Sandoz AG & Ors v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH & Ors
| Court | Chancery Division (Patents Court) |
| Judgment Date | 07 October 2025 |
| Neutral Citation | [2025] EWHC 2533 (Pat) |
| Date | 07 October 2025 |
| Year | 2025 |
Case No: HP-2022-000029
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LIST (ChD)
PATENTS COURT
Rolls Building, Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1NL
7 October 2025
Before :
MICHAEL TAPPIN KC
(sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)
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Between :
(1) SANDOZ AG
(2) SANDOZ LIMITED
(3) HEXAL AG
(4) SALUTAS PHARMA GMBH
Inquiry
Claimants
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(1) BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
(2) BAYER AG
(3) BAYER PLC
Inquiry
Defendants
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Jeffrey Chapman KC and Gillian Hughes (instructed by Pinsent Masons LLP) for Sandoz
Miles Copeland and Kyra Nezami (instructed by Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP) for
Bayer
Hearing date: 1 October 2025
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Approved Judgment
I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this judgment and that copies of the
version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
This judgment was handed down at 10.30 am on 7 October 2025 by circulation to the parties’
representatives by email and release to The National Archives.
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Sandoz AG v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
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