Intellectual Property Notes

Preparations for the UPC continue despite an "unpredictable environment"

The UPC Preparatory Committee has issued a “Status of the Unified Patent Court Project” statement and review of 2018, confirming that there …

Advocate General proposes literal interpretation of Article 3(d) SPC Regulation in Abraxis (C-443/17)

The Advocate General of the CJEU proposed a narrow interpretation of Article    3(d) in the Opinion given yesterday in Abraxis …

Patent and Pharma Update - December 2018

Italy moves the unitary patent a step closer

CJEU rules on whether the NHS reimbursing off-label medicinal products for cost-cutting purposes conflicts with Directive 2001/83/EC

Novartis Farma S.p.A. v Italian Medicines Agency and Roche Italia S.p.A. On 21 November 2018, the CJEU issued an important decision in Novartis Farma v …

Brexit "no deal" technical notices published on Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Copyright, GIs, and Exhaustion of rights

The latest tranche of "no deal" technical notices was released yesterday afternoon by the UK Government. Amongst them are several notices …

Bulgaria ratifies the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement but delays still in store for the UPC

On 24 July Bulgaria ratified the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement (Protocol). Four more ratifications/declarations are needed, …

CJEU SETS OUT TEST ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 3(a) SPC REGULATION

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today delivered its decision on the interpretation of Article 3(a) SPC Regulation in Case C-121/17 …

PATENT AND PHARMA UPDATE - July 2018

Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector English courts begin to consider the new …

Changes to the SPC regime? The EU Commission proposal

The European Commission issued a proposal on 28 May 2018 to change the rules around Supplementary Protection Certificates (Regulation (EC) 469/2009), …

ADVOCATE GENERAL PROVIDES OPINION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 3(A) SPC REGULATION

Advocate General Wathelet (the "AG") has provided his opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") on the interpretation of Article …