UPC CFI 131/2024
20. März 2024·EP3831283 · ANALYTE SENSOR DEVICES, CONNECTIONS, AND METHODS
Hauptaktenzeichen: ACT 14945/2024
- Verfahrensdetails
- StatusCase ClosedIn der Berufung aufgehoben, 14. Feb. 2025VerfahrensartEinstweilige VerfügungKategorieEinstweilige Maßnahmen
- Parteien
- Kläger
- Abbott Diabetes Care Inc.Unternehmen
Vertreter- Wim Maas-Taylor Wessing
- Eelco Bergsma-Taylor Wessing
Beklagte- Sibio Technology LimitedUnternehmen
- Umedwings Netherlands B.V.Unternehmen
Vertreter- Thomas Gniadek-Simmons & Simmons
- Division
- The Hague LD
- Technologie
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Sprache
- English
- Erste Entscheidung
- 19. Juni 2024
- Berufung
- Aufgehoben durch UPC CoA 382/2024 · 14. Feb. 2025
| Einstweilige Verfügung erlassen | Median Tage bis zur ersten Entscheidung | |
|---|---|---|
| Gesamt-UPC | 54% (38/70) | 124 |
| The Hague LD | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Edger Brinkman | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Petri Rinkinen | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Margot Kokke | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Renaud Fulconis | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
Vor dem UPC: Abbott Group (67 Verfahren)·Sibio Technology Limited (15 Verfahren)
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Weitere Verfahren: The Hague LD·2024
- 2024-06-19Application for provisional measures
Zusammenfassung: Application for a preliminary injunction by Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. against Sibio Technology Limited and Umedwings Netherlands B.V. concerning EP 3 831 283 (wearable glucose monitoring device) was denied by The Hague Local Division. The court found it more likely than not that claim 1 of the patent would be held invalid for added matter (the claimed feature of a connector support being received through a distal-facing opening into a recess was not directly and unambiguously derivable from the application as filed). As a result, Abbott must bear defendants' costs. Value of the action set at EUR 4,000,000.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (3)
- Preliminary injunction denied for likely invalidity on added matter (Art. 123(2) EPC)
- Balance of probabilities standard for patent validity in PI proceedings
- Added matter: connector support insertion direction
| Dokumenttitel | Datum | Öffentlich |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-07-18 | Nicht öffentlich |
| sibio order | 2025-07-18 | Öffentlich |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-07-18 | Nicht öffentlich |
| R. 262A Order | 2025-07-18 | Öffentlich |
| R. 262A Order | 2025-07-18 | Öffentlich |
| Comments pursuant to RoP264 | 2025-06-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Comments pursuant to RoP264 | 2025-06-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Comments pursuant to RoP264 | 2025-06-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Comments pursuant to RoP264 | 2025-06-27 | Nicht öffentlich |
| update on state of affairs | 2025-06-13 | Nicht öffentlich |
Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. applied for provisional measures before The Hague Local Division against Sibio Technology Limited and Umedwings Netherlands B.V. concerning EP 3 831 283, a wearable glucose monitoring device patent. The court denied the preliminary injunction, finding on the balance of probabilities that claim 1 would more likely than not be held invalid for added matter, as the feature specifying the direction of coupling of the connector support through the distal-facing opening into the recess was not directly and unambiguously derivable from the application as filed.
Claim 1 more likely than not invalid for added matter: feature of connector support received through distal-facing opening into recess not directly and unambiguously derivable from application as filed
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: Art. 123(2) EPCHinweis: The Hague Local Division found on balance of probabilities that the claimed feature specifying the direction of coupling (from below/distal side) of the connector support through the opening into the recess was not directly and unambiguously disclosed in the application as filed, as the cited embodiments worked in the reverse direction or required combination of separate passages without a pointer.
Feature of connector support received through distal-facing opening into recess is supported by multiple passages and figures in the application as filed
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 123(2) EPCBegründung: The court found that the cited passages and figures either showed a different embodiment requiring combination without a pointer, or showed the coupling direction working in the reverse manner to what claim 1 recites; no single passage/figure directly and unambiguously disclosed all features together in the claimed configuration.
Provisional reimbursement of costs ordered in favour of applicant
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: Art. 69 UPCA; R. 118.5 RoPBegründung: Rejected: as applicant did not prevail, there was no basis for provisional cost reimbursement in its favour.
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- WO 2011/119896Abgegrenzt
The critical feature under construction was 'a connector support received through a distal-facing opening into a recess' in the enclosure's bottom portion. The court found this feature characterises a specific coupling direction (from below/distal side), which Abbott itself relied upon to distinguish prior art WO 2011/119896, but which was not directly and unambiguously derivable from the application as filed. The embodiments cited by Abbott either showed reverse coupling or required impermissible combination of separate passages.