Life Sciences But finishing was never part of the (paediatric investigation) plan…The UK's High Court recently decided upon Dr Reddy's application to revoke the 6 month paediatric extension of Warner-Lambert's SPC for atorvastatin (Lipitor), which is used for lowering blood cholesterol.Read More 17Jan2013 UK disclosure is a powerful tool in patent litigationThe disclosure process under English law creates powerful opportunities during patent litigation. Careful use of disclosure can reduce costs and speed up proceedings across Europe, as shown in recent litigation between Danisco and Novozymes.Read More 29Nov2012 Neurim – “the most important SPC judgment ever”On 19th July 2012 the CJEU, Europe's highest court, issued its ruling in case C-130/11 Neurim Pharmaceuticals.Read More 22Jul2012 Furrowed brows for L’Oréal at end of Allergan BOTOX® battleOn 10th May 2012 the First Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave its judgment on the appeal brought jointly by Helena Rubenstein and L’Oréal against the 16th December 2010 judgment of the General Court of the European Union, which dismissed appeals filed by the two parties.Read More 21Jun2012 Merck’s silence irrelevant as Sigma is left gaspingMerck Canada Inc. holds a UK patent and a UK SPC covering the active ingredient in the asthma treatment Singulair. It started an action for infringement of these rights by Sigma Pharmaceuticals PLC, which was importing Singulair from Poland into the UK.Read More 31May2012 Regeneron and Bayer caught in Genentech’s VEGF TrapIn the UK leg of the litigation relating to the potential blockbuster drug Eylea, marketed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer Healthcare, the High Court has handed down a judgement ruling that Eylea infringes a patent held by Genentech, Inc.Read More 05Apr2012 An Important Day for Supplementary Protection CertificatesOn Friday 10th February, the UK High Court had a busy morning applying recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Medeva (C-322/10) and related referrals, to real world situations involving Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).Read More 23Feb2012 SPCs – Decisions rain down from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)Between late November and mid-December, there was a flurry of activity at the CJEU, with a number of decisions being handed down that are relevant to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) - a unique form of intellectual property right that provides an additional monopoly that comes into force after expiry of a patent.Read More 26Jan2012<1…22232425 Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2026AugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
