Düsseldorf Regional Court has ruled that the German part of US manufacturer Beckman Coulter’s patent (case ID: 4c O 88/17) is infringed by Sysmex. The dispute concerns diagnostics technology for laboratories. An opposition case before the EPO was withdrawn prior to the hearing in Düsseldorf.
Representatives Beckman Coulter:
Maiwald (Munich): Marco Stief (attorney-at-law), Dr Derk Vos, Dr Christian Pioch, Dr Alexander Schmitz (all three patent attorneys), Heike Röder-Hitschke (attorney-at-law)
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