Bulgaria: P.H.D. v. the Bulgarian Patent Office, Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria, adm.case No. 6658/2014, 26 January 2015

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 unpatentable under Art. 7(2) of the Bulgarian Patents and Utility Models Registration Act (“PUMRA”).  The decision of the Patent Office was appealed and subsequently upheld by the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria.

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