Opposition Case - JUVE Patent

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 Boards of Appeal overturned a decision by the Oppositio ...

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

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