The Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) confirmed a second instance court judgment considering, inter alia, the effect of a later exclusive patent license contract having the same subject…
The Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court upheld a first instance judgment annulling the decision of the Bulgarian Patent Office to refuse the grant of a supplementary protection certificate for a…
The Bulgarian Patent Office refused to issue a patent for an invention claimed as a medical use because the subject matter constituted a method for treatment of the human body and therefore it was…
The Bulgarian Patent Office refused to issue a supplementary protection certificate for a medical product comprising three components as one of them was not within the scope of protection of the…
AstraZeneca filed a request with the Patent Office (PO) for the publication in the PO's official bullet of a court judgment invalidating a previous PO's decision regarding the termination of one of…
The Supreme Administrative Court –overruled the Patent Office (PO) denying AstraZeneca’s application for a supplementary protection certificate (SPC), because the PO should have applied § 77(2) –…
Vitreo's patent application for 'means for application of a vitreous body for the purposes of prevention and medical treatment of ophthalmic disorders' was denied by the patent office, because the…
Atanas filed a patent application for a 'Gravity Power System'. The Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO) dismissed the application because the claimed invention was not industrially applicable and therefore…
The Bulgarian Patent Office (BPO) revoked patent BG 61365 and published an announcement of the revocation in its official bulletin. The revocation was appealed by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LR. The…
