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1 Véron & Associés

Statistics 2000 - 2014

Paris Lyon

Patent Litigation in France

Statistical study 2000-2014


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2000-2014 : analysis of 4313 decisions

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total Average

TGI Paris 165 165 185 179 153 202 228 202 156 222 199 192 200 218 158 2824 188

CA Paris 65 69 65 68 76 85 86 76 64 81 97 84 91 94 74 1175 78

Cour de

cassation15 14 24 21 23 17 12 28 25 23 21 31 18 23 19 314 21

Total 245 248 274 268 252 304 326 306 245 326 317 307 309 335 251 4313 288




TGI Paris, 2000-2014

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TGI Paris, 2000-2009/ 2010-2014

Nature of cases

Infringement

81%

Employees'

inventions5%

Contract

5%

Claim of

ownership4%

Patent revocation

(excluding infringement)

4%

Others

2%

2000-2009

Infringement

77%

Patent revocation (excluding

infringement)6%

Contract5%

Employees' inventions

5%

Claim of ownership

3%

Others3%

2010-2014




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Nationality of parties

Others34%

France66%

Claimants

Others34%

France66%

Defendants

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220

IL

LU

FI

CA

DK

ES

SE

BE

JP

GB

IT

CH

NL

DE

US

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220

MC

TW

CA

SE

KR

JP

ES

NL

GB

BE

CN

CH

IT

US

DE


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Nature (FR/EP) of patents invoked

European patents became the majority in 2009

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

French patents

European patents

17%

55%

45%

83%




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Validity and infringement FR/EP

Patents held invalid

34%

Patents validand not infringed

37%

Patents valid and infringed

29%

French patents2000-2014 (531 patents)

Patents held

invalid

23%

Patents valid and

not infringed

39%

Patents valid

and infringed

38%

European patents2000-2014 (464 patents)


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Validity and infringement EP

Patents held

invalid

25%

Patents valid and

not infringed

34%

Patents valid

and infringed

41%

European patents

2010-2014 (190 patents)

Patents held invalid21%

Patents valid and

not infringed

43%

Patents valid and infringed

36%

European patents

2000-2009(274 patents)




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Win rate per technical field

12

17

26

30

32

52

56

72

81

113

131

137

251

25%

47%

27%

63%

16%

23%

18%

25%

28%

35%

40%

34%

39%

0 50 100 150 200 250

Biochemistry

Telecoms

Entertainment

Computerscience

Pharma

Chemistry

Physics

Medicine

Electricaltechniques

Construction

Householdproducts

Industrialtechniques

Mechanicalengineering

Win rate pertechnical field

Number ofpatents pertechnical field

2000-2014


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Win rate per technical field

1

11

12

12

15

20

20

26

31

34

38

55

81

0%

64%

50%

58%

13%

65%

30%

23%

45%

26%

21%

24%

41%

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Biochemistry

Physics

Entertainment

Telecoms

Pharma

Computer science

Electrical techniques

Medicine

Household products

Chemistry

Industrial techniques

Construction

Mechanical…

Win rate pertechnical field

Number ofpatents pertechnical field

2010-2014




Cour d'appel de Paris, 2000-2014

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cour d'appel de Paris, 2000-2009 / 2010-2014

Nature of cases

Infringement

50%

Decisions by the

Director of the INPI25%

Contract

7%

Patent revocation (excluding

infringement)

5%

Employees'

inventions5%

Others

5%

Claim of

ownership4%

2010-2014

Infringement

63%

Contract

11%

Decisions

by the Director of the INPI

11%

Others5%

Employees' inventions

4%

Claim of ownership

3%

Patent revocation

(excluding

infringement)

3%

2000-2009




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Judgments affirmed / reversed

Affirmed

47%

Partially

affirmed

38%

Reversed

15%

2000-2009

Affirmed57%

Partially affirmed

25%

Reversed18%

2010-2014


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Validity and infringement FR/EP

Patents

held invalid

32%

Patents

valid and

not infringed

38%

Patents

valid and

infringed

31%

French patents2000-2009(241 patents)

Patents

held invalid

49%

Patents

valid and

not infringed

31%

Patents

valid and

infringed

19%

French patents2010-2014 (67 patents)




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Validity and infringement European patents

2000-2009 2010-2014

Patents held

invalid

17%

Patents valid and

not infringed

53%

Patents valid

and infringed

29%

European patents2000-2009(103 patents)

Patents held invalid32%

Patents valid and not infringed

30%

Patents valid and

infringed38%

European patents2010-2014(63 patents)


Cour de cassation, 2000-2014

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Cour de cassation, 2000-2014

Decision affirmed / decision quashed

Decisionquached

11%

Decisionpartiallyquached

17%

Irrecevability2%

Decisionconfirmed

56%

Not admitted15%


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Patent infringement damages

tribunal de grande instance de Paris, 2000-2014




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Each year, an average of 20 judgments award damages for patent infringement

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


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The Tribunal appoints ever less frequently a court expert for the assessment of damages

Percentage of judgments ordering expert investigations

(the other judgments award a fixed sum without ordering expert investigations)

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014




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In almost 80% of cases, the case ends during the expert investigations for the assessment of damages

18

12 12

8 7

11

9

11

5

12

9 9

7

3 2

1

4

1 2

1

3 2

3

1

5

3 3

0

3

1

0

5

10

15

20

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Number of judgments ordering expert investigations and allocating an advance payment

Number of judgments ruling after expert investigations


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Average amount of damages: €226,000

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14Average

€226,000




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The greatest damages awarded

(costs under Art. 700 CPC not taken into account – advance payments excluded – settlement agreement excluded)

Date Parties Total damages

14/01/2009 Agilent Technology Deutschand GmbH, Hewlett-Packard GmbH / Waters Corporation, Waters SAS 4 317 180 €

09/10/2009 Legrand, Legrand SNC / Alternative Elec 3 301 000 €

25/06/2010 Technogenia / Martec anciennement Soneco, Ateliers Joseph Mary, Bernard Mary Industries B.M.I anciennement Martec, Actiale, Francis Barrat2 735 013 €

14/09/2007 Philips Electronics / Manufacturing Advanced Media Europe 2 000 000 €

14/05/2003 Dentsply Research & Development Corporation / Electro Medical Systems 1 256 178 €

27/09/2013 Bobst / Heidelberg Postpress Deutschland 1 212 094 €

29/10/2008 L'Air Liquide/ Yara France 1 195 050 €

16/09/2009 Hager Security anciennement Atral / Cedom, Leroy Merlin France 1 184 806 €

09/11/2004 Schneider Electric Industries / Wenzhou Fly-Dragon Electric 1 000 000 €

16/11/2012 Santos / Robot-Coupe 1 000 000 €

12/09/2007 SEB / De Longhi 989 858 €

08/03/2006 Citec Environnement / K.A. France, Ssi Schaeffer 693 653 €

26/03/2010 Brandt Industries / Whirlpool France 651 446 €

28/01/2009 Treves / Visteon Systèmes Intérieurs 530 000 €

10/07/2002 Sedac-Mecobel / J.P. Gruhier SA, Styling 517 036 €

06/12/2013 Anthogyr / Apol 500 000 €


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The largest advance payments awarded Date Parties

Advance

payments

09/02/2007 Ethypharm / Laboratoires Fournier €10,000,000

29/06/2012 ECA / BAE SYSTEMS €6,000,000

17/03/2009 Micsystemes / Ouizille, Bourbouloux, Financiere Libertel 16, Acentic €2,600,000

29/06/2004 Technogenia / Martec, Ateliers Joseph Mary, Bmi (Martec), Actciale, Françis Barrat €2,000,000

07/04/2009 Instrumentation Laboratory / Diagnostica Stago €2,000,000

22/11/2013 Manitou / Haulotte €1,700,000

25/03/2009 Novartis AG / Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Ethicon €1,000,000

07/09/2012 Time Sport International / Decathlon, D-H-G Knauer €600,000

06/06/2007 Rotanotice / M.Y. Healthcare France €500,000

23/06/2011 Koninklijke Philips Electronics / TX Western, CDVD €500,000

25/05/2010 Valeo Vision, Valeo Servise / Aniel, Autodistribution, Commerce Rechange Automobiles Cora €400,000

03/04/2014 Société d'Équipement pour l'Environnement (SEE) / Rabaud €308,346

09/10/2001 Citec Environnement / K.A France, SSI Schaeffer (Yutz), SSI Schaeffer (Lognes) €304,899

21/12/2012 Alkermes Pharma Ireland venant aux droits de Elan Pharma International / Ethypharm €300,000

09/10/2001 Sara Lee De N.V., Sara Lee De France / La Johnson Francaise €250,000

28/03/2000 Glaxo Operation UK Ltd / Laboratoire Flavelab €228,674

19/10/2004 SEB / De Longhi €220,000




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Costs* awarded to the patentee

The average amount (2000-2014) awarded pursuant to Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure (legal cost) in case of patent infringement is

€17,600

The median amount is

€10,000

* (article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure)


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Other ancillary sanctions (averages)

Injunction under penalty €2,600 per infraction

Publication 3 journals

Total cost €10,700

Provisional enforcement 88% of the cases

Confiscation 21% of the cases





Preliminary injunction requests

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4

3

8

1

4

6

3 3

6

8 8

13

9

11

4

1

2

1

0

2

3

2

0

4

1

2

5

3 3

1

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Preliminary injunction request Preliminary injunction granted

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Patent law developments 2013-2014 The Netherlands

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STATISTICS

Statistics NL (2013, 2014) Overarching conclusions

Continuing stream of patent litigation cases

District Court The Hague: 75*

Court of Appeal The Hague: 23*

* Number of cases is based on individual docket numbers.

As a rule, each case includes original and counterclaim proceedings, and the majority of cases involved more than one patent

Relatively short run time from initiation to first instance decision

Preliminary proceedings : 65 days on average

Accelerated proceedings on the merits: 9 to 12 months

Proceedings on the merits: 445 days on average

Patents are often upheld

District Court The Hague: 65%

Court of Appeal The Hague: 53%

Infringement is not often established

District Court The Hague: 29%

Court of Appeal The Hague: 44%

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Statistics NL Number of judgments

Court 2013 2014 Total

Supreme Court 3 2 5

Court of Appeal The Hague

13 10 23

Proceedings on the merits

9 9 18

Preliminary proceedings

4 1 5

District Court 40 35 75

Proceedings on the merits

27 18 45

Preliminary proceedings

13 17 30

Other tribunals 8 6 14

TOTAL 64 53 117

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Statistics NL Supreme Court Judgments

Case Date Quashed? Topic

Lundbeck v.

Generics 7 June 2013 Yes

Validity (Novelty and Inventive Step)

Global Bio-Chem v.

Ajinomoto 13 September 2013 No

Scope of protection (Interpretation Bio-Technology Directive)

Boston Scientific v.

Orbus Neich 27 September 2013 No Civil Procedure (Litigation costs)

Medinol v.

Abbott 4 April 2014 Yes Scope of protection

Leo v.

Sandoz 3 October 2014 No Validity (Inventive Step)

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Statistics NL Infringement proceedings 2013-2014

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District Court The Hague Court of Appeal The Hague

Infringement (2013)

4 (17%) 2 (33%)

No Infringement (2013)

17 (83%) 4 (67%)

Infringement (2014)

8 (40%) 2 (67%)

No Infringement (2014)

12 (60%) 1 (33%)

Infringement (2013-2014) 12 (29%) 4 (44%)

No Infringement (2013-2014) 29 (71%) 5 (56%)

Statistics NL Validity proceedings 2013-2014

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District Court The Hague Court of Appeal The Hague

Valid (2013) 18 (62%) 7 (70%)

Partially Valid/Invalid (2013) 3 (10%) 0 (0%)

Invalid (2013) 8 (28%) 3 (30%)

Valid (2014) 16 (70%) 3 (33%)

Partially Valid/Invalid (2013) 4 (17%) 0 (0%)

Invalid (2014) 3 (13%) 6 (67%)

Valid (2013-2014) 34 (65%) 10 (53%)

Partially Valid/Invalid (2013-2014) 7 (14%) 0 (0%)

Invalid (2013-2014) 11 (21%) 9 (47%)



Statistics NL Infringement (All cases - District Court - June 2012 – May 2014)

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Infringement

No Infringement

68 % 32 %

Statistics NL Infringement in proceedings on the merits (District Court - June 2012 – May 2014)

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Infringement

No Infringement

78 %

22%

12%

88%

2013 2014



Statistics NL Infringement in preliminary proceedings (District Court - June 2012 – May 2014)

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Infringement No infringement

50% 50% 43%

57%

2013 2014

Statistics NL Validity (District Court - June 2012 – May 2014)

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Valid

Invalid

Partially

valid/invalid

61 %

(11)

22%

(4)

17%

(3)

52%

29%

19%

2013 2014



Statistics NL Litigation Costs Awards

Litigation Costs Awards (Dutch implementation of art. 14 Dir. 2004/48/EC)

All costs can be awarded under art. 1019h Dutch Code of Civil Procedure

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Proceedings

on the merits

(2007-2013)

Adverse Party

Costs Award

= 0% € 18.186

<25% € 50.000

<50% € 101.171

<75% € 181.250

<100% € 738.145

Average € 150.268

Preliminary

Proceedings

(2007-2013)

Adverse Party

Costs Award

= 0% € 13.608

<25% € 28.087

<50% € 55.758

<75% € 82.081

<100% € 275.000

Average € 71.538

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