Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 28 August 2023)

Date	28 August 2023
Court	CFI
Division	Munich (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Application for provisional measures
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_249/2023
Registry reference	ORD_567601/2023 · UPC_CFI_249/2023
Parties	Edwards Lifesciences Corporation v. Meril GmbH

Summary pending review. Official UPC registry metadata imported on 24 September 2026.

Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry

Case timeline

14 August 2023 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 14 August 2023) ORD562104/2023 · UPC_CFI_249/2023
19 December 2023 : Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 19 December 2023) ORD_577734/2023 · UPC_CFI_249/2023
10 January 2025 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 10 January 2025) App_3187/2024 · ORD_4627/2024 · UPC_CFI_249/2023

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Source and translations

Official source: Unified Patent Court registry link recorded in the record
Original language: not recorded
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Date checked: not recorded

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Proceedings

UPC_CFI_249/2023 official number

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Parties

claimantEdwards Lifesciences Corporation41 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantMeril GmbH45 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

14 August 2023 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 14 August 2023) Application for provisional measures · UPC_CFI_249/2023
La signification par le CMS à la première défenderesse vaut signification alternative à la seconde, réputée intervenue le 7 août 2023.
28 August 2023 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 28 August 2023) Application for provisional measures · UPC_CFI_249/2023
19 December 2023 Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 19 December 2023) Application for provisional measures · UPC_CFI_249/2023
La procédure de mesures provisoires est éteinte par l'engagement de cessation des défenderesses, qui supportent l'intégralité des frais dans la limite de 200 000 euros. L'appel est autorisé.
10 January 2025 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 10 January 2025) Infringement Action · UPC_CFI_249/2023
Le juge rapporteur condamne Meril à rembourser 244 000 euros de frais à Edwards Lifesciences dans les 20 jours et rejette la demande d’intérêts, faute de base légale.

What the record states

Nature of the act: Application for provisional measures
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): Une audience sur la demande de mesures provisoires est fixée au 10 octobre 2023, avec interprétation simultanée pour la formation, et les délais de réponse à l'opposition sont arrêtés.
Appeal: No appeal documented in the corpus, this does not mean that no appeal was lodged.
Instance: First-instance decision, whether it has become final is not recorded.

Patents mentioned

EP 3 763 331 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 10 January 2025) cited in this record
Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 19 December 2023) cited in this record
Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 14 August 2023) cited in this record

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 763 331`	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 5 other decision(s): Meril Life Sciences v Edwards Lifesciences (CoA, 4 October 2024) · Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CoA, 15 February 2024) · Meril Life Sciences v Edwards Lifesciences (CoA, 18 January 2024) · Meril v Edwards Lifesciences (CFI, 19 December 2023) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 14 August 2023)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet links not checked mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis

The statuses “asserted in litigation”, “declared essential”, “listed by a pool” and “essentiality examined by a court” are distinct and may coexist. Validity, infringement and technical essentiality are different questions. Scope: patents cited in the decisions of the Dhenne Avocats corpus, with no essentiality score or prediction.

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