Co-authored by Rodrigo Mourao and Rhuan Quintanilha
The global momentum behind 5G continues to build up as its adoption accelerates. At the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, GSMA…
This will only be a very short post, but one important new development on the borderline of patent law and antitrust law shall not be left unnoticed on this blog. The European Commission has fined…
We have long meant to write something about the need, or the lack thereof, for adapting the description to amended claims. The announcement in the second preliminary opinion of Technical Board of…
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…
On 8 October 2024, Mr Justice Meade handed down judgment in BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc., (together, BioNTech/Pfizer) v CureVac SE. Meade J found CureVac's patents, relating to split poly(A) tails in…
The king is dead! Long live the king! An expression traditionally uttered at the death of a monarch to acclaim a new king on the death of his predecessor. Could it be applied to our traditional…
On 18 September 2024, the Honourable Justice Jackman, in his capacity as a Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT), granted Sandoz a licence pursuant to section 223(9) of the…
Despite the availability of therapeutic options that extend life expectancy, cancer remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. A key reason for this persistently high mortality rate is the…
NO INFRINGEMENT OF RIVAROXABAN DOSAGE FREQUENCY PATENT – DANISH COURT REJECTS BAYER’S APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY IN-JUNCTION1. SummaryOn 9 October 2024, the Maritime and Commercial Court rendered…
Rapporteur’s Opinion proposes substitute text and recommends approval
In February 2024, a Brazilian congress member, Antônio Luiz Rodrigues Mano Júnior (known as Júnior Mano), introduced a bill to…
