filed an opposition against the European Patent EP 3 388 032 of Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Boston Scientific) pertaining to a “Reduced granulation and inflammation stent design”. The patent...

patents is filing an opposition with the European Patent Office within a 9 months window after grant, not least because an opposition is the only way to attack a “European bundle patent” as a...

patents is filing an opposition with the European Patent Office within a 9 months window after grant, not least because an opposition is the only way to attack a “European bundle patent” as a...

Saskia Jülich joined the patent profession in 2007 as a patent examiner at the European Patent Office, where she worked in various mechanical fields such as civil engineering and medical...

The Opposition Division considered an objection of inadmissible extension to be well-founded and therefore revoked the patent on this ground. The competent Opposition Division of the European Pa...

entity) IoT IP GmbH with opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO), which resulted in the complete revocation of the European patent EP 3 373 570 B1 (“patent”) relating to...

the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office (“EPO”) dismissed the oppositions filed by NanoString Technologies Inc. (“NanoString”) and two other opponents, ruling in favor of the paten...

of EP’033 before the German Federal Patent Court in Munich targeting the asserted terminal claim (docket no. 4 Ni 88/22 (EP)). In September 2023, the Federal Patent Court already indicated in...

the Federal Patent Court pursuant to section 83 German Patent Act was served on the parties with the prima facie finding that the Patent is invalid over certain prior art although the Patent had...

that NanoString Technologies Inc. and NanoString Technologies GmbH infringe the European patent EP 2 794 928 in Germany (docket nos. 7 O 2693/22 and 7 O 581/22; BARDEHLE PAGENBERG paves way to...

before the German courts and oppositions before the European Patent Office or the German Patent and Trademark Office and the German Federal Patent Court or the German Federal Court of Justice....

two European patents, namely EP 2 794 928 (classic bundle patent validated in Germany, France and the Netherlands) and EP 4 108 782 (Unitary Patent valid in all 17 UPCA member states): 10x...

the epic and already historic patent litigation spanning the UPC, Germany, the EPO, and the US against Bruker (formerly NanoString) shortly after the EPO upheld a key patent-in-suit, namely EP 4...

office Having served as a judge at the European Patent Office for many years, Dr. Albert Lindner has extensive knowledge of EP patent prosecution, opposition, and appeal proceedings. After...

any time, even during the nine-month opposition period. Accordingly, within the opposition period, the validity of a bundle patent may be challenged by an opposition before the EPO and in...

design law topics in Germany and abroad. Nico Karius, Dr.-Ing., M.Sc. Hearing Technology and Audiology Patent attorney, European Patent Attorney, Hamburg office Dr. Nico Karius is a patent...

aspects: General structure of patent litigation in Germany Pros & Cons of the venues in Germany Possible defences to raise as a defendant How to use foreign proceedings in Germany Are you...

aspects: General structure of patent litigation in Germany Pros & Cons of the venues in Germany Possible defences to raise as a defendant How to use foreign proceedings in Germany Are you...