Pharma

In 1976, Tom Scholz—a MIT-trained engineer and sonic perfectionist—spent months layering guitar tracks in the basement of his Boston apartment to produce More Than a Feeling, a song whose depth came…

On May 27, 2025, the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan ruled in favor of Toray Industries, Inc. in a landmark patent infringement lawsuit (Case No. 2021 (Ne) 10037) concerning the extended…

Biogen has had mixed success in Europe in enforcing its patent on a second medical use of dimethylfumarate for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. In the present Dutch case, an attempt to obtain an…

The Swedish Patent and Market Court (“PMC”) recently issued a judgment on an important aspect of SPC law, namely the correct interpretation of the term ‘product’ under Article 1(b) of the SPC…

Although the equation A + B = C seems self-evident (even for a five years old boy: remember you), the fact remains that it needed clarification by the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU"),…

The eagerly awaited CJEU decision on the two joined referrals Teva v. MSD (C-119/22) and MSD v. Clonmel (C-149/22) relating to SPCs for combination products was handed down today on December 19, 2024…

As we are approaching the holiday season, Sweden has a special gift for SPC applicants and proprietors. This comes in the wake of the recent decision PMÄ 7804-24 of November 11, 2024, in which the…

After Novartis had obtained a preliminary injunction against Pharmathen, it observed that there were still infringing acts being performed. In the first instance, the provisions judge sided with…

The first Over-the-Counter Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) ever cleared in the United Stated by the FDA was launched by Dexcom. The Stelo Glucose Biosensor System (commercial name) has been cleared…