Cases Archives

Sketchers, Kizik, Fast IP, hands-free slip-on shoes, slip-ins

Skechers sued at UPC and in US over hands-free slip-on shoes

Slip-on trainers are known in Europe primarily through Nike, which licenses the technology from patent holder Kizik. Now global footwear brand Skecher ...

22 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Washtower, Bega, washing machine cabinets, PI

Preliminary injunction

UPC grants PI against Bega in fight with Washtower over washing machine cabinets

The UPC's local division The Hague has issued Washtower with a preliminary injunction against certain models of washing machine cabinets from competit ...

18 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Second medical use

Epic battle over Stelara continues with win for Janssen against Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Bioepis has failed to invalidate a second medical use patent for Janssen's blockbuster Stelara in the Netherlands. The District Court The Hagu ...

17 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Oppo, KPN, Klaka, Gulde & Partner, Krieger Mes

Mobile communications

Klaka and Gulde defend Oppo against KPN in Düsseldorf

Oppo may continue selling its mobile devices with 5G functionality in Germany after the Düsseldorf Regional Court dismissed the first of two lawsuits ...

16 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Settlement

Microsoft and Eyesmatch agree on licence for gaze correction patents

Microsoft has become the latest licensee of Eyesmatch's patents for gaze correction technology. The companies have settled their dispute at the UPC.

15 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

CRISPR/Cas

ToolGen and BarentsKrans step up CRISPR battle against Vertex

ToolGen has launched an attack on the production of Vertex's gene-editing therapy Casgevy in the Netherlands. The Korean biotech company filed an infr ...

12 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Blockbuster drug

Sandoz challenges Bayer's Xarelto strategy in damages claim

The UK High Court does not follow Sandoz's argument that the usual calculation of lost income is insufficient for earnings lost during the ongoing PIs ...

11 September 2025 by Christina Schulze

Cases

BioNTech and Pfizer, GSK, Comirnaty, COVID-19, UK High Court

mRNA technology

BioNTech and Pfizer strike back against GSK in London

The backlash from BioNTech and Pfizer was not long coming. After GSK sued the two manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty at the UPC and in Ir ...

10 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Abbott, Sinocar, Dexcom, SiBio, glucose-monitoring

Case preview

Abbott vs Sinocare: UPC hears PI cases over glucose-monitoring devices

Today, the UPC local division The Hague is hearing two PI claims by Abbott concerning a glucose-monitoring device from Sinocare and Menarini. Taylor W ...

3 September 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Moderna, BioNTech, Pfizer, UK Court of Appeal, Spikevax, Comirnaty

mRNA technology

Moderna and Freshfields win against BioNTech and Pfizer at UK Court of Appeal

Moderna has maintained the upper hand in the dispute with BioNTech and Pfizer over mRNA patents. The UK Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal b ...

29 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Cochlear implants

No automatic service via lawyers to Chinese defendant in MED-EL case

Nurotron's counsel Clifford Chance does not have to accept a main action brought by MED-EL in the dispute over cochlear implants, even if it is alread ...

25 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Expert klein, Expert e-Commerce, Seoul Viosys, Seoul Semiconductors, CJEU

LED technology

No referral to CJEU in cost dispute between Expert klein and Seoul Viosys

Expert klein has failed in its appeal to the UPC Court of Appeal to overturn a court costs decision from the first instance. The Court of Appeal also ...

22 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Hair stylers

Dyson and DLA land PI over Dreame hair stylers in UPC territory and Spain

Dreame may no longer sell older versions of its hair stylers in UPC countries. The local division Hamburg handed down the ruling in a preliminary inju ...

21 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

EBA, EPO Enalrged Board of Appeal, Knauf, Rockwool, hydroponics, patent claims, descriptions

EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal

G1/25: EBA to decide on hydroponic case between Knauf and Rockwool

The Enlarged Board of Appeal faces its first referral of 2025. The EPO's highest instance must now decide on the office's current legal practice regar ...

20 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Gilead, remdesivir, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Chinese research institute, Hoyng ROKH Monegier

Pharmaceuticals

Gilead attacks remdesivir patent of Chinese research institute at UPC

US biotech company Gilead has filed a new revocation action with the UPC targeting a patent owned by the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences. ...

19 August 2025 by Mathieu Klos

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