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UPC CFI 130/2024

20. März 2024·EP2713879 · ANALYTE SENSOR DEVICES, CONNECTIONS, AND METHODS

Hauptaktenzeichen: ACT 14944/2024

Verfahrensdetails
Status
Case Closed
Verfahrensart
Einstweilige Verfügung
Kategorie
Einstweilige Maßnahmen
Parteien
Kläger
Vertreter
Beklagte
Vertreter
Division
The Hague LD
Technologie
  • Instruments
    Medical technology
Sprache
English
Erste Entscheidung
19. Juni 2024
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Vor dem UPC: Abbott Group (67 Verfahren)·Sibio Technology Limited (15 Verfahren)

Entscheidungen
  • 2024-06-19
    Application for provisional measures

    Zusammenfassung: The Local Division The Hague granted Abbott Diabetes Care a preliminary injunction against Sibio Technology and Umedwings for infringement of a patent relating to a continuous glucose monitoring device (GS1), finding all conditions under R.211 RoP met and the balance of interests in Abbott's favour, as defendants had left the relevant markets.

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    • Provisional measures – all conditions met (R.211 RoP)
    • Legitimate interest despite cease-and-desist (R.360 RoP)
    • Urgency – delay assessment
    • Balance of interests
    • Continuous glucose monitoring device infringement
DokumenttitelDatumÖffentlich
Acknowledgement-of-change-of-a-representative2025-02-12Nicht öffentlich
Application-RoP293-Receipt2025-02-12Nicht öffentlich
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-02-12Nicht öffentlich
Acknowledgement-of-change-of-a-representative2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Application-RoP293-Receipt2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Acknowledgement-of-change-of-a-representative2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Application-RoP293-Receipt2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Formal-checks_Notification-of-positive-outcome2025-02-11Nicht öffentlich
Application-RoP2932025-02-10Nicht öffentlich
Abdeckung: Teilweise.Begründung teilweise extrahiert — einige Abschnitte können unvollständig sein.
Zusammenfassung in einfacher Sprache

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. sought a preliminary injunction against Sibio Technology Limited and Umedwings Netherlands B.V. before the Local Division The Hague for infringement of EP 2 713 879 B1, a continuous glucose monitoring device patent, relating specifically to the Sibio GS1 device. The court granted the injunction as all R. 211 RoP conditions were met, and rejected defendants' arguments regarding lack of urgency and purpose of the action, finding that defendants — who had voluntarily left the relevant markets — had no legitimate interest in opposing the relief. The injunction was limited to the GS1 device and covers Germany, France, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Angenommene Argumente
Was das Gericht akzeptiert hat — nach Partei.
  • Abbott has sufficient legitimate interest in the injunction notwithstanding Sibio's unilateral cease-and-desist declaration, because no breach of the undertaking has been asserted and the action is not devoid of purpose

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 360 RoP

    Hinweis: Court held that there remained a need to adjudicate and the action was not devoid of purpose despite the defendants' voluntary exit from the market.

  • All conditions under R. 211 RoP for a preliminary injunction are met — standing, validity, infringement, and balance of interests

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 211 RoP

    Hinweis: Defendants had left the relevant markets, so had no legitimate interest in opposing the preliminary injunction; Abbott's interests outweighed theirs.

  • Sibio's late-raised argument at oral hearing that Abbott acted with unreasonable delay (GS1 known since October 2023) was inexcusably late and lacked legal conclusion

    KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Principles of fair trial / timeliness

    Hinweis: Court rejected the delay argument as unsubstantiated, lacking legal conclusion, and raised too late given the parties had pre-agreed to only 10 minutes of pleading time each.

Zurückgewiesene Argumente
Was das Gericht nicht akzeptiert hat — und warum.
  • Application for information disclosure (sub (b) of the order sought)

    Kläger

    Begründung: Court found insufficient legitimate interest within provisional measure proceedings: Abbott was already sufficiently aware of the requested information or the unilateral undertaking already provided it, and no breach had been asserted.

  • Action is devoid of purpose because defendants already ceased infringement

    BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 360 RoP

    Begründung: Court held there was still a need to adjudicate: the cease-and-desist declaration did not eliminate legal interest in an injunction covering all relevant markets.

  • Abbott acted with unreasonable delay

    Beklagter

    Begründung: Argument was inconclusive, unsubstantiated, and raised inexcusably late (only at oral hearing despite extensive prior written procedure); did not actually plead unreasonable delay as a legal conclusion.

  • Security for costs of enforcement should be ordered

    BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 211.5 RoP

    Begründung: Court found no damages could be envisaged from enforcement given defendants were largely absent from the market; ex officio no security required.