The London trade magazine “Chambers Europe” presents Christian Hilti in its 2020 issue as leading attorney in the field of life sciences and patent Litigation.

The London trade magazine “Who’s Who Legal – Patents” presents Christian Hilti in its 2020 issue as leading attorney in the field of Life Sciences.

The London trade magazine “Who’s Who Legal – Patents”presents Christian Hilti and Alfred Köpf in its 2020 issue as attorneys in the field of patent law. Rentsch Partner is the only Swiss firm listed in this ranking both with an attorney at law and a patent attorney. The expert ranking for Switzerland includes in total 23 patent practitioners.

By decision of 15 October 2019, the Federal Patent Court (FPC) rejected the invalidity action of Sandoz against Lilly’s EP 1 313 508 concerning the cancer drug Pemetrexed (O2018_003 – not yet final). The FPC followed Lilly’s arguments and thus confirmed the validity of the patent. It disagreed  with the decision of  the German Federal Patent Court.

Before, Teva Pharma AG (Teva) hat tried to obtain a declaratory judgment for non-infringement against Lilly concerning the same patent, but without success, too.  In that proceeding, Lilly was also successfully represented by Rentsch Partner and Teva’s action was rejected (O2015_004 from the 9 March 2017 / BGer 4A 208/2017 from the 20 October 2017 / BGE 143 III 666).

The London trade magazine "Expert Guides Patents" presents Christian Hilti and Alfred Köpf in its 2019 issue as leading litigators in patent disputes. Rentsch Partner is the only Swiss firm listed in this ranking both with an attorney at law and a patent attorney. The expert ranking for Switzerland includes in total 16 patent practitioners.

The listing of Europe’s leading patent law firms is based on recommendations by clients and peers.