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Overview
National decisions according to countries
AT – Austria
2011
Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber of 29.06.2011 (Op 3/11)
144
2012
Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber of 27.06.2012 (Op 1/12)
54
Board of Appeal of the Austrian Patent Office of 22.11.2012 (B 1/2011)
28
2013
Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber of 27.02.2013 (Op 3/12)
93
Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber of 08.05.2013 (OBp 2/13)
29
Supreme Patent and Trademark Chamber of 27.11.2013 (Op 3/13)
56
BE – Belgium
Mons Commercial Court of 03.11.2011 (A/10/792) – Valéo v Lexmond Trading
30
Mons Court of Appeal of 12 January 2012 (2011/RG/00402) – Malvern v Occhio
99
Liège Commercial Court of 28.06.2012 (A/11/3039) – Aerocrine v SA Medisoft
57
Mons Commercial Court of 21 February 2013 (RG A/09/663) – Occhio v Malvern
89
Liège Court of Appeal of 19.09.2013 (2011/RG/1503) – Saint-Gobain v Knauf
155
Antwerp District Court of 20.12.13 – Sandoz v AstraZeneca
135
DE – Germany
Federal Court of Justice of 24.02.2011 (X ZR 121/09) – Website display
11
Federal Court of Justice of 21.06.2011 (X ZR 43/09) – Integration element
101
Federal Court of Justice of 22.11.2011 (X ZR 58/10) – E-Mail via SMS
41
Federal Patent Court of 27.03.2012 (4 Ni 24/10) – Coffee machine
91
Federal Court of Justice of 15.05.2012 (X ZR 98/09)Calcipotriol monohydrate
149
Federal Court of Justice of 17.07.2012 (X ZR 117/11) – Polymer foam
94
Federal Court of Justice of 14.08.2012 (X ZR 3/10) – Non-UV-sensitive printing plate
117
Federal Patent Court of 13.11.2012, joined cases 3 Ni 43/10 (EP), 3 Ni 24/11 (EP), 3 Ni 25/11 (EP) – Quetiapine
136
Federal Court of Justice of 27.11.2012 (X ZR 58/07) – Neural progenitor cells II
21
Federal Court of Justice of 12.12.2012 (X ZR 134/11) – Polymer composition
66
Federal Court of Justice of 18.12.2012 (X ZR 3/12) – Route planning
58
Federal Patent Court of 04.04.2013 (2 Ni 59/11 and 2 Ni 64/11) – Slide to unlock
59
Federal Court of Justice of 09.04.2013 (X ZR 130/11) – Scrambling method
102
Federal Court of Justice of 23.04.2013 (X ZR 27/12) – Vehicle navigation system
61
Federal Court of Justice of 11.09.2013 (X ZB 8/12) – Dipeptidyl-peptidase inhibitors
79
Federal Court of Justice of 24.09.2013 (X ZR 40/12) – Fatty acids
36
Federal Court of Justice of 15.10.2013 (X ZR 41/11) – Image display device
31
2014
Federal Court of Justice of 11.02.2014 (X ZR 107/12) – Communication channel
119
Federal Court of Justice of 25.02.2014 (X ZB 5/13) – Collagenase I
37
Federal Court of Justice of 11.03.2014 (X ZR 139/10) – Paint supply system
43
2015
Federal Court of Justice of 13.01.2015 (X ZR 41/13) – Quetiapine
138
DK – Denmark
Danish High Court of 25.05.2012 – Danisco A/S (today a part of DuPont) v Novozymes A/S
132
ES – Spain
Supreme Court (Civil Chamber) of 27.04.2011 – LEK Pharma v Warnre- Lambert – Atorvastatina (274/2011)
160
Supreme Court (Civil Chamber) of 10.05.2012 – Laboratorios Cinfa et al. v Eli Lilly and Co Ltd(309/2011)
178
Court of Appeal of Madrid (Section 28) of 04.03.2013 – Actavis Group et al. v Merck Sharp & Dohme (17/2013)
159
Court of Appeal of Barcelona (Section 15) of 24.07.2014 – Merck & Co. v Laboratorios Alter et al. (Auto 93/2014)
161
FR – France
Court of Cassation of 02.11.2011 [10-30907] – Groupe Vicard SA v Tonnellerie Ludonnaise SA
44
Court of Cassation of 29.11.2011 [10-24786] – Negma v Biogaran
35
Court of Cassation of 13.12.2011 [10-27413] – SAS Technip France v SA ITP
Paris Court of Appeal of 13.01.2012 (10/17727) – Sandoz v Eli Lilly
67
Court of Cassation of 31.01.2012 [11-10924] – Go sport v Time Sport international
120
Paris District Court of 20.03.2012 (09/12706) – Teva v Eli Lilly
73
Paris Court of Appeal of 21.03.2012 (09/23852) – Arcelormittal v Voestalpine
80
Paris Court of Appeal of 23.03.2012 (10/22368) – VSL International v Freyssinet International
81
Court of Cassation of 03.04.2012 [10-21084] – M. G v R
162
Court of Cassation of 20.11.2012 [11-18440] – Boegli gravures v Darsail
69
Paris Court of Appeal of 26.04.2013 (12/07634) – Core/Miral v Axxom/Castorama/Browaeys Brame
62
Paris Court of Appeal of 7.06.2013 (10/15598) – Security of Documents (Sood) v European Central Bank (ECB)
104
Paris Court of Appeal of 28.06.2013 (10/21790) – Mr L. v Publicis Groupe & RATP
12
Paris Court of Appeal of 03.07.2013 (10/22679) – Sotira v CPO
163
Paris Court of Appeal of 25.10.2013 (13/06455) – Syngenta v INPI Director General
106
Paris Court of Appeal of 20.12.2013 (12/14147) – Icotex v Saertex
108
Paris Court of Appeal of 12.02.2014 (12/16589) – Anne D v Sarl AD / Hermès Sellier SA
45
Paris District Court of 13.02.2014 (13/00455) – Virbac v Merial
92
Paris Court of Appeal of 12.03.2014 (12/07203) – Eli Lilly v Teva
39
Paris Court of appeal of 19.03.2014 (10/21042) – Artygraphie c. Cartel
13
Paris Court of Appeal of 16.05.2014 (12/06678) – Knauf c. St Gobain
156
Court of Cassation of 20.05.2014 [13-10061] – X v Sig Sauer
98
Paris District Court of 3.07.2014 (10/14406) – Evinerude v Aair Lichens
15
GB – United Kingdom
Supreme Court of 01.11.2011 – Human Genome Sciences Inc v eli Lilly & Co. [2011] UKSC 51
Patents Court of 15.12.2011 – Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v (1) Kennametal UK Ltd, (2) Kennametal European GmbH [2011] EWHC 3311 (Pat)
83
Patents Court of 22.03.2012 – Teva UK Ltd v AstraZeneca AB [2012] EWHC 655 (Pat)
139
England and Wales Court of Appeal of 10.05.2012 – Nokia OYJ v IPCom GmbH & Co KG [2012] EWCA Civ 567
110
Patents Court of 27.07.2012 – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Contour Aerospace Ltd and others [2012] EWHC 2153 (Pat)
46
164
Court of Appeal of 05.09.2012 – Eli Lily & Co v Human Genome Sciences (HGS) Inc [2012] EWCA Civ 1185
86
Court of Appeal of 10.10.2012 – MedImmune Ltd v Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1234
48
123
Court of Appeal of 12.12.2012 – Novartis AG v Generics (UK) Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1623
51
Patents Court of 07.03.2013 – Samsung electronics Co Ltd v Apple Retail UK Ltd and anr [2013] EWC 467 (Pat)
124
Patents Court of 17.04.2013 – International Stem Cell Corporation v Comptroller General of Patents [2013] EWHC 807 (Ch)
23
Patents Court of 22.04.2013 – Nestec S.A. v Dualit Ltd [2013] EWHC 923 (Pat)
126
Court of Appeal of 30.04.2013 – AstraZeneca AB v Hexal [2013] EWCA Civ 454
141
Court of Appeal of 03.05.2013 – HTC v Apple [2013] EWCA Civ 451
16
Supreme Court of 03.07.2013 – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ltd [2013] UKSC 46
168
Patents Court of 10.07.2013 – HTC Corporation v Gemalto SA and HTC Corporation v Gemalto NV [2013] EWHC 1876 (Pat)
122
129
Court of Appeal of 29.07.2013 – Generics [UK] Ltd t/a Mylan v Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 925
63
Patents Court of 04.09.2013 – Lantana Ltd v Comptroller General of Patents [2013] EWHC 2673 (Pat)
19
Court of Appeal of 21.11.2013 – IPCom GmbH v HTC Co Europe Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1496
170
Court of Appeal of 20.12.2013 – Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Zodiac Seats UK Ld (formerly Contour Aerospace Ltd) and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1713
Court of Appeal of 28.01.2014 – AP Racing Ltd v Alcon Components Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 40
113
Court of Appeal of 11.03.2014 – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v Apple Retail UK Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 250
173
Patents Court of 20.06.2014 – Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Nintendo of Europe GmbH [2014] EWHC 1959 (Pat)
74
Patents Court of 11 and 24.07.2014 – Actavis Group PTC EHF v Pharmacia LLC [2014] EWHC 2265 (Pat) and [2014] EWHC 2611 (Pat), respectively
175
Patents Court of 22.07.2014 -AgaMedical Corporation v Occlutech (UK) Ltd [2014] EWHC 2506 (Pat)
32
IT – Italy
Turin Ordinary Court of 11.02.2011 – Sandoz v Leo Pharma – calcipotriol monohydrate
150
NL – Netherlands
Rechtbank 'S-Gravenhage of 22.06.2011 – Danisco v Novozymes
133
The Hague Court of Appeal of 27.09.2011 – Eli Lilly v Ratiopharm
145
Supreme Court of 25.05.2012 – Aga v Occlutech
146
The Hague Regional Court of Appeal of 09.04.2013 – Sandoz v Leo Pharma
151
The Hague District Court of 08.05.2013 – Taste of Nature Holding B.V. v Cresco Handels-B.V.
26
Supreme Court of 07.06.2013 – Lundbeck v Tiefenbacher/Centrafarm – Escitalopram
53
The Hague District Court of 19.12.2013 – Unilever N.V. v Procter & Gamble
167
Supreme Court of 04.04.2014 – Medinol v Abbott
96
The Hague Regional Court of 10.06.2014 – Accord v AstraZeneca
142
NO – Norway
Borgarting Court of Appeal of 06.01.2014 – STS Gruppen AS v Stillasgruppen AS and Stillastjenester
115
Borgarting Court of Appeal of 24.01.2014 – Krka v Astrazeneca –Esomeprazole
97
SE – Sweden
District Court of Stockholm of 04.03.2011 – Occlutech GmbH v AGA Medical Corporation, AGA Medical Corporation v Occlutech International AB and Tor Peters (Joint cases)
148
District Court of Stockholm of 20.05.2011 – Leo v Sandoz
153
