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ACT_18551/2024

PROCESS FOR CONCENTRATION OF ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS THEREOF

Provisional measuresProvisional MeasuresDusseldorf LDApplication for provisional measures—
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Parties

Claimants

  • Novartis AG
  • Genentech, Inc.
Reps: Frank-Erich Hufnagel (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer); Kilian Seidel (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer); Cameron Marshall (Carpmaels & Ransford LLP); Joanna Rowley (Carpmaels & Ransford LLP)

Respondents

  • Celltrion Inc.
Judges
  • ThomasPresiding Judge
  • ThomLegally Qualified Judge
  • ZanaLegally Qualified Judge
  • PetersonTechnically Qualified Judge
Patents
  • EP 3 805 248
CPC codes: B01D2311/04, A61K39/39591, B01D2311/16, B01D61/146, C07K16/065, C07K2317/21, C07K16/4291, C07K1/34, B01D61/16

Sector: Organic Chemistry

Outcome
PI denied
Filed: —
First decided: Sep 6, 2024
Language: —

Order by Düsseldorf Local Division (UPC_CFI_166/2024, 6 September 2024) rejecting Novartis AG and Genentech Inc.'s application for provisional measures against Celltrion Inc. for alleged infringement of EP 3 805 248 B1 (biologic/antibody). The application was dismissed on the merits (infringement insufficiently established). Applicants were ordered to pay interim costs of EUR 138,562.80. The court addressed claim interpretation, imminent infringement, non-applicability of stay of proceedings (R. 295 RoP) to PI proceedings, and the costs gap in the absence of main proceedings.