UPC CoA 446/2025
May 23, 2025·EP1830843 · INDOLIDONE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF FIBROTIC DISEASES
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Claimants
- BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBHOperating co.
Representatives- Joana Piriquito Santos-NLP - Nazaré, Lima, Piriquito Santos & Associados
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- ChemistryPharmaceuticals
- Language
- English
- EPO Opposition
- SANDOZ AG2013-08-07
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Rian Kalden | Locked |
| Judge Ingeborg Simonsson | Locked |
| Judge Patricia Rombach | Locked |
| Judge Andreas Gustafsson | Locked |
| Judge Carola Wagner | Locked |
At the UPC: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH (3 cases)·Zentiva Group (15 cases)
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2025
- 2025-08-13Appeal RoP220.1Public
Summary: The Court of Appeal set aside the Lisbon Local Division's refusal to grant provisional measures and ordered a preliminary injunction against Zentiva Portugal prohibiting the making, offering, placing on the market or use of nintedanib products (Nintedanib Zentiva 100mg and 150mg soft capsules) for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in 17 UPC Contracting Member States while EP 1 830 843 remains in force. The court held that completion of national HTA/pricing/reimbursement procedures constitutes imminent infringement. Zentiva was ordered to pay EUR 199,000 as an interim award of costs. The request for an information order was denied.
Show the legal issues (5)
- Imminent infringement in generic medicines context
- Marketing authorisation vs HTA/pricing procedures as imminent infringement
- Order to communicate information under Art. 67 UPCA
- National law as source of law under Art. 24 UPCA
- Provisional measures in pharmaceutical patent disputes
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2025-08-14 | Not public |
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2025-08-14 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2025-08-14 | Not public |
| DecisionOutcome | 2025-08-14 | Not public |
| Final order | 2025-08-14 | Public |
| Decision-On-Appeal-On-Measures-Outcome | 2025-08-13 | Not public |
| Final order | 2025-08-13 | Public |
| Hearing reference | 2025-07-23 | Not public |
| Hearing reference | 2025-07-23 | Not public |
| Receipt | 2025-07-21 | Not public |