SPC SPCs: clarity on claims with functional features?A new referral asks for more clarity regarding the type of patent claim required for an SPCRead More 07Dec2017 SPC Summer Review 2017Recent developments in Supplementary Protection Certificate law and practiceRead More 21Sep2017 SPC workshopThe day formed part of a legal study into the workings of the SPC system and included a wide-ranging discussion of possible changes to the SPC systemRead More 20Mar2017 Two new SPC references to the CJEUTwo new references to Europe's highest court consider what constitutes the 'first' marketing authorisation for a supplementary protection certificate and what it means for a product to be 'protected by a basic patent in force'Read More 13Jan2017 Seattle Genetics (C-471/14): CJEU confirms that SPC terms are to be calculated from the date of notificationCJEU confirms that SPC terms are to be calculated from the date of notification of the marketing authorisation. It’s good news from the CJEU for those SPC owners who have been hoping for additional SPC term in Europe.Read More 06Oct2015 Seattle Genetics: Advocate General’s opinion points towards longer SPC termsGood news could be on the horizon for SPC owners hoping for additional SPC term in Europe, following the Advocate General’s (AG) opinion in the Seattle Genetics SPC referral currently being considered by the CJEU (C-471/14).Read More 10Sep2015 SPCs for biologicsGuidance on product definitions, scope and validity from the EFTA Court in Pharmaq v Intervet (E-16-14).Read More 23Apr2015 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 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 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 Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2026MayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
