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Case Law, Extent of Protection, Inventive step, Ireland, Novelty, Procedure

I Medinol Ltd v. Abbott Ireland and Abbot Vascular International BCBA & Others, High Court, Commercial List Dublin (High Court, Commercial List Dublin), 10 March 2011

Shane O'Brien (Mccann Fitzgerald)/October 15, 2012

Applying a purposive construction of the claims the Court found no infringement similar to the conclusion in prior parallel proceedings between the parties in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. The issue of added matter was left to be addressed in a separate judgment. Click here for the full text of this case. A summary…

Added matter, Case Law, Ireland, Validity

II Medinol Ltd v. Abbott Ireland and Abbot Vascular International BCBA & Others, High Court, Commercial List Dublin (High Court, Commercial List Dublin), 27 May 2011

Shane O'Brien (Mccann Fitzgerald)/October 15, 2012

The Court cited the parallel proceedings between the parties in the United Kingdom, where the approach of the EPO Board of Appeal in T331/87 Houdaille/Removal of Feature [1991] EPOR 194 was applied, and concluded that the changes in the patent amount to added matter. Click here for the full text of this case. A summary of…

(Compulsory) license, (Cross-border) jurisdiction, (Indirect) infringement, Account of profits, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Damages, Denmark, Enforcement, EPC, Estonia, European Union, Exceptions to patentability, Extent of Protection, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Industrial application, Injunction, Inventive step, Ireland, Italy, Jurisdiction, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Novelty, Opposition, Poland, Portugal, Prior use right, Public prior use, Revocation, Romania, Scope of protection, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Validity

The World Patent and the World Patent Litigation System

Thomas Musmann (Rospatt Osten Pross)/May 27, 2011

Imagine: Wouldn’t it be fantastic to have one single patent which you could apply for at the WPO, the World Patent Office? A World Patent, which would be valid worldwide and which could be enforced in each single country of the world with worldwide effect? Decisions of the national local chambers of the World Patent…

(Cross-border) jurisdiction, (Indirect) infringement, Austria, Enforcement, European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Novelty, Opposition, Priority right, Revocation, Spain, Sufficiency of disclosure, United Kingdom, United States of America, Validity

Epilady, Novartis vs. J&J: Is there a hidden wisdom behind it?

Thomas Musmann (Rospatt Osten Pross)/January 12, 2011

Do we need a Community Patent? Do we need a European Patent Litigation System? Or does the current fragmented system have a hidden wisdom behind it? Judge for yourself!