The District Court of The Hague holds the Dutch part of Eli Lilly's olanzapine patent and SPC invalid because the substance olanzapine has been directly and unambiguously disclosed in a prior art…
This is the first case in the Netherlands in which a patentee, whose patent was nullified in first instance in proceedings on the merits, requested a prohibition of infringement of this patent in…
The Hague District Court nullified Sepracor's patent for compositions for treating allergic disorders using (-) cetirizine (levociterizine) on the basis of lack of inventive step. The Court…
The District Court of The Hague held that all claims of Lundbeck's escalitopram patent were invalid for lack of inventive step. The District Court nullified the patent and also called the Dutch…
Lack of novelty by re-working prior art requires that the re-works must inevitably lead to results falling within the claim of the patent at issue. If choices have to be made for the re-working…
