UPC APP 60393/2024

—·EP3646825: A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PROSTHETIC VALVE AND A DELIVERY CATHETER

Case details: Status
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Action
Procedural application
Category
Other Procedural
Parties: Claimants
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Reps: Elas Tzschoppe (Two Birds (Bird & Bird))
Respondents
Meril GmbH
Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.
Reps: Andreas von Falck (Hogan Lovells International LLP)
Division: Munich LD
Judges: Matthias Zigann · Presiding Judge and Judge-Rapporteur
Margot Kokke · Legally Qualified Judge
Tobias Pichlmaier · Legally Qualified Judge
Stefan Wilhelm · Technically Qualified Judge
Technology: Pharmaceutical & Medical
Language: —
First decided: Nov 15, 2024

Decisions

2024-11-15
Generic application
The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order in the infringement action by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation against Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. (UPC_CFI_15/2023, EP 3 646 825). The defendants' applications to request information from the European Commission about antitrust investigations involving Edwards were denied. The Court declined to approach the European Commission as this was neither ordered by the Court of its own motion nor within the procedural framework for the specific oral hearing.
Legal issues:Request for information from European Commission about antitrust investigationEU antitrust rules and UPC proceedingsProportionality defence in patent enforcement

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