UPC CoA 470/2023
Dec 13, 2023·EP4108782 Unitary patent · COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION
- Case details
- StatusCase ClosedActionAppealCategoryMain appeal
- Parties
- Claimants
- NanoString Technologies Inc.Operating co.
- NanoString Technologies Germany GmbHOperating co.
- NanoString Technologies Netherlands B.V.Operating co.
Representatives- Oliver Jan Jüngst-Bird & Bird LLP
- Moritz Schroeder-Bird & Bird LLP
- Division
- Court of Appeal
- Technology
- InstrumentsAnalysis of biological materials
- ChemistryBiotechnology
- Language
- German
- EPO Opposition
- NanoString Technologies, Inc.Admissible2023-07-18
- König Szynka Tilmann von RenesseAdmissible2024-03-07
- Vizgen, Inc.Withdrawn2024-03-07
- Bruker Spatial Biology, Inc.Withdrawn2023-07-18
| Median days to first decision | |
|---|---|
| All UPC | 124 |
| Judge Klaus Grabinski | Locked |
| Judge Peter Blok | Locked |
| Judge Emmanuel Gougé | Locked |
| Judge Cornelis Schüller | Locked |
| Judge Rainer Friedrich | Locked |
At the UPC: NanoString Group (21 cases)·10x Genomics, Inc. (40 cases)
This dispute contains 5 other proceedings
UPC CoA 681/2025·UPC CFI 357/2023·UPC CoA 335/2023·UPC CFI 326/2023·UPC CFI 2/2023
9 other defendants litigating the same or a related patent
UPC CFI 3233/2026·UPC CFI 1594/2026·UPC CoA 808/2024·UPC CoA 654/2024·CC 592964/2023 and 4 more
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More cases: Court of Appeal·2023
- 2024-12-10Appeal RoP220.2Public
Summary: Order of the Court of Appeal dated 10 December 2024 setting aside the CFI order imposing penalty payments (Zwangsgelder) on NanoString for alleged violations of a preliminary injunction that had been previously revoked by the CoA. The CoA held that the revocation of a preliminary injunction under Art. 75(1) UPCA and R. 242.1 RoP is retroactive — the revoked order is treated as having never had legal effect. Consequently, any subsequent order imposing penalties based on the revoked injunction also lacks legal basis, even if it concerns alleged violations before the revocation. The CFI penalty order was set aside, 10x Genomics' applications were dismissed, 10x was ordered to bear all costs, and NanoString's payment made in compliance with the penalty order was to be reimbursed.
Show the legal issues (3)
- Retroactive effect of revocation of provisional measures under Art. 75(1) UPCA
- Legal basis for penalty payments after revocation of preliminary injunction
- Effect of revocation on penalty orders for pre-revocation violations
| Document title | Date | Public |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgement-of-lodging | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Headnote-and-Keywords | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| DecisionOutcome | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Anordnung | 2024-12-10 | Public |
| Hearing Reference | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Hearing Reference | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Interim-Procedure-Closure | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Summon-Oral-Hearing | 2024-12-10 | Not public |
| Verfahrensanordnung | 2024-12-10 | Public |
| Verfahrensanôrdnung | 2024-12-10 | Public |