UPC_APP_3514/2024

System for ambulatory drug infusion comprising a filling apparatus for flexible containers

OtherPreliminary ObjectionParis CDPreliminary objection—

Overview Decisions Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Tandem Diabetes Care Europe B.V.

Reps: Christof Augenstein (Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB); Katharina Brandt (Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB); Robert Knaps (Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB)

Respondents

Roche Diabetes Care GmbH(Roche Group)

Reps: Charlotte Garnitsch (Taylor Wessing N.V.); Wim Maas (Taylor Wessing N.V.); Alexander Rubusch (Taylor Wessing N.V.)

Judges

French-seated division — individual judges anonymized.

Panel member (anonymized)Presiding judge and judge-rapporteur
Panel member (anonymized)Legally qualified judge
Panel member (anonymized)Technically qualified judge

Patents

EP2196231

CPC codes: A61M2209/045, A61M5/148, A61M5/14244

Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical

Outcome

Dismissed

Filed: —

First decided: May 10, 2024

Language: —

The Paris Central Division dismissed a preliminary objection by Tandem Diabetes Care contesting the UPC's jurisdiction based on an alleged violation of a standstill agreement before filing the revocation action by Roche Diabetes Care, ruling that breach of a standstill agreement does not constitute grounds for challenging the court's jurisdiction.