Opposition Case - JUVE Patent

AMO finds EPO success in eye surgery technology battle with Alcon

In a dispute over eye surgery laser technology, AMO and Alcon have both obtained a mutual sales ban for their devices in Germany. But an EPO ruling has now paved the way for AMO to begin selling its a ...

3 June 2022 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Boards of Appeal

Allergan wins with Hoffmann Eitle in battle over Botox patents

In a dispute over the next generation of Botox patents, Allergan has won a first victory at the European Patent Office. Last week, the Technical Board ...

14 September 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

Aerospace

Fatal comma error: EPO nullifies Boeing communication patent

It was a small punctuation mark with major repercussions. The EPO Board of Appeal has nullified a Boeing patent due to the inconsistent placement of a ...

7 April 2021 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

CRISPR/Cas

EPO revokes first Sigma-Aldrich CRISPR patent for lack of inventive step

The EPO Opposition Division has revoked a CRISPR patent, part of the Sigma-Aldrich patent portfolio, for lack of inventive step. The revocation is sig ...

19 March 2021 by Amy Sandys

Cases

European Patent Office

Corning and Schott battle over flexible glass handset displays

Schott has overturned two patents for flexible glass owned by US glass manufacturer Corning at the European Patent Office. Now, the dispute over ultra ...

16 February 2021 by Mathieu Klos

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

CRISPR-Cas

University of California wins CRISPR/Cas opposition case at EPO

The Broad Institute has recently failed to protect its CRISPR/Cas patent before the Boards of Appeal. Now the European Patent Office has maintained a ...

13 February 2020 by Konstanze Richter

Cases

PCT application

Partial victory for AbbVie in biosimilar dispute

Rheumatism drug Humira is one of pharmaceutical company AbbVie's most valuable biosimilars. In ongoing disputes over the patent family, the European P ...

26 March 2019 by Christina Schulze

Cases

Pharmaceuticals

Battle of the originators at the EPO

Regeneron and Sanofi have won two of three Opposition Division proceedings at the EPO against biopharmaceutical company Amgen. In 2017, the US multina ...

25 February 2019 by Amy Sandys

Cases

CRISPR/Cas

EPO overturns Broad Institute gene editing patent

It's not going well for the Broad Institute when it comes to CRISPR Cas technology. Last week, the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office r ...

20 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Cases

Pharma patents

Amgen defends patent for cholesterol treatment

After rebutting a demand for compulsory licences concerning its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha, US pharmaceutical company Amgen has now successfull ...

12 December 2018 by Konstanze Richter

Name	Borlabs Cookie
Provider	Owner of this website, Imprint
Purpose	Saves the visitors preferences selected in the Cookie Box of Borlabs Cookie.
Cookie Name	borlabs-cookie
Cookie Expiry	1 Year

Name	Google Tag Manager
Provider	Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Purpose	Cookie by Google used to control advanced script and event handling.
Privacy Policy	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Cookie Name	_ga,_gat,_gid
Cookie Expiry	1 Year

Accept	Google Analytics
Name	Google Analytics
Provider	Google LLC
Purpose	Cookie by Google used for website analytics. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Privacy Policy	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Cookie Name	_ga,_gat,_gid
Cookie Expiry	1 Year

Accept	Google Analytics 4
Name	Google Analytics 4
Provider	Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Purpose	Cookie by Google used for website analytics. Generates statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Privacy Policy	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Cookie Name	_ga,_gat,_gid
Cookie Expiry	2 Months

Accept	Hotjar
Name	Hotjar
Provider	Hotjar Ltd., Dragonara Business Centre, 5th Floor, Dragonara Road, Paceville St Julian's STJ 3141 Malta
Purpose	Hotjar is an user behavior analytic tool by Hotjar Ltd.. We use Hotjar to understand how users interact with our website.
Privacy Policy	https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
Host(s)	*.hotjar.com
Cookie Name	_hjClosedSurveyInvites, _hjDonePolls, _hjMinimizedPolls, _hjDoneTestersWidgets, _hjIncludedInSample, _hjShownFeedbackMessage, _hjid, _hjRecordingLastActivity, hjTLDTest, _hjUserAttributesHash, _hjCachedUserAttributes, _hjLocalStorageTest, _hjptid
Cookie Expiry	Session / 1 Year

Accept	Facebook
Name	Facebook
Provider	Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
Purpose	Used to unblock Facebook content.
Privacy Policy	https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Host(s)	.facebook.com

Accept	OpenStreetMap
Name	OpenStreetMap
Provider	Openstreetmap Foundation, St John’s Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WS, United Kingdom
Purpose	Used to unblock OpenStreetMap content.
Privacy Policy	https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
Host(s)	.openstreetmap.org
Cookie Name	_osm_location, _osm_session, _osm_totp_token, _osm_welcome, _pk_id., _pk_ref., _pk_ses., qos_token
Cookie Expiry	1-10 Years

Accept	Twitter
Name	Twitter
Provider	Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland
Purpose	Used to unblock Twitter content.
Privacy Policy	https://twitter.com/privacy
Host(s)	.twimg.com, .twitter.com
Cookie Name	__widgetsettings, local_storage_support_test
Cookie Expiry	Unlimited

Accept	Vimeo
Name	Vimeo
Provider	Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA
Purpose	Used to unblock Vimeo content.
Privacy Policy	https://vimeo.com/privacy
Host(s)	player.vimeo.com
Cookie Name	vuid
Cookie Expiry	2 Years