Life Sciences The Patent Prosecution HighwayThe Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) offers a system through which patent prosecution can be accelerated in one participating jurisdiction provided the claims of interest have been found to be acceptable in another participating jurisdiction.Read More 05Mar2014 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 ConvaTec fails to find a silver lining in its latest dispute with Smith & NephewThe High Court decided that Smith & Nephew’s DURAFIBER AgTM wound care product does not infringe ConvaTec’s patent relating to silverised wound dressings, and refused to grant springboard relief to ConvaTec based on infringing experiments carried out by Smith & Nephew to obtain regulatory approval for their product.Read More 20Feb2014 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 Broccoli and tomatoesEPO Enlarged Board of Appeal defines the extent to which plant crossing and selection processes are excluded from patentability as essentially biological processes under Article 53(b) EPC.Read More 20Aug2013 A Court of Justice reference breathes life into Sigma’s parallel importation appealThe Court of Appeal has recently handed down a decision indicating its intention to refer questions relating to the Specific Mechanism to the Court of Justice (Europe’s highest court; the CJEU) on an appeal from the Patents County Court.Read More 02May2013<12345> Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2026OctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
