Category: United Kingdom
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Regeneron makes strides in global Eylea patent enforcement campaign: settles with Sandoz, files fresh UK suits
Regeneron has settled its year-long patent infringement dispute with Sandoz over several patents related to its eye disease drug Eylea, and filed a fresh lawsuit against two more rivals over the same drug in the High Court of Justice for England & Wales.
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Nokia appeals UK order to disclose SEP contracts to Acer, ASUS, Hisense lawyers, raising procedural issues
Nokia is asking the England & Wales Court of Appeal for an emergency stay of a disclosure order by Mr Justice Mellor. Nokia raises fundamental procedural issues.
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Xiaomi seeks UK FRAND ruling in ASUS, Innovative Sonic SEP dispute
Xiaomi has filed a FRAND suit against ASUSTeK and its affiliate Innovative Sonic in the High Court of Justice for England & Wales, in response to suits they filed against it in the UPC and Germany.
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Pfizer, BioNTech hit back against GSK mRNA suits in UPC, Ireland: file UK revocation action
The move does not come as a major surprise, given the pharma companies’ previous success against GlaxoSmithKline in the UK.
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TP-Link’s UK lawsuit against Huawei appears uneconomical: widely accepted pool option and potential German blowback
TP-Link filed a UK lawsuit against Huawei, but the terms of the Sisvel WiFi 6 pool through which those patents are available have been widely accepted and German courts won’t let UK courts torpedo their cases.
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Post-judgment cleanup orders in UK pharma cases: no disgorgement of Bayer profits; Teva, Glenmark, Generics (UK) recover two thirds of costs
AstraZeneca must reimburse two thirds of the costs of an unsuccessful case Teva, Glenmark and Generics (UK). Separately, Bayer does not have to disgorge profits to Sandoz.
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UK wrongful-enforcement damages standard at issue in Sandoz v. Bayer; disclosures in South African patent lawsuits can influence parallel cases
Sandoz is seeking a disgorgement of profits from Bayer, alleging that misrepresentations to the European Patent Office are a basis for going beyond the usual compensation.
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BLACK FRIDAY: Two court orders have marginalized the UK in global patent litigation, and it probably won’t come back short of joining the UPC
OPINION Yesterday will go down in history as the day on which the High Court of Justice for England & Wales (EWHC) and the courts above it lost the largest part of the relevance they used to have in the global patent litigation arena. It took only two orders authored by German judges, both of…
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GAME OVER: UK interim license declarations are useless as Munich court threatens injunctions against pressure on SEP holders
The Munich I Regional Court’s 7th Civil Chamber has issued guidance that shows ZTE is winning against Samsung and UK interim license declarations are a waste of time and money.
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BREAKING: Unified Patent Court’s Mannheim Local Division enters first-ever UPC injunction relating to UK: Fujifilm v. Kodak
The Mannheim LD just entered the UPC’s first-ever injunction relating to the UK, after holding a separate hearing to discuss the implications of this.