Case Reports

In this article we discuss two cases which address financial penalties for breach of confidentiality. Krauss-Maffei Extrusion GmbH v Troester GmbH & Co KG (UPC_CFI_181/2023) Order of 27 December 2023...

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd v Netgear Inc & Ors (UPC_CFI_9/2023) Order of Court of Appeal on 11 January 2024 (UPC_CoA_486/2023); Appeal against ORD_588901/2023 dated 11 December 2023 Huawei sued...

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH & Ors v Amgen Inc (UPC_CFI_1/2023) Order dated 24 January 2024 (ORD_2233/2024) The pleadings in this revocation action had progressed to the rejoinder by defendant...

Background In a dispute between Aarke AB, a Swedish company, and SodaStream Industries Ltd, an Israeli company, Aarke, as the defendant to infringement proceedings, successfully applied to change the...

For a European patent to be granted, the claims must be "clear and concise". However, some ambiguity or lack of clarity may be identified in granted claims, during infringement or invalidity...

Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH vs Mammut Sports Group AG and Mammut Sports Group GmbH Düsseldorf Local Division Order of 11 December 2023[1] Introduction Ortovox Sportartikel GmbH (in the following...

In the matter of an appeal by Ocado Innovation Limited and applications to intervene by (1) Mathys & Squire LLP and (2) Bristows (Ireland ) LLP Order of Court of Appeal dated 10 January 2024 By Order...

Order of 14 November 2023 (ORD_587064/2023) This was another successful application for preserving evidence, following those in the Oerlikon v Himson, Oerlikon v Bhagat Group, Jozef Frans Nelissen v...

Two recently published judgments from the Unified Patent Court clarify how requests for confidentiality, both in respect to parties to the proceedings and in respect of third parties, are handled.

SES-imagotag SA v Hanshow Technology Co. Ltd. and others UPC_CFI_292/2023 Order of 20 December 2023 (ORD_596193/2023)[1] SES-imagotag is the proprietor of EP 3883277, which had been opted out of the...

Panasonic Holdings Corporation v Xiaomi Technology Germany GmbH & 9 Others (UPC_CFI_219/2023) Order of 8 December 2023 The Claimant argues that defendants 1, 2, and 8 based in China and 7 based in...

Fives ECL, SAS v REEL GmbH (UPC_CFI_274/2023) Order of 17 November 2023 On 8 August Fives ECL, SAS ("Fives") lodged in hard copy a claim for the determination of damages.

Astellas Insitute for Regenerative Medicine v Healios KK and Osaka Univerity (UPC_CFI_80/2023) Order of 20 November 2023 On 1 June 2023, Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine ("Astellas")...

10x Genomics, President & Fellows of Harvard College v Nanostring Technologies Inc and others, UPC_CFI_2/2023, Order of 5 December 2023 [1] ORD_ 577241/2023 Following the grant of a provisional...

Meril Italy srl v Edwards Life Sciences Corporation (551308/2023; UPC_CFI_255/2023) Order of 13 November 2023 (ORD_578356/2023) Background On 1 June 2023 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation ("Edwards")...

Today’s ruling by Mr Justice Arnold (Patents Court, England and Wales) in Generics (t/a Mylan) v Yeda and Teva has been summarised by Darren Smyth for the IPKat.

Samsung has won a longstanding battle with Apple concerning one of Apple's Registered Community Designs for its tablet computers.The decision is significant because it represents the first...

Generics (UK) Ltd v Yeda Research & Development Co Ltd & Teva Pharmaceutical Industries[2012] EWCA Civ 726The Court of Appeal has overturned an injunction that prevented an in-house patent attorney...

Partner Darren Smyth's role as one of the IPKat's guest bloggers has come to a conclusion after six months.He will continue to post intermittently to the IPKat and more regularly to his Blog on EIP...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is seeking comments on its proposals to offer support to SMEs to maximise the value of their IP assets.

The litigation between Apple and Samsung about tablet computers and the alleged infringement of a (Community) Registered Design has been taking place in the High Court this week.

A recent IPKat post by Darren Smyth highlights the adverse consumer reaction to the issuance of a patent to a US company 23andMe which offers to sequence your genome and tell you about its...

In a recent IPKat post, Darren Smyth ponders whether the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office should be referring cases to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on matters of procedural...

Darren's Smyth's latest IPKat post concerns an action by Smith & Nephew to revoke a patent owned by Convatec Technologies for antimicrobial wound dressings impregnated with silver.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has referred a case relating to dried tomatoes to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for a second time.In his latest IPKat post, EIP's Darren Smyth discusses the most...

In ruling on an application to transfer a passing off and trade mark infringement action from the Patents County Court (PCC) to the High Court, HHJ Birss QC has provided further useful guidance for...

The OHIM has begun publishing information about Registered Community Design applications that have been refused.The designs themselves are not shown, but the grounds for refusal are now being made...

Two Sanofi-Aventis US patents for the cancer drug docetaxel, marketed as Taxotere, have been declared invalid by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The ongoing dispute between Apple and Samsung over Apple's Registered Community Designs for its iPad has now entered the UK courts.Darren Smyth's latest IPKat post relates to a decision of Mr Justice...

A Polish law which allowed the sale of unapproved drugs which were cheaper than those approved has been declared contrary to EU law.The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union is...