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Meril Italy Srl (Appellant in 464/2024 and Respondent in 530/2024), Meril GmbH (Appellant in 457/2024 and 21/2025 and Respondent in 532/2024 and 27/2025), Meril Life Sciences Pvt Ltd. (Appellant in 458/2024 and 21/2025 and Respondent in 533/2024 and 27/2025), Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (Appellant in 530/2024, 532/2024, 533/2024 and 27/2025 and Respondent in 464/2024, 457/2024, 458/2024 and 21/2025)

Date
2025-11-25
Division
Luxembourg (LU)
Type of action
Appeal RoP220.1
Language
EN

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1 Reference no.: APL_45049/2024 UPC_CoA_464/2024 APL_51701/2024 UPC_CoA_530/2024 APL_1926/2025 UPC_CoA_21/2025 APL_44701/2024 UPC_CoA_457/2024 APL_51746/2024 UPC_CoA_532/2024 APL_2205/2025 UPC_CoA_27/2025 APL_44702/2024 UPC_CoA_458/2024 APL_51748/2024 UPC_CoA_533/2024 Decision of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court concerning EP 3 646 825 issued on 25 November 2025 HEADNOTE Competence 1. The concept of the “same parties” of Art. 33(4) UPCA must be understood as requiring the parties to be identical. There may be such a degree of identity between the interests of two legal entities that a judgment delivered against one of them would have the force of res judicata as against the other. In such a situation, the entities must be considered to be one and the same party for the purpo ...