Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 1 August 2023)

Date	1 August 2023
Court	CFI
Division	Munich (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Infringement Action
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_15/2023
Registry reference	App_557291/2023 · UPC_CFI_15/2023
Parties	Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.

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Case timeline

10 August 2023 : Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 10 August 2023) ORD_557466/2023 · UPC_CFI_15/2023
23 August 2023 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 23 August 2023) ORD_562614/2023 · UPC_CFI15/2023
29 September 2023 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 29 September 2023) ORD_576853/2023 · UPC_CFI_15/2023

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Proceedings

UPC_CFI_15/2023 official number

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Parties

claimantEdwards Lifesciences Corporation41 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantMeril GmbH and Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd.2 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

1 August 2023 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 1 August 2023) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_15/2023
10 August 2023 Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 10 August 2023) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_15/2023
Le juge rapporteur proroge au 4 septembre 2023 le délai d'exception préliminaire de Meril GmbH, à titre exceptionnel et avec l'accord d'Edwards, congés et charge de travail n'étant pas des motifs suffisants.
23 August 2023 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 23 August 2023) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_15/2023
Le juge rapporteur proroge au 2 novembre 2023 le délai de défense de Meril GmbH, à titre exceptionnel et avec l'accord d'Edwards, l'alignement des délais n'étant pas en soi un motif de prorogation.
29 September 2023 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 29 September 2023) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_15/2023
Le juge rapporteur joint l'exception préliminaire au fond, refuse en l'état le sursis, rejette la demande de garantie des frais visant une demanderesse américaine et demande l'adjonction d'un juge technicien.
5 May 2025 Meril Life Sciences v SWAT Medical (CoA, 5 May 2025) Decision By Default · appeal, first-instance number cited in the decision
La cour d’appel annule l’ordonnance d’accès et rejette la demande : un membre du public non représenté ne peut obtenir l’accès de la règle 262.1(b), et aucun frais n’est alloué dans cette procédure.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Infringement Action
Appeal: An appeal is documented in the corpus (see above).
Instance: First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 29 September 2023) cited in this record
Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 23 August 2023) cited in this record
Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 10 August 2023) cited in this record
Amgen v Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland (CFI, 29 August 2023) cites this decision

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