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What patent protection does Gilead’s COVID-19 treatment Remdesivir have?

By Anders Heebøll-Nielsen, Michael Bech Sommer | Posted on April 30, 2020

On 29 April 2020 Gilead announced that its drug Remdesivir has a positive effect in the treatment of COVID-19 from a phase three trial of the drug. The investigation was so successful that for ethical reasons it was “unblinded” – the effect observed was so significant that retaining the group on placebo would prevent those...

Tags: applications, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gilead, IPR protection, patents, PCT, Remdesivir

China further curbs bad-faith trademark applications

By Ai-Leen Lim | Posted on April 20, 2020

Provisions enacted alongside China’s recently amended Trademark Law seek to effectively regulate bad-faith trademark filings including penalties through the nation’s social credit system In response to the bad-faith application regime, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) published Several Provisions for Regulating the Application for the Registration of Trademarks (Draft) on February 12, 2019. The...

Tags: applications, Bad faith, china, CNIPA, IP, malicious, registration, trademarks

PPH network reaches over 50 members as India and Saudi Arabia join

By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on February 3, 2020

The ever-expanding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) network has gained two new additions. AWA Point sums up the new members and opportunities.   Two new authorities with large economies have entered the PPH, providing the ability to speed-up and simplify examination of patent applications. The new additions are India and Saudi Arabia. For a given PPH-agreement,...

Tags: applications, India, patents, PPH, prosecution, Saudi Arabia

Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal regarding negative features in a claim (i.e. disclaimers).

By AWA | Posted on November 3, 2016

The use of undisclosed disclaimers in a filed application has been practiced since the start of the EPC (European Patent Convention) and was codified in G 1/03. According to this decision, three exceptions from the general principle (a patent or patent application may not be amended in such a way that it contains subject-matter which...

Tags: applications, awapatent, EBA, epa, EPC

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Laura Stravinskaite

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Troels Peter Rørdam

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