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EPO Boards of Appeal clarifies priority rules in CRISPR case

A Technical Board of Appeal at the EPO has published a decision concerning the revocation of a CRISPR/Cas patent held by the Broad Institute. The pate ...

10 November 2020 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

EPO decision clears way for Sanofi blockbuster drug Praluent

The Higher Regional Court Düsseldorf is allowing Sanofi to sell its competing cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent in Germany again, following yesterday ...

6 November 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Pemetrexed

Hogan Lovells prevails for Eli Lilly before Dutch Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal of The Hague has overturned a decision in the pan-European pemetrexed patent case between Fresenius and Eli Lilly. Previously, the ...

4 November 2020 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Heart valve technology

Powell Gilbert and Kirkland battle over five heart valve patents

The UK High Court has delivered its first judgment in a pan-European dispute regarding technology for heart valve patents. The judgment, part of the o ...

6 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Entitlement action

Werner & Mertz and Good Soaps battle over sustainable detergent patent

Who invented it? This is the question currently occupying the Swiss Federal Patent Court in the battle between Good Soaps and Werner & Mertz. The ...

1 October 2020 by Konstanze Richter

People & Business

Germany

Dehmel & Bettenhausen bolsters patent attorney team in Munich

Dehmel & Bettenhausen has strengthened its team with an additional patent attorney, Hajo Peters, who joins as a partner from IP firm Zacco. Among ...

29 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Supplementary protection certificates

Federal Court of Justice destroys SPC for Gilead blockbuster drug Truvada

Gilead has now also failed to protect its HIV blockbuster drug Truvada in Germany, in the Europe-wide dispute over its property rights. The German Fed ...

23 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

EPO destroys Teva copaxone patent after appeal

The European Patent Office has destroyed a patent owned by Teva for copaxone, which treats certain indications of multiple sclerosis. The patent was o ...

21 September 2020 by Amy Sandys

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly's pemetrexed patent wins again in France

A French court has banned Fresenius from selling a competing pemetrexed product in France, in the pan-European dispute over Eli Lilly’s cancer drug. T ...

15 September 2020 by Christina Schulze

Cases

3D scanning technology

Medit and Hogan Lovells even the score with 3Shape over 3D scanning for dental implants

Düsseldorf Regional Court finds that South Korean company Medit has not infringed a patent for 3D scanning for the design of dental posts. In the exte ...

28 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Respiratory equipment

Despite COVID-19 no exemption for Flexicare against Fisher & Paykel

UK-based medical device company Flexicare may no longer sell certain products for ventilators in Germany. Düsseldorf Regional Court finds German distr ...

27 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Medical devices

Bird & Bird client Visibly wins against Dutch competitor over online eye test

Can the proprietor of a process patent in Germany claim infringement even if the competitor carries out the final step of the procedure abroad? Düssel ...

4 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly wins against generics in Germany in pemetrexed dispute

Eli Lilly has achieved a ban on the sale of imitation pemetrexed products in Germany, in the ongoing dispute over its cancer drug Alimta. Following th ...

28 July 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Major win for Eli Lilly pemetrexed patent in Germany

In the multi-jurisdictional dispute over Eli Lilly's drug pemetrexed, the German Federal Court of Justice has upheld the patent in full. The drug is a ...

8 July 2020 by Christina Schulze

Cases

UK Court of Appeal

Court refuses injunction in Neurim and Mylan insomnia drug dispute

The Court of Appeal in London has released its expedited appeal judgment in the case between pharmaceutical companies Neurim and Mylan. In the judgmen ...

30 June 2020 by Amy Sandys

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