In our post on 30 October 2012 we referred to forthcoming appeals dealing with how the question of obviousness should be tackled by the English courts. The Court of Appeal has now given its verdict…
The act of including a generic product into the official Austrian pharmaceutical product index before expiry of the relevant patent/SPC, is considered an act of "putting into circulation" and…
The Court of Appeal partially reversed the Brussels Commercial Court's decision invalidating Lundbeck's SPC for escitalopram, to the extent that it had immediate effect.
A summary of this case will…
Regarding the interpretation of "offering for the purpose" (of making, using etc.) in the sense of Article 53(1)(b) Dutch Patent Act, the Supreme Court held that offering has to be construed broadly…