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Extension of time period for filing defence in view of parallel EPO appeal proceedings
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Dainese S.p.A. v. Alpinestars S.p.A., Alpinestars Research S.p.A., Omnia Retail S.r.l., Horizon Moto 95 – Maxxess Cergy, Zund.Stoff Augsburg/Ulrich Herpich E.K., Motocard Bike S.I. (UPC_CFI_472/2024[1]) Decision of 15/01/2025 (ORD_1495/2025) Background The claimant lodged an...
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UPC Court of Appeal rules that UPC can determine damages following a national infringement decision
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Fives ECL, SAS v. REEL GmbH UPC_CoA_30/2024 Order of 16 January 2025[1] (APL_4000/2024) Fives applied to the UPC Local Division in Hamburg for a determination of damages following a prior adjudication of infringement from the Düsseldorf Regional Court. The Hamburg Local Division ruled...
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UPC sets aside provisional injunction on hand-held vacuum cleaners
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SharkNinja Germany GmbH, SharkNinja Europe Limited v. Dyson Technology Limited (UPC_CFI_443/2023 and UPC_CoA_297/2024) Decisions of 5 May 2024 (Order no. ORD_598328/2023) and 3 December 2024 (Order no. ORD_62483/2024). Introduction On 21 May 2024 in the initial proceedings of this case,...
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Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril Gmbh & Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
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(Infringement action UPC_CFI_15/2023) Decision of 15 November 2024 (ORD_598479/2023[1]) The Munich Local Division (MLD) decided in favour of patentee Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (Edwards) with regard to the infringement action in respect of EP 3 646 825 (EP’825) and ordered the...
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Paris Local Division Revokes another DexCom Patent
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DexCom, Inc. v Abbott Laboratories and 13 other Abbott entities UPC_CFI_395/2023 Decision of 11 December (ORD_63909/2024[1]) The second decision on the merits from the UPC came from the Paris Local Division and revoked DexCom’s patent EP3435866 asserted against Abbott.[2] This decision...
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Breach of a standstill agreement does not affect jurisdiction or admissibility
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Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., Tandem Diabetes Care Europe B.V. v Roche Diabetes Care GmbH UPC_CFI_454/2023 Decision of 18 December 2024 (ORD_598508/2023[1]) The claimants sought revocation of EP 2196231, belonging to the defendant, before the UPC Central Division in Paris. The patentee...
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Infringement action following provisional injunction
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Syngenta Limited v Sumi Agro Limited and Sumi Agro Europe Limited (UPC_CFI_201/2024) Order of 12 December 2024 (ORD_65555/2024[1]) As we reported,[2] Syngenta obtained a provisional injunction against Sumi Agro from the UPC local division in Munich. A requirement of such an injunction...
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UPC grants two orders to seize suspected infringing motorcycle tyres
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Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. v Tianjin Kingtyre Group Co., Ltd. and Kingtyre Deutschland Gmbh. (UPC_CFI _650/2024 relating to EP2519412B1) Pirelli Tyre S.P.A. v Sichuan Yuanxing Rubber Co., Ltd. and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Sub Council (UPC_CFI _649/2024...
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UPC denies provisional injunction on insulin pump
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Insulet Corporation v. EOFLOW Co., Ltd. (UPC_CFI_380/2024 relating to EP4201327) Order of 22 November 2024 (ORD_56716/2024 [1]) This Decision from the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Central Division in Milan relates to EP4201327, which is registered as a Unitary Patent....
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UPC Finds Patent Infringed by Equivalence
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Plant-e v Arkyne UPC_CFI_239/2023 Decision of 22 November 2024 (ORD_598516/2023 [infringement] ORD_598513/2023 [counterclaim for revocation]) The first claimant Plant-e Knowledge B.V. is proprietor of EP2137782, and the second claimant Plant-e B.V. is its licensee. The patent relates to a...
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UPC denies provisional injunction on tool for adjusting the height of cabinet legs
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Häfele SE & Co KG v Kunststoff KG Nehl & Co (UPC_CFI_443/2024 relating to EP3767151) Order of 25 November 2024 (ORD_62433/2024 [1]) This Decision from the Court of First Instance of the Unified Patent Court Local Chamber in Munich relates to EP3767151, which is registered as a...
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Security not released after revocation at first instance
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NanoString Technologies Europe Limited v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (UPC_CFI_252/2023) Decision of 17 December 2024 (Order no. ORD_56957/2024 relating to EP 2 794 928 B1) Introduction The Central Division (Munich Section) has rejected the request of NanoString Technologies...
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UPC Court of Appeal Overturns Helsinki on Opt Out Withdrawal
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AIM Sport v Supponor UPC_CoA_489/2023 and UPC_CoA_500/2023 Decision of 12 November 2024 (ORD_598488/2023 & ORD_598489/2023) AIM Sport had brought both provisional injunction and infringement proceedings against Supponor in the UPC local division in Helsinki. As we reported, both these...
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UPC grants provisional injunction ex parte on motorbike helmet intercoms system
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Cardo Systems, Ltd. v Shenzhen Asmax Infinite Technology Co., Ltd. and Hong Kong Yiheng International Technology Co. Limited (UPC_CFI_643/2024 relating to EP4240194) Order of 5 November 2024 (ORD_59913/2024 [1]) This Decision from the Local Division of the Unified Patent Court in Milan...
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Provisional Injunction on Lice Treatment
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G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C. KG v pharma-aktiva GmbH and others UPC_CFI_541/2024 Order of 20 December 2024 (ORD_67522/2024) The claimant G. Pohl-Boskamp GmbH & C. KG is proprietor of EP 1993363, which claims a composition for combating ectoparasites and their eggs. The first defendant...
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UPC grants penalty payment for non-compliance with production order
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Koninklijke Philips N.V. (“Philips”) v Belkin International, Inc., Belkin GMBH and Belkin Limited (collectively “Belkin”) - UPC_CFI_390/2023 relating to EP 2867997 B1 Order of 18 December 2024 - ORD_60616/2024 Philips sought a penalty payment to be imposed on Belkin...
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Successful appeal deprives penalty payment of basis
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Nanostring v 10x Genomics UPC_CoA_470/2023 Order of 10 December 2024 (ORD_598533/2023) As we previously reported, the Munich Local Division of the UPC imposed a penalty payment against Nanostring for non-compliance with the provisional injunction it had granted. As well as successfully...
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A recent decision from a Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office provides clarity as to how “intermediate generalisations” are assessed for added matter. This decision states that certain features can be omitted from a claim if they are not necessary for achieving the...
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EPO Board of Appeal applies the G2/21 test for post-published evidence
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The EPO Board of Appeal decision on T 0852/20 has recently been published. It is another decision using the new test under G 2/21, which set out when post-published evidence can be relied upon for inventive step, reframing the older case law, some of which imported a test for plausibility. The...
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European Patent Office liberalises rules on priority
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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has issued its decision in the combined cases G1/22 and G2/22. With this decision, the likelihood that a priority claim is valid even where there is a different applicant for the EPO application and the priority application is...
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From 1 November 2023, time limits that run from the notification of a communication by the EPO no longer will run from the date of the communication plus 10 days, but from the date that the communication bears. Such time limits for response are indicated by the communication itself, and are...
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