ACT 582093/2023

—·EP3769722: LOW PROFILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE

Case details: Status
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Action
Infringement
Category
Main Infringement Action
Parties: Claimants
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Reps: Jens Olsson; Siddharth Kusumakar; Tessa Waldron
Respondents
Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
VAB-LOGISTIK, UAB
SMIS INTERNATIONAL OÜ
Meril GmbH
Sormedica UAB
INTERLUX, UAB
Reps: Andreas von Falck (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Alexander Klicznik (Hogan Lovells International LLP)
Division: Nordic-Baltic RD
Judges: Stefan Johansson · Presiding Judge and Judge-Rapporteur
Kai Härmand · Legally Qualified Judge
Mélanie Bessaud · Legally Qualified Judge
Stefan Wilhelm · Technically Qualified Judge
Technology: Medical Devices · Implants · Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Dec 10, 2024
Last decision: Jul 21, 2025

Decisions

2024-12-10
Infringement Action
The Nordic-Baltic Regional Division issued a post-interim conference procedural order in Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v Meril Life Sciences and others (UPC_CFI_380/2023, EP 3 769 722 — a transcatheter heart valve patent). The order resolved multiple procedural disputes including: admissibility of additional invalidity attacks raised in the counterclaim for revocation; how to deal with the public interest defence; request for a CJEU preliminary reference (deferred); request for a Court expert (rejected); and practical arrangements for the oral hearing.
Legal issues:Admissibility of invalidity attacks in counterclaim for revocationPublic interest defence in medical device patent infringementPreliminary referral to CJEUCourt expert requestTranscatheter heart valve patent

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