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    SPCs on combination products - is it specified?

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    Five related decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)¹ have finally provided some degree of clarity to the law on Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products comprising a combination of active ingredients. Although these decisions still leave a number of questions open, they may require…
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    Negative term SPCs - a positive outcome

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    The CJEU has recently issued a decision allowing SPCs to be granted with negative terms. Whilst this might initially seem surprising it is actually an encouraging outcome for innovator pharmaceutical companies.
    Connor McConchie
    Connor McConchie
    Partner, Patent Attorney
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    Inventive Step - Is it Still Plausible?

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    Readers will be aware that the ‘problem-and-solution approach’ is used by the EPO to determine the question of inventive step.
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    Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Schemes Extended

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    The US, Japanese and European patent offices have announced their agreement to extend their trilateral patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot schemes, which were due to expire on 28 January 2012. In addition, the PCT-PPH scheme for international applications has also been extended by two years for the cases where the…
    Doug Ealey
    Doug Ealey
    Partner, Patent Attorney
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    EPO Rule Changes from 1 April 2012

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    EPO official fees are going up. The increase is generally in the region of 5% to 10%. The new fees apply to payments made on or after 1 April 2012, except in the case of the fee for an international search and any transmittal fee which apply to international applications…
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    Yves Saint Laurent bags registered Community designs

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    The General Court (GC) has declared two Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) registered Community designs (RCDs) for handbags valid in reaching the conclusion that invalidation actions brought by H&M were unfounded.
    Richard Burton
    Richard Burton
    Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
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    Enlarged Board of Appeal: Surgical Methods (G1/07)

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    The Enlarged Board of Appeal has been asked to provide guidance on what constitutes a "surgical method" within the meaning of Article 52(4) EPC. This referral is pending as G1/07.
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    EPO: Changes to Increase Quality of Patents Granted

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    From our previous bulletins, you will be aware that the European Patent Office (EPO) is introducing a time limit for filing divisional applications. In addition, the EPO has also recently announced a number of other changes of which you should be aware. These changes have been introduced by the EPO…
    Jonathan Jackson
    Jonathan Jackson
    Partner, Patent Attorney
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    G 1/07 Interpretation:Method for Treatment By Surgery

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    The European Patent Convention contains a specific exclusion from patentability of methods for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on the human or animal body.
    Connor McConchie
    Connor McConchie
    Partner, Patent Attorney
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    Challenging Patents in the UK - Patent Revocation

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    In addition to the centralised EPO opposition procedure, it is also possible to request revocation of the UK part of European patents, as well as UK national patents, via the UK national courts or the UK IP Office (UKIPO). Revocation actions are often brought as a counter-claim by defendants in…

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