Case-law of the Swiss Federal Patent Court
It’s not only important for attorneys and patent attorneys, but also for courts like the FPC:
Know your clients!
Towards this end, the FPC has asked all professional representatives (attorneys-at-law and patent attorneys) who had been involved in proceedings since 1 January 2017 to complete a written questionnaire. → Read more ...
Case No. O2019_007 | Decision of 19 November 2021 | ‘Gene sequencing’
Illumina Cambridge had sued Latvia MGI Tech for infringement of two patents, i.e. → Read more ...
Case No. O2020_008 | Hearing of 24 November 2021
The plaintiff, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, had sued CABB AG for infringement of the Swiss part of EP 2 468 653 B1, i.e. → Read more ...
Case No. O2020_003 | Judgment of 17 September 2021
Hubert Hergeth had sued Uster Technologies AG and Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG for infringement of CH 698 484; see Swissreg for further bibliographic information. → Read more ...
Case No. O2020_018 | Hearing of 18 November 2021
As indicated already in the public announcement of the hearing, defendant BD had requested assistance from the Swiss Federal Customs Administration, targeted against (a) certain product(s) of plaintiff Ypsomed. → Read more ...
Case No. O2019_012 | Decision of 30 August 2021 | ‘Sägeblätter’
| HEADNOTE
Art. 58(1) CPC, Art. 28a PatA; Principle of non ultra petita; limitation of patent claims. |
‘Oral proceedings’ by videoconference without the parties’ consent has been the uproar of the year; see this Blog here for some background information. → Read more ...
Case No. 4A_149/2021 (Supreme Court) | Judgment of 24 June 2021 on appeal against O2018_008 (Patent Court) | Judgment of 2 February 2021 to revoke EP(CH) 1 379 220 H1
Glenmark had challenged the validity of Boehringer Ingelheim’s EP(CH) 1 379 220 H1, which is the Swiss part of EP 1 379 220 B1 after a partial waiver. → Read more ...
Case No. S2021_003 | Decision of 15 September 2021 | ‘Baugerüst’
The patent at stake is EP 2 881 521 B1; cf. → Read more ...
Don’t miss VESPA‘s evening seminar about recent case law of the FPC on Thursday, 14 October 2021 in Zurich (17:15 hrs CET); see the detailed program below. → Read more ...
Case No. O2020_001 | Decision of 9 June 2021
As mentioned earlier on this Blog here and here, Becton, Dickinson and Company had sued Ypsomed AG for infringement of EP 2 825 227 B1; see EPO Register and Swissreg for further bibliographic information. → Read more ...
The envisaged changes to the Swiss PatA have caused a very intense discussion amongst stakeholders. Opinions could hardly have been more different, ranging from outright damnation of examination on the merits («bureaucratic monster») to wholehearted welcome («overdue»). → Read more ...
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