ORD 65290/2024

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

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Case Management Orders
Parties: Claimants
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Reps: Jens Olsson; Siddharth Kusumakar (Powell Gilbert (Europe) LLP); Tessa Waldron (Powell Gilbert (Europe) LLP)
Respondents
Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Meril GmbH
SMIS INTERNATIONAL OÜ
Sormedica UAB
INTERLUX, UAB
VAB-LOGISTIK, UAB
Reps: Andreas von Falck (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Alexander Klicznik (Hogan Lovells International LLP); Roman Wurtenberger (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: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Dec 11, 2024

Decisions

2024-12-11
Generic Order
Nordic-Baltic Regional Division (full panel) order dismissing defendants' request to stay the main infringement proceedings pending EPO opposition proceedings concerning EP 3 769 722. The Court of Appeal had previously set aside an earlier stay dismissal and referred back for reconsideration under R. 295(a) RoP. On reconsideration, the panel dismissed the stay request again in the Meril/Edwards heart valve case (Edward Lifesciences v Meril entities). The request to stay pending Central Division revocation counterclaim was also refused.
Legal issues:Stay of proceedings pending EPO opposition (R. 295(a) RoP)Heart valve / transcatheter aortic valve implantation technologyRelationship between UPC and EPO proceedings

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