June 16 (Reuters) - Neovasc Inc NVCN.TO :
* Neovasc announces German Court ruling
* District court in Munich has partially found in favour of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE:EW) in its case against Neovasc
* German Court found CardiAQ had contributed in part to invention of Tiara, awarded to CardiAQ co-entitlement rights to disputed Tiara European patent application
* Neovasc intends to appeal Court's decision
* There are no monetary awards associated with the Court ruling
* Currently appealing 2016 decision from U.S Court which granted co-inventorship rights to Edwards on one of co's granted U.S. patent applications
* Expects oral argument on appeal regarding the 2016 decision by U.S. Court in August 2017 and ruling is expected to follow, prior to end of 2017 Source text for Eikon: ID:nPn7QlKtLa Further company coverage: NVCN.TO