NIPC Law

  Jane Lambert Patents Court (MrJustice Birss)  Edwards Lifesciences Corporation and another v Meril GmbH and another [2020] EWHC 2562 (Pat) (29 Sept 2020) This was an action for the infringement of  EP (UK) 1 267 753  ("753") and EP (UK) 3 494 929  ("929") and a counterclaim for revocation of both patents on the grounds of obviousness, insufficiency and added matter.  The action and counterclaim came on for trial before Mr Justice Birss between 20 and 24 July and on 28 and 29 July 2020. His lordship handed down judgment on 29 Sept 2020.  The Parties The claimants are members of the  Edwards Lifesciences Group.   Edwards Lifesciences Corporation held the patents and Edwards Lifesciences Limited. was its exclusive licensee.  The patents protect a range of prosthetic aortic valves that the claimants manufacture called "Sapien".  Those valves are implanted into a patient's heart by a catheter.  The technique is known as t ransca...

Author   Hellerhoff   Licence  CC BY-SA 3,0 Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Birss ) Evalve Inc and others v Edwards Lifesciences Lt d [2020] EWHC 1524 (Pat) (18 June 2020) In    Evalve Inc and others v Edwards Lifesciences Ltd #1 [ 2020] EWHC 514 (Pat) (12 March 2020)). Mr Justce Birss held that two patents that protected the market for a device known as the MitraClip were valid and infringed.   In  E valve Inc and others v Edwards Lifesciences Ltd (#2) [2020] EWHC 513 (Pat) (12 March 2020) Mr Justice Birss rejected the defendant's contention that it should be allowed to market its product notwithstanding the judgment on the ground that some patients were assisted by a product that competed with the MitraClip but not by the MitraClip itself. I blogged about those cases in   Patents - Evalve Inc. and Others v Edwards Lifesciences Ltd. #1   27 March 2020 NIPC Law and Patents - Evalve Inc. and Others v Edwa...