UPC APP 33375/2024
Jun 4, 2024·EP3769722 Unitary patent · LOW PROFILE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE
- Case details
- StatusCase Closed (Claim dismissed)ActionGenericCategoryFile-access requests (R. 262.1(b))
- Parties
- Respondents
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationOperating co.
- Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.Operating co.
- Meril GmbHOperating co.
- SMIS INTERNATIONAL OÜOperating co.
- SORMEDICA, UABOperating co.
- INTERLUX, UABOperating co.
- VAB-LOGISTIK, UABOperating co.
Representatives- Roman Hans-Werner Wuertenberger-Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Jens Olsson-Gulliksson
- Siddharth Kusumakar-Powell Gilbert (Europe) LLP
- Andreas von Falck-Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Division
- Nordic-Baltic RD
- Technology
- InstrumentsMedical technology
- Language
- English
- First decided
- Jan 21, 2025
- EPO Opposition
- J A Kemp LLPAdmissible2024-03-07
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Nordic-Baltic RD | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Johansson | Locked |
| Judge Mélanie Bessaud | Locked |
| Judge Kai Härmand | Locked |
| Judge Stefan Wilhelm | Locked |
At the UPC: Edwards Lifesciences Group (57 cases)
4 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
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More cases: Nordic-Baltic RD·2024
- 2025-01-21Application RoP262.1 (b)Public
Summary: Nordic-Baltic Regional Division judge-rapporteur closed proceedings following withdrawal of seven public access applications (R. 262.1(b) RoP) by the applicant (an individual acting also on behalf of SWAT Medical AB) in Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril et al. proceedings. Meril Life Sciences PVT Limited's request for cost reimbursement (EUR 17,168.70) was rejected: Art. 69 UPCA does not apply to proceedings on public access requests because (i) the Enforcement Directive's cost principle does not extend to such requests, (ii) no ceiling for recoverable costs has been set for access proceedings, and (iii) parties to the main proceedings are merely consulted, not 'parties' in the access sub-proceedings.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Cost liability for public access applicant under Art. 69 UPCA
- No legal basis to award costs against member of public in R. 262.1(b) proceedings
- Withdrawal of access applications
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Case closed | 2025-09-26 | Not public |
| Anonymised order 2025.01.21 | 2025-01-21 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-01-21 | Not public |
| Outcome of the Order | 2025-01-21 | Not public |
| Substantive order | 2025-01-21 | Not public |
| Substantive order | 2025-01-21 | Public |
| Comments and application | 2024-10-10 | Not public |
| Comments and application | 2024-10-10 | Not public |
| Comments and application | 2024-10-10 | Not public |
| Comments and application | 2024-10-10 | Not public |