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Meril successful at EPO against Edwards Lifesciences in heart-valve battle

In a victory for Meril Life Sciences in the long-running dispute over heart valves, the Boards of Appeal have revoked one of several patents-in-suit b ...

16 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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Cancer drug

Novartis fights Accord's UPC lawsuit with Bristows

Accord has filed a declaration of non-infringement against Novartis at the UPC central division Milan. The case concerns the active ingredient nilotin ...

3 January 2025 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
France

Aramis IP team moves to Jeantet

At the turn of the year, the IP team split off from Aramis and joined the law firm Jeantet. The Paris-based full-service law firm is thus supplementin ...

2 January 2025 by Konstanze Richter
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Combination drug SPCs

CJEU follows Advocate General in question over SPCs for combination drugs

Yesterday, the CJEU published its long-awaited decision regarding the granting of SPCs in relation to combination products. With its ruling on the int ...

20 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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Blockbuster drug

Bayer's defeat in dispute with IFA over Xarelto listing in Munich

Bayer is fighting tooth and nail for its blockbuster Xarelto. However, the pharmaceutical manufacturer has now failed in its attempt to hold the infor ...

10 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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Entitlement action

Silimed sucessfully claims invention for breast implant technology

In an entitlement action concerning a patent belonging to the German breast implant manufacturer Polytech, competitor Silimed has now been successful. ...

3 December 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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CRISPR/Cas

Swerving the matter of granting genetic scissor patents at the EPO

This autumn, the EPO Boards of Appeal were supposed to issue landmark decisions in the battle for the basic patents on CRISPR/Cas9 technology. But the ...

28 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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Medical devices

UPC Milan divisions reject Insulet's PI applications

Both the local and central divisions in Milan have rejected Insulet's PI applications due to doubts about the validity of the patent-in-suit. This is ...

26 November 2024 by Christina Schulze
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Munich local division

Edwards deals a severe blow to Meril with regular advisors

Meril Life Science is no longer allowed to sell its current heart valves in UPC territory as of Friday. This was decided by the UPC local division Mun ...

18 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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Gene therapy

uniQure successfully defends haemophilia gene therapy patent against Pfizer

Pfizer may not launch its haemophilia gene therapy drug on the UK market. The UK High Court recently rejected a revocation claim by Pfizer against a p ...

12 November 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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The Netherlands

BMS scores another win against Sandoz and Teva over apixaban in Den Haag

Sandoz and Teva continue to be banned from selling their generic versions of the blood-clot drug apixaban in the Netherlands. After securing a PI, Bri ...

6 November 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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30 October 2024 by DERIS
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Medical devices

NanoString and Bird & Bird triumph against 10x Genomics at central division

NanoString has achieved a win in its dispute with 10x Genomics over diagnostic devices at the UPC. The central division Munich has now revoked one of ...

18 October 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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RSV vaccine

Success for Pfizer and Marks & Clerk as UK High Court revokes GSK patents

Pfizer can continue to market its RSV vaccine product in the UK. The pharmaceutical company's nullity suit against GlaxoSmithKline at the UK High Cour ...

17 October 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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Predominantly German teams in Insulet hearings at Milan UPC divisions

Today and tomorrow the local and central UPC divisions in Milan are hearing the cases in Insulet vs Menarini and Insulet vs Eoflow. Only one of the th ...

15 October 2024 by Christina Schulze
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