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Supplementary protection certificates

Federal Court of Justice destroys SPC for Gilead blockbuster drug Truvada

Gilead has now also failed to protect its HIV blockbuster drug Truvada in Germany, in the Europe-wide dispute over its property rights. The German Fed ...

23 September 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Pharmaceuticals

EPO destroys Teva copaxone patent after appeal

The European Patent Office has destroyed a patent owned by Teva for copaxone, which treats certain indications of multiple sclerosis. The patent was o ...

21 September 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly's pemetrexed patent wins again in France

A French court has banned Fresenius from selling a competing pemetrexed product in France, in the pan-European dispute over Eli Lilly’s cancer drug. T ...

15 September 2020 by Christina Schulze
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3D scanning technology

Medit and Hogan Lovells even the score with 3Shape over 3D scanning for dental implants

Düsseldorf Regional Court finds that South Korean company Medit has not infringed a patent for 3D scanning for the design of dental posts. In the exte ...

28 August 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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Respiratory equipment

Despite COVID-19 no exemption for Flexicare against Fisher & Paykel

UK-based medical device company Flexicare may no longer sell certain products for ventilators in Germany. Düsseldorf Regional Court finds German distr ...

27 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Medical devices

Bird & Bird client Visibly wins against Dutch competitor over online eye test

Can the proprietor of a process patent in Germany claim infringement even if the competitor carries out the final step of the procedure abroad? Düssel ...

4 August 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly wins against generics in Germany in pemetrexed dispute

Eli Lilly has achieved a ban on the sale of imitation pemetrexed products in Germany, in the ongoing dispute over its cancer drug Alimta. Following th ...

28 July 2020 by Konstanze Richter
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Pharmaceuticals

Major win for Eli Lilly pemetrexed patent in Germany

In the multi-jurisdictional dispute over Eli Lilly's drug pemetrexed, the German Federal Court of Justice has upheld the patent in full. The drug is a ...

8 July 2020 by Christina Schulze
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UK Court of Appeal

Court refuses injunction in Neurim and Mylan insomnia drug dispute

The Court of Appeal in London has released its expedited appeal judgment in the case between pharmaceutical companies Neurim and Mylan. In the judgmen ...

30 June 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Antibody development

Supreme Court clarifies sufficiency in Kymab and Regeneron judgment

The UK Supreme Court has released its long-awaited judgment in the transgenic mice dispute between biotechnology companies Kymab and Regeneron. In wha ...

25 June 2020 by Amy Sandys
People & Business
In-house interview

Jörg Thomaier: "G 3/19 was a 100% political decision"

The Enlarged Board of Appeal G 3/19 recently confirmed a decision that plants and animals derived from an 'essentially biological process' are not pat ...

28 May 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Plant patents

Enlarged Board of Appeal issues G 3/19 decision on plant patents

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has ruled that plants and animals obtained from essentially biological processes are not patentable. This is contrary to ...

19 May 2020 by Amy Sandys
People & Business
Germany

Munich office of Dentons hires Vossius patent attorney

The Munich office of global law firm Dentons has hired patent attorney Roger Abseher to expand its patent prosecution practice. The hire comes as Dent ...

14 May 2020 by Amy Sandys
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Pharmaceuticals

UK High Court rules innovator Akebia can launch anaemia drug

The UK High Court has handed down its judgment following a two-week trial involving seven patents for an anaemia drug. Defendant Akebia, alongside its ...

21 April 2020 by Amy Sandys
People & Business
Germany

Herbert Smith Freehills finally opens patent practice in Düsseldorf

Life sciences expert Ina vom Feld is moving to the Düsseldorf office of Herbert Smith Freehills on 1 May 2020. She was previously a partner in Simmons ...

15 April 2020 by Mathieu Klos
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