Bulgaria: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp v. the Patent Office, Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria, Administrative case 16130/2013, 6 August 2014
March 18, 2015
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 basic patent. The decision of the Patent Office was first annulled by the first instance court but subsequently upheld by the Bulgarian Supreme Administrative Court.
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law.
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