Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 26 June 2026)

Date	26 June 2026
Court	CFI
Division	Munich (DE) Local Division
Type of action	Generic Order
Case number(s)	UPC_CFI_1160/2026
Registry reference	UPC_CFI_1160/2026
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

12 August 2026 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 12 August 2026) UPC-CFI-0001160/2026
28 October 2026 : Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, UPC_CFI_1160/2026, 28 October 2026) UPC-CFI-0001160/2026

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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_1160/2026 official number

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Parties

claimantEdwards Lifesciences Corporation41 decisions in the corpus Follow this party
defendantMeril Gmbhnormalised name: Meril GmbH45 decisions in the corpus Follow this party

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

26 June 2026 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 26 June 2026) Generic Order · UPC_CFI_1160/2026
12 August 2026 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 12 August 2026) Other · UPC_CFI_1160/2026
Le juge rapporteur fixe l’audience au 10 septembre 2026 et la valeur du litige à 15 millions d’euros, sans statuer sur la demande de production des livres.
28 October 2026 Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, UPC_CFI_1160/2026, 28 October 2026) Other · UPC_CFI_1160/2026
Dans la première ordonnance appliquant la procédure de « communication des livres », la division locale de Munich ordonne à Meril de communiquer à Edwards ses données comptables sur les valves contrefaisantes et leurs accessoires, ainsi que sur les dispositifs non contrefaisants substitués dans des appels d’offres remp…

What the record states

Nature of the act: Generic Order
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary): Le délai de réplique à la défense est prorogé de deux jours, jusqu’au 1er juillet 2026, la demande est rejetée pour le surplus.
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 3 669 828 mentioned in: Dhenne Avocats analysis Follow this patent

Related decisions cited in the analyses

Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 12 August 2026) cited in this record
Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 4 April 2025) cited in this record

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Patents and standards

Publication	Role in the dispute	Family	Standard and declaration	Pool	Sources
`EP 3 669 828` Prosthetic heart valve recorded proprietor: Edwards Lifesciences Corp	Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified) Also mentioned in 11 other decision(s): Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 4 April 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 12 August 2026) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 17 October 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 3 June 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 14 April 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, ORD_60824/2024, 9 April 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 5 February 2025) · Edwards Lifesciences v Meril (CFI, 20 December 2024)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	Espacenet · European Patent Register existence and title of the publication checked on 30 October 2026 (Google Patents, Espacenet and Register links are not checked automatically) 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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