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Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, 29 June 2023)

Date29 June 2023
CourtCFI
DivisionMunich (DE) Central Division - Section
Type of actionRevocation Action
Case number(s)UPC_CFI_1/2023
Registry referenceORD_536514/2023 · UPC_CFI_1/2023
PartiesSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Amgen, Inc.

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

Official decision (PDF) · UPC registry entry

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Proceedings

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Parties

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Decisions in the same proceedings and documented appeals

  1. 29 June 2023 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, 29 June 2023) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_1/2023
  2. 24 August 2023 Amgen v Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland (CFI, 24 August 2023) Preliminary objection · UPC_CFI_1/2023

    L'action en nullité déposée au greffe de Luxembourg à 11 h 26 précède l'action en contrefaçon déposée à 11 h 45, la division centrale est compétente et l'exception préliminaire est rejetée.

  3. 20 September 2023 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, 20 September 2023) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_1/2023

    Le juge rapporteur rejette la demande d'accès aux écritures et pièces d'un mandataire souhaitant se forger une opinion sur la validité du brevet, faute de motif concret et vérifiable, et autorise l'appel.

  4. 24 January 2024 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, 24 January 2024) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_1/2023

    Le juge rapporteur admet la lettre des demanderesses et ses déclarations d'experts répondant à des points nouveaux de la duplique, et rejette les demandes d'Amgen tendant à la clôture immédiate ou à une réplique supplémentaire.

  5. 24 February 2024 Sanofi v Amgen (CFI, 24 February 2024) Revocation Action · UPC_CFI_1/2023

    L'action en nullité de Sanofi et la demande reconventionnelle en nullité de Regeneron contre le brevet d'Amgen sont instruites conjointement en vue d'une audience le 4 juin 2024, la valeur de chaque action étant fixée à 100 millions d'euros.

What the record states

Nature of the act
Revocation Action
Outcome (Dhenne Avocats summary)
Les documents déposés par les sociétés Sanofi sont admis comme pièces de la demande en nullité, réputée signifiée à Amgen le 29 juin 2023.
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

Related decisions cited in the analyses

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Patents and standards

PublicationRole in the disputeFamilyStandard and declarationPoolSources
EP 3 666 797
Antigen binding proteins to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9)
recorded proprietor: Amgen Inc		Mentioned in the analysis (role not qualified)
Also mentioned in 21 other decision(s): Amgen v Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland (CoA, 25 November 2025) · Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, 16 July 2024) · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals v Amgen (CFI, 16 July 2024) · SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND v AMGEN (CoA, 25 March 2026) · SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND v AMGEN (CoA, 18 February 2026) · Dehns v Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (CFI, 22 October 2024) · Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, ORD_47230/2024, 22 October 20 · Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland v Amgen (CFI, ORD_47238/2024, 22 October 20		not recordednot recordednot recordedEspacenet · 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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