UPC_APP_51844/2024

DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS METHOD OF GENE EXPRESSION DATA TO IDENTIFY ENDOGENOUS REFERENCE GENES

OtherPreliminary ObjectionMunich LDPreliminary objection—

Overview Decisions Citations Documents Timeline

Parties

Claimants

GXD-Bio Corporation

Reps: Rauh (Vossius & Brinkhof UPC Litigators)

Respondents

Myriad International GmbH
Myriad GmbH
Myriad Service GmbH
Myriad Genetics GmbH
Myriad Genetics S.A.S.
Myriad Genetics B.V.
Myriad Genetics S.r.l.
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Eurobio Scientific

Reps: Hölder (Hoffmann Eitle)

Judges

Ulrike VoßPresiding Judge and Judge-rapporteur

Patents

EP3346403

CPC codes: G16B25/10, C12Q2600/166, C12Q1/6851, C12Q1/6813, G16B25/00, C40B40/06

Sector: Biotechnology

Outcome

Dismissed

Filed: —

First decided: Feb 14, 2025

Language: —

The Munich Local Division rejected the preliminary objection of eight Myriad Genetics defendants challenging UPC jurisdiction and the claimant's standing to sue, holding that questions of standing and entitlement to asserted claims relate only to the merits and not to jurisdiction under Art. 32 UPCA.