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Align, Angelalign, aligners, dental
Dental technology

Align and Carpmaels & Ransford defend PI in dental aligner technology

In the dispute over technology for dental aligners Align Technology has now had a ruling in its favour. The UPC Court of Appeal dismissed Angelalign's ...

9 July 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Promosome, BioNTech, Pfizer, Comirnaty
mRNA technology

BioNTech and Pfizer score win in UPC dispute over COVID-19 vaccines against Promosome

In the battle over mRNA technology, BioNTech and Pfizer have now secured a victory at the UPC. A panel of the Munich division dismissed Promosome's in ...

8 July 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Siemens Healthineers, Hologic, Vossius, Brinkhof, Bird & Bird, mammography
Medical technology

Hologic and Vossius take action against Siemens Healthineers over mammography system

Siemens Healthineers is prohibited from selling its MAMMOMAT B.brilliant mammography system in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. This was a recent ...

6 July 2026 by Mathieu Klos
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iCat, Dentsply Sirona, BluePort Legal, Venner Shipley, dental technology
Dental technology

iCAT and BluePort Legal launch UPC battle against dental tech giant Dentsply

With ageing populations in Europe and Asia, the dental industry is expecting billions in turnover. Lawsuits relating to dental technology have recentl ...

29 June 2026 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
Finnegan, Jin Ooi, Kirkland & Eillis, London
UK

Finnegan hires Kirkland & Ellis litigator for London office

US IP firm Finnegan continues to expand its London team with the addition of Jin Ooi as partner. Life sciences litigator Ooi joins from Kirkland & ...

8 June 2026 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
UK

Dehns expands patent litigation practice with former Marks & Clerk partner

Dehns has a new Head of Litigation. For many years a partner at Marks & Clerk, Graham Burnett Hall, brings more than 25 year's eyperience in intel ...

5 June 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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CRISPR, Toolgen, Vertex
CRISPR/Cas

While losing at the EPO, ToolGen escalates battle against Vertex in Europe

ToolGen's CRISPR battle against Vertex and Lonza over the genome-editing therapy Casgevy is gathering pace. ToolGen has filed further lawsuits against ...

3 June 2026 by Mathieu Klos
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Polytech, Silimed, entitlement action, breast implants
Breast implants

Munich Court orders arrest for Polytech general manager

Even experienced market observers have never seen a decision like this. In the dispute between Silimed and Polytech a managing director is facing pote ...

2 June 2026 by Konstanze Richter
People & Business
United Kingdom

Three New Square barrister joins Kirkland & Ellis as partner

Tim Austen is joining the London IP team at Kirkland & Ellis. He currently works as a barrister at the renowned London set Three New Square. With ...

1 June 2026 by Mathieu Klos
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Silimed, Polytech, breast implants, preliminary injunction, ownership
Breast implants

Munich confirms PI in Silimed vs Polytech breast implant dispute

The long-running dispute between Silimed and Polytech over breast implants has taken a new turn. After the UPC recently dismissed jurisdiction for the ...

22 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Align, Angelalign, dental
Dental technology

Setback for Align and Carpmaels & Ransford in orthodontic aligners dispute

Angelalign may continue to market its orthodontic aligners. Align Technology suffered a setback as the Düsseldorf local division dismissed an applicat ...

18 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter
People & Business
Fuchs Patentanwälte, Tobias Fischer, Heidelberg Pharma
Germany

Head of IP at Heidelberg Pharma joins Fuchs Patentanwälte

Frankfurt-based patent attorney firm Fuchs is expanding its life sciences practice with a senior in-house hire. Tobias Fischer, currently vice preside ...

15 May 2026 by Mathieu Klos
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Millenium Pharma, Cilag, Velcade, Paris
Cancer drug

Partial success for Millenium Pharma in battle over Velcade in Paris

In the cross-border dispute over anti-cancer drug Velcade, Millenium, Jansen and Cilag have seen a partial success in France. In a ruling handed down ...

7 May 2026 by Konstanze Richter
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Gilead, AMMS, Veklury, remdesivir
COVID-19 drug

UPC revokes Chinese military medical research institute's remdesivir patent

Gilead has successfully contested a patent that jeopardised its business with the COVID-19 drug Veklury based on remdesivir. The Milan central divisio ...

6 May 2026 by Christina Schulze
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Medical devices

German manufacturer free to supply wound care products to German Armed Forces

The German Armed Forces are tendering for medical devices to treat heavily bleeding wounds. The top dog in this market is US company Teleflex Life Sci ...

30 April 2026 by Christina Schulze
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