Cases Archives

Victrix and Télé-Secours repel patent infringement accusation with competition defence

A Belgian court has ordered telehealth company Tunstall to grant a licence to Victrix and Télé-Secours, after the defendants successfully invoked a co ...

26 August 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

The Netherlands

Dutch court halts sale of Pharmathen cancer drug Okrodin in Europe

The District Court of The Hague has issued a cross-border preliminary injunction, in a dispute over a cancer drug between Novartis and pharmaceutical ...

23 August 2022 by Joshua Silverwood

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Germany

Hamburg court challenges billing practices of mixed firms

In a trademark dispute with Adidas, the Higher Regional Court Hamburg has ruled that Puma must only pay the costs of the opposing lawyers once. The ru ...

19 August 2022 by Mathieu Klos

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Steel-coating technology

ArcelorMittal patent maintained in appeal after Tata Steel opposition

ArcelorMittal has successfully defended a patent for the production of coated steel strips at the EPO Boards of Appeal. A total of five competitors ha ...

16 August 2022 by Konstanze Richter

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Second medical use

Novartis faces new setback in French dispute over fingolimod

Novartis is currently fighting with various generic drug companies throughout Europe over a second medical use patent for fingolimod, so far with limi ...

15 August 2022 by Konstanze Richter

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France

Paris court rejects Novartis preliminary injunction request against Zentiva

Novartis has suffered a defeat in France in the pan-European dispute over its second medical use patent for fingolimod. The Paris Judicial Court rejec ...

10 August 2022 by Konstanze Richter

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Sales ban

Oppo stops sales in Germany after Nokia's success in Munich

Oppo and its subsidiary OnePlus have stopped selling smartphones and smartwatches through their German online stores. The product withdrawal follows d ...

8 August 2022 by Mathieu Klos

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Medical devices

Nevro and Boston Scientific call truce in spinal-stimulation technology dispute

US medical device manufacturers Nevro and Boston Scientific have ended their long-running patent dispute in the US and Germany. The parties agreed on ...

5 August 2022 by Mathieu Klos

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3D media

RealD secures product recalls at Düsseldorf Regional Court

A battle between 3D media developers and distributors has seen the California-based company, RealD, securing judgments against multiple companies at t ...

3 August 2022 by Konstanze Richter

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Video streaming technology

Higher Regional Court allows DivX to enforce German injunction against Netflix

DivX can still enforce two injunctions from the Regional Court Mannheim against the streaming service Netflix. The Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe has ...

22 July 2022 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Düsseldorf court rejects Gilead proportionality defence against NuCana

The Regional Court Düsseldorf has ruled that biopharmaceutical company Gilead infringes a NuCana patent through the marketing of its medications for t ...

21 July 2022 by Amy Sandys

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Packaging machines

Sprick invalidates Ranpak patent with Taylor Wessing and Boehmert

Sprick has succeeded in invalidating a patent owned by rival Ranpak at the Federal Court of Justice. This is the second dispute between the two paper ...

18 July 2022 by Amy Sandys

Cases

The Netherlands

Apple and Hoyng repel Ericsson infringement claim in The Hague

The District Court of The Hague has dismissed a preliminary injunction request filed by Ericsson on the basis of alleged infringement by Apple. But th ...

14 July 2022 by Amy Sandys

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Financial software

Enyx and Aramis prevail against Novasparks over software ownership

Enyx can continue to sell its software solutions for processing financial market data after the Judicial Court in Paris dismissed an entitlement actio ...

13 July 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Construction machinery

Manitou and Marks & Clerk invalidate three JCB telehandler patents

In the UK arm of a cross-border dispute between French company Manitou and J. C. Bamford Excavators, the High Court has invalidated three patents whil ...

11 July 2022 by Amy Sandys

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