UPC CFI 374/2025
25. Apr. 2025·EP3689262 Einheitspatent · STAPLE CARTRIDGE
Hauptaktenzeichen: ACT 19943/2025
- Verfahrensdetails
- StatusCase ClosedVerfahrensartEinstweilige VerfügungKategorieEinstweilige Maßnahmen
- Parteien
- Kläger
- Cilag GmbH InternationalUnternehmen
- Ethicon LLCUnternehmen
Vertreter- Tilman Mueller-Stoy-Bardehle Pagenberg
- Division
- The Hague LD
- Technologie
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Sprache
- English
- Erste Entscheidung
- 29. Aug. 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 Margot Kokke | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Stefan Johansson | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
| Richter Dennis Kretschmann | Gesperrt | Gesperrt |
Vor dem UPC: Janssen Group (11 Verfahren)·RiVOLUTiON GmbH (7 Verfahren)
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Weitere Verfahren: The Hague LD·2025
- 2025-08-29Application for provisional measuresÖffentlich
Zusammenfassung: The Hague Local Division dismissed Cilag GmbH International's and Ethicon LLC's application for provisional measures (preliminary injunction) against RiVOLUTiON GmbH for alleged infringement of EP 3 689 262 (a staple cartridge patent for surgical staplers). The court found that the urgency requirement for provisional measures was not satisfied: Cilag had known or should have known by November 2024 (following a Bariatric Study result) of the potential infringement and related market risks, and had not filed the application promptly. The fact that a Sana group tender outcome became clearer later did not revive urgency as it was foreseeable. Cilag was ordered to pay EUR 80,000 as an interim costs award to RiVOLUTiON. Ancillary applications were also dismissed.
Rechtsfragen anzeigen (4)
- Urgency requirement for provisional measures / preliminary injunction (R. 211 RoP)
- Start of urgency period – when applicant knew or should have known of infringement
- David vs Goliath argument insufficient to revive urgency
- Interim costs award (Art. 69 UPCA)
| Dokumenttitel | Datum | Öffentlich |
|---|---|---|
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-08-29 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Measures_DecisionOutcome_Notification.pdf | 2025-08-29 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Final order provisional measures | 2025-08-29 | Öffentlich |
| Submission_Rivolution | 2025-08-18 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Exhibit_PEN15 | 2025-08-18 | Nicht öffentlich |
| opportunity to comment | 2025-08-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Receipt | 2025-08-15 | Nicht öffentlich |
| R.9 Request_signed | 2025-08-14 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Response additional evidence_signed | 2025-08-14 | Nicht öffentlich |
| Response additional evidence_signed | 2025-08-14 | Nicht öffentlich |
Cilag GmbH International and Ethicon LLC (Johnson & Johnson group) applied for a preliminary injunction against RiVOLUTiON GmbH concerning EP 3 689 262, a staple cartridge patent for surgical staplers, before The Hague Local Division. The court dismissed the application for lack of temporal urgency, finding that Cilag had known or should have known by November 2024 — following the Bariatric Study result — of the potential infringement and related market risks, and that subsequent developments regarding Sana group did not revive urgency. Cilag was ordered to pay EUR 80,000 in interim costs to Rivolution.
Temporal urgency for provisional measures not established because applicant knew or should have known of infringement risk by November 2024
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 211.4 RoPHinweis: The Hague Local Division held that Cilag's knowledge of the Bariatric Study results and Rivolution's market presence since November 2024 meant urgency was not established; the fact that Cilag only properly studied the facts in April 2025 could not create urgency retroactively.
Sana group tender outcome did not revive urgency as it was foreseeable from November 2024
BeklagterRechtsgrundlage: R. 211.4 RoPHinweis: Rivolution demonstrated it had been listed as a Sana supplier since January 2023 and that both parties participated in a 2023 Sana tender; Cilag should have appreciated the potential market impact after November 2024.
Cilag had urgency because it only became aware of the true extent of infringement and market risk (Sana acceptance, price erosion risk) in April 2025
KlägerRechtsgrundlage: R. 211.4 RoPBegründung: The court found that all relevant facts were available to Cilag by November 2024 at the latest; delay in properly analysing known facts cannot itself create urgency for provisional measures.
David vs. Goliath argument: Cilag's larger market position vs. Rivolution's smaller size creates special urgency
KlägerBegründung: The court acknowledged the argument as a potentially legitimate consideration but found it could not create urgency in circumstances where the factual basis for urgency was already available to Cilag much earlier.
Applications to submit further evidence after the oral hearing should be admitted
KlägerBegründung: Dismissed: proceedings are closed after the oral hearing and further evidence is not admitted.