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Court of Justice of the EU confirms zero or negative duration for SPCs
By Sidsel Hauge | Posted on December 13, 2011
On 8 December 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its judgment in case C-125/10 (“Merck”). This case concerns the duration of a Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) according to Article 13 of the SPC Regulation EG/469/2009. Summary of the case Merck applied for a SPC for the product Sitaglipin under conditions...
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Tags: CJ, ECJ, Patent, Pharmaceuticals, SPC
Patentability of inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells
By AWA | Posted on October 20, 2011
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has recently issued a decision clarifying the situation on patentability, in Europe, of inventions relating to human embryonic stem cells. In the decision it is declared that the concept of a “human embryo”, the exploitation of which is excluded from patentability according to the EU Biotechnology Directive...
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Tags: awapatent, CJ, EPO, Patent, Stem cells
Supplementary protection for combination products heading for setback at the CJ of the EU
By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on July 14, 2011
Supplementary protection for combination products heading for setback at the Court of Justice of the EU On 13 July 2011, the opinion of the Advocate General (AG) was released in the consolidated cases C-322/10 and C-422/10, “Medeva” and “Georgetown” respectively, concerning supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for combination vaccines. In her opinion, the AG recommends the...
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Tags: CJ, EU, Medication, SPC
Supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products
By AWA | Posted on November 15, 2010
11 November 2010 the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling in the case C-229/09 that Supplementary protection certificates for plant protection products may validly be obtained based on provisional marketing authorisations In this recent decision by the Court of Justice (CJ) it was ruled that a supplementary protection certificate (SPC)...
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