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UPC CFI 501/2023

Dec 27, 2023·EP3669828 · PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Action number: ACT 597277/2023

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Case details
Status
Case Closed (Patent infringed)
Action
Infringement
Category
Main infringement action
Parties
Claimants
Representatives
Respondents
Representatives
Division
Munich LD
Judges
Technology
  • Instruments
    Medical technology
Language
English
First decided
Dec 20, 2024
Last decision
Feb 5, 2025
EPO Opposition
How this compares
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Infringement foundMedian days to first decision
All UPC53% (62/117)124
Munich LDLockedLocked
Judge Matthias ZigannLockedLocked
Judge Margot KokkeLockedLocked
Judge Tobias PichlmaierLockedLocked
Judge Stefan WilhelmLockedLocked

At the UPC: Edwards Lifesciences Group (57 cases)·Meril Group (60 cases)

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Decisions
  • 2025-04-04
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: Infringement action by Edwards Lifesciences Corporation against Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, and Meril Italy S.r.l. concerning transcatheter heart valve (Myval THV) and EP 3 669 828. The court found infringement, dismissed the invalidity counterclaim (patent valid), and ordered: injunction, recall, seizure and destruction, disclosure of sales data, provisional damages of EUR 663,000, publication of decision in five media outlets. Decision immediately and directly enforceable from date of service. Key headnotes: jurisdiction for multiple defendants with commercial relationship; problem-solution approach for inventive step; cease-and-desist without penalty clause insufficient.

    Show the legal issues (5)
    • Jurisdiction over multiple defendants (Art. 33(1)(b) UPCA)
    • Inventive step - problem-solution approach
    • Cease-and-desist without penalty clause insufficient
    • Immediate enforceability (Rule 354.1 RoP)
    • Infringement by transcatheter heart valve
  • 2025-02-05
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: The Munich Local Division issued a scheduling order summoning the parties to the oral hearing on 11 February 2025 in the infringement action (with counterclaim for revocation) brought by Edwards Lifesciences against Meril entities concerning EP 3 669 828.

    Show the legal issues (2)
    • Scheduling of oral hearing
    • Infringement action with counterclaim for revocation
  • 2024-12-20
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: The Munich Local Division issued a procedural order following the interim conference in the Edwards Lifesciences v. Meril infringement action, setting out preparation requirements for the oral hearing and granting leave to change the claim to include Romania following its accession to the Unitary Patent system.

    Show the legal issues (6)
    • Pre-trial preparation
    • R.105.5 RoP
    • Amendment to claim
    • R.263 RoP
    • Romania accession to UP system
    • Transcatheter heart valve infringement
  • 2024-07-29
    Infringement ActionPublic

    Summary: Munich Local Division issued a case management order fixing dates for the interim conference and oral hearing in this infringement action concerning heart valve technology, balancing the claimant's right to a hearing within one year of service with defendants' representative availability constraints.

    Show the legal issues (2)
    • Case management – scheduling of interim conference and oral hearing
    • Right to oral hearing within one year of service
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Coverage: Partial.Reasoning extracted with partial coverage — some sections may be incomplete.
Plain-English summary

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation sued Meril GmbH, Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd, and Meril Italy S.r.l. at the Munich Local Division for infringement of EP 3 669 828 covering a prosthetic heart valve, based on Meril's Myval THV transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The court found all three defendants jointly and severally liable for infringement, dismissed Meril's revocation counterclaim upholding patent validity, and awarded Edwards an injunction, recall, destruction, disclosure, EUR 663,000 provisional damages, and publication of the decision in five trade journals.

Accepted arguments
What the court agreed with — by party.

  • multiple defendants domiciled in different member states may be sued at one UPC division if they have a commercial relationship and the action concerns the same infringement of the same European patent designations

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 33(1)(b) UPCA

    Note: Headnote 1: the court interpreted 'same infringement' as requiring accusation of infringing the same national designations of the same European patent by the same product, aligning with UPCA's goal of overcoming fragmented litigation.

  • EP 3 669 828 (prosthetic heart valve) is valid and not obvious over the prior art

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 56 EPC; Art. 65 UPCA

    Note: The court upheld the patent on inventive step, applying the problem-solution approach as the primary tool (Headnote 2).

  • a cease-and-desist declaration without penalty clause from only some group defendants does not eliminate the risk of repetition

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 63 UPCA

    Note: Headnote 3: injunction remains necessary even where some group members filed cease-and-desist declarations without penalty clauses, as group companies could reorganise to continue infringement.

  • Meril defendants infringe EP 3 669 828 by marketing the Myval THV transcatheter heart valve

    ClaimantLegal basis: Art. 25 UPCA

    Note: The court found infringement and granted injunction, recall, seizure, destruction, information disclosure, provisional damages of EUR 663,000, and publication of decision in five media outlets.

Rejected arguments
What the court did not agree with — and why.

  • EP 3 669 828 lacks inventive step and should be revoked

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 56 EPC; Art. 138(1)(a) EPC

    Reason: The invalidity counterclaim was dismissed; the court found the patent valid applying the problem-solution approach, concluding the claimed heart valve design was not obvious over the prior art.

  • cease-and-desist declarations filed by some Meril defendants suffice to negate the need for a court injunction

    RespondentLegal basis: Art. 63 UPCA

    Reason: Court held that partial cease-and-desist declarations without penalty clauses from some group members do not adequately protect the patentee where the group as a whole can reorganise to continue infringement.

Key legal principles
Doctrines and rules cited in the reasoning.
multi-defendant jurisdiction under Art. 33(1)(b) UPCA requires commercial relationship and same infringement of same national patent designations by same productproblem-solution approach applied as primary inventive step tool to align UPC jurisprudence with EPO and Boards of Appealcease-and-desist declaration without penalty clause from partial group of defendants insufficient to preclude injunctionimmediately and directly enforceable decision under R. 354.1 RoP does not require security under R. 118.2(a) RoPprovisional damages award alongside referral of full quantum to separate procedure

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Claim construction notes

The claims cover a prosthetic heart valve (transcatheter aortic valve replacement). The court interpreted the claims of EP 3 669 828 to cover the Myval THV design; the invalidity counterclaim required the court to assess whether the claimed valve design was obvious, applying the problem-solution approach to the prior art in the cardiac implant field.