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Overview · Filed: Sep 19, 2024

UPC_CoA_540/2024

ENDOLUMINAL LASER ABLATION DEVICE FOR TREATING VEINS

AppealsMain AppealCourt of AppealAppeal
Parties

Claimants

  • biolitec Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Reps: Paul Szynka (CBH Rechtsanwälte); Hannes Jacobsen (CBH Rechtsanwälte); Alexander M. Fischer (CBH Rechtsanwälte); Franz Herrmann (Dendorfer & Herrmann)

Respondents

  • Light Guide Optics Germany GmbH
  • S.I.A. LIGHTGUIDE International
Reps: Jörg Schmidt (Wildanger Kehrwald Graf v. Schwerin & Partner mbB); Jan Caspar Maiers (Wildanger Kehrwald Graf v. Schwerin & Partner mbB)
Judges
  • Klaus GrabinskiPresident of the Court of Appeal
  • Peter BlokLegally qualified judge
  • Emmanuel GougéLegally qualified judge and Judge-rapporteur
  • Eric AugardeTechnically qualified judge
  • Max TilmannTechnically qualified judge
Patents
  • EP3685783
CPC codes: A61B18/24, A61B2018/2272, A61B17/22012

Sector: Pharmaceutical & Medical

Outcome
PI denied
Filed: Sep 19, 2024
First decided: Feb 24, 2025
Language:

Court of Appeal rejected Biolitec's appeal against the Düsseldorf Local Division's refusal to grant a preliminary injunction. The CoA upheld the first-instance order, finding that Biolitec had not demonstrated the necessity of provisional measures: proceedings on the merits could be awaited; the status quo on the market had existed for years before the patent was granted; and Biolitec failed to demonstrate sufficient evidence of urgency regarding stocking or tender-related harm. Biolitec was ordered to bear the costs of the appeal proceedings.

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