Cases Archives

Akebia defends anaemia drug patents at EPO amid huge Fibrogen battle

Akebia Therapeutics has successfully defended two patents integral to a drug used to treat anaemia resulting from chronic kidney disease. The result i ...

1 March 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

CJEU judgment

CJEU confirms EUIPO practice on priority in design applications

In today's judgment, the CJEU surprisingly upheld the EUIPO's handling of priority in design applications. The ruling did not follow the Advocate Gene ...

27 February 2024 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Medical devices

French court rules that clinical trials can constitute patent infringement

Insulet has once again been successful against Medtrum at the Judicial Court of Paris, which found an Insulet patent for an insulin delivery system fo ...

27 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Unified Patent Court

Court of Appeal judges pave way back to European market for NanoString

The Court of Appeal today overturned the Munich local division's preliminary injunction against NanoString in Europe, allowing the company to return t ...

26 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

European Patent Office

EPO new battleground in Nevro and Boston Scientific medical device dispute

The EPO Boards of Appeal have revoked several patents belonging to Nevro, following oppositions from competitors Boston Scientific and Medtronic. Whil ...

23 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Supplementary protection certificates

Court of Appeal upholds UKIPO rejection of SPC for Parkinson's treatment

The UK Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by Newron Pharmaceuticals regarding the meaning of 'product' in pharmaceutical marketing author ...

22 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Damages

Mundipharma and Allen & Overy prevail after Glenmark damages claim

In a dispute over high-selling painkiller Targin, the Düsseldorf Regional Court has rejected Glenmark's claim for damages against Mundipharma. It deci ...

20 February 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Automotive technology

Kiekert accelerates proceedings against Brose after Düsseldorf defeat

Kiekert and Brose are locked in a dispute over BMW car-lock patents. Brose celebrated a late success at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, which ov ...

16 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Standard essential patents

Lenovo accelerates Ericsson dispute with unusual UPC and UK claims

Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola have taken the global dispute with Ericsson over 5G patents to the Unified Patent Court. In doing so, the Chinese m ...

15 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Biotechnology

EPO revokes two more DNA-sequencing patents despite Illumina appeal

The EPO Boards of Appeal have confirmed the revocation of two more Illumina patents concerning DNA-sequencing technology. The same boards also issued ...

13 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Trade fair injunction

Peterreins Schley and WobbleWorks serve PI at world's biggest toy trade fair

A court in Nuremberg has handed down a preliminary injunction against myFirst Tech Asia, after WobbleWorks accused its competitor of infringing a pate ...

12 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

SPC regulation

MSD vs. Viatris sees Paris Court of Appeal depart from previous SPC case law

It is rare for the Paris Court of Appeal to confirm a preliminary injunction in a patent dispute. But now, in doing so in an SPC dispute between MSD a ...

9 February 2024 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Intel, R2 Semiconductor, voltage regulator, chip

Chip sets

Düsseldorf court hands Intel a sales ban in R2 Semiconductor chip dispute

The Düsseldorf Regional Court has upheld claims made by R2 Semiconductor in proceedings against US technology company, Intel. The court found that cer ...

8 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Ireland

Teva win in Ireland evens playing field with Bristol-Myers Squibb

Following a weeks-long trial in Dublin, the Irish High Court has found a patent owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb invalid in a case brought by Teva over a ...

8 February 2024 by Amy Sandys

Cases

technical judges, Nanostring, 10x Genomics, UPC, bankruptcy

Unified Patent Court

NanoString files for bankruptcy as first UPC Court of Appeal ruling looms

NanoString has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US to restructure its business. This will halt all global patent litigation. In Europe, the judg ...

7 February 2024 by Mathieu Klos

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