tysabri is natalizumab, which in turn is a humanized monoclonal antibody against the cell adhesion molecule α4-integrin. Swiss Pharma International AG […]
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