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Case Law

Here you will find a selection of decisions from French and European courts, authorities, and offices. Various teams at CASALONGA were involved in some of the cases handled. Other cases are mentioned here due to their particular importance

29 November 2019

Paris First Instance Court - IMPLANTICA MARKETING LTD v/ MYOPOWERS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE

IMPLANTICA MARKETING LTD was represented by Arnaud CASALONGA Attorney at Law, assisted by Olivier DELPRAT French and European Patent Attorney.

This company holds a European patent EP1,284,691 designating France for a device to treat urinary incontinence for men and women. The patentee was informed that MYOPOWERS (…)

8 November 2019

Paris First Instance Court - TMS v/ MSR

TECHNIC MANUTENTION SERVICES and Mr Gilles MAUMUS were represented by Arnaud CASALONGA, Attorney at Law. The Court of First Instance grants their claims for infringement and unfair competition.

The company MULTI SERVICES ROLLS had included on its sales site the photograph of a model of a folding pallet box made of metal wire for the transport and storage of 600 (…)

8 November 2019

EU General Court - CRÉDIT MUTUEL ARKEA v/ CONFÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DU CRÉDIT MUTUEL and EUIPO

CREDIT MUTUEL ARKEA was represented by Arnaud CASALONGA and Floriane CODEVELLE, Attorney at Law at the Paris Bar, assisted by Cristina BERCIAL-CHAUMIER, Attorney at Law at the Alicante Bar.

In its decision of 24 September 2019, the Court of the European Union upheld Crédit Mutuel Arkéa's arguments and annulled the European Union trademark "Crédit Mutuel" to (…)

6 February 2019

French Supreme Court - 6 February 2019 - NEWMAT v/ NORMALU

Infringement by equivalent means

The patent was for a stretch ceiling canvas. Prior art close to the claimed invention was invoked before the Court of Appeal although it did not fall within the technical (…)