Life Sciences Clinical trials in the UK are given immunity to patent infringementNew legislation introduced by the UK government should shield clinical trials in the UK from the risk of patent infringement from 1st October 2014.Read More 05Jun2014 Board of Appeal finds Swiss-type claims have different scope to EPC 2000 second medical use claimsA decision (T1780/12) from the EPO technical boards of appeal indicates that Swiss-type claims of the form “Use of [product X] in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of [disease Y]” provide a different scope of protection than EPC 2000 second medical use claims of the form “[product X] for use in the treatment of [disease Y]”Read More 29May2014 Genentech’s Herceptin purification patent fails to pass the acid testThe UK’s High Court has decided that Genentech’s patent relating to a composition of Herceptin with reduced acidic variant content is invalidRead More 01May2014 Less is more, but still not enough, for Genentech’s dosing schedule patentThe High Court has decided, in a single judgment, that Genentech’s patents relating to a dosage regimen for Herceptin and a purified composition of non-acidic variants of Herceptin are invalid. This article focuses on the dosage regimen patent.Read More 24Apr2014 Financial pitfalls associated with an interim injunctionIn AstraZeneca v KRKA, d.d. Novo Mesto and Consilient Health Ltd. ("KRKA"), the Mr Justice Sales of the UK High Court has considered the merits of arguments put forward when trying to recover damages following a cross‑undertaking in respect of an interim injunction that was subsequently discharged.Read More 27Feb2014 CJEU allows multiple SPCs per patent under a qualified test, but uncertainties remainOn 12th December 2013, the CJEU handed down its rulings in three cases, Georgetown II (C-484/12), Actavis (C-443/12) and Eli Lilly (C-493/12), which have had SPC practitioners on tenterhooks for some time.Read More 19Dec2013 Extending pharmaceutical patents in the UKThe contentious world of patent extensions for pharmaceutical products has come under the spotlight again in a recent UK decision: Actavis v Boehringer. The decision signals that the UK courts are keen to extend pharmaceutical patents, even where the product is a combination of two known active ingredients, but the final say will now go to Europe’s highest court (the CJEU).Read More 07Nov2013 Shopping for a technical effect (T 1670-07)We report on a recent Technical Board of Appeal decision at the EPO which gives us a glimpse at how arguments often used when attempting to establish an inventive step may be perceived by the Boards.Read More 25Oct2013 Plausibility and the role of post-published evidence in UK litigationThe Court of Appeal has dismissed Mylan’s appeal against the High Court’s decision upholding the European patent (UK) protecting Teva’s largest branded drug, the multiple sclerosis treatment Copaxone®.Read More 29Aug2013 hES cell patents in Europe – what’s the point?The ECJ’s previous decision has been interpreted to mean that use of hES cells from established cell lines obtained by "destructive methods" is not patentable. In spite of this, you may be able to get claims granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) which on their face encompass hES cells. But is there any point in getting claims like this granted, or is there freedom to operate?Read More 22Aug2013<1…202122232425> Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
