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Affaire Servier : la Cour de justice de l’Union censure l’arrêt du Tribunal et lui renvoie la balle

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Le 27 juin 2024, le laboratoire pharmaceutique Servier – qui, entre 2005 et 2007, avait conclu plusieurs accords transactionnels en matière de brevets impliquant des paiements inversés avec des génériqueurs (Niche/Unichem,...more

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Inventive AI: UK Supreme Court holds that only humans can be inventors

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An AI system cannot be named as the inventor in a UK patent application – the inventor(s) must be human. Technical developments created by AI cannot be ‘inventions’ within the meaning of UK patent legislation. UK patent...more

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Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Avril 2022

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois d’avril 2022. Ces Actualités législatives et...more

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The Net Is Tightening on European SEP Regulation

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The regulation of standard-essential patents (SEPs) has increasingly attracted the attention of policymakers in recent years. This includes the European Commission, which institutes multiple projects to profoundly review the...more

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Beyond “pay-for-delay” – the EU-Commission’s investigation into patent filing practices and communication measures

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On 4 March 2021, the European Commission (Commission) opened a formal investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by the pharmaceutical company Teva. The Commission suspects Teva of having deployed a strategy with the...more

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A Dynamic Reversal by the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal

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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has decided that the exclusion from patentability of essentially biological processes for the production of plants or animals now also extends to plant or animal...more

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[Event] Pharmaceutical Patent Term Extensions – The Only Specialized Forum on SPCs and Patent Protection in Europe and Around the...

This year’s C5’s Pharma Patent Term Extensions Forum arrives at a critical time for the pharmaceutical industry. Overarching developments from the Teva U.K. decision (C-121/17) to the SPC Manufacturing Waiver and the most...more

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The Servier Judgment: A Breath of Fresh Air for Pharmaceutical Companies?

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On 12 December 2018, the General Court (“Court”) partially annulled the European Commission’s decision of 9 July 2014 in the Servier case and consequently reduced Servier’s fine by more than 30%, from €330.99 million to...more

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Alert: EPO May Return to Patenting Plants Obtained by an Essentially Biological Process

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On December 5, 2018, a Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that a recently introduced rule, which prohibits the grant of patents in respect of plants or animals exclusively obtained by...more

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Clarifying or Conforming? The EPO Bows to the European Commission

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In December, we reported that the European Commission ("Commission") had issued an Interpretive Notice (2016/C 411/03) stating products produced by essentially biological processes should not be patentable. The notice came as...more

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EPO Stays Proceedings Over Patentability Of Plants And Animals

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While the U.S. is still sorting out “natural products” jurisprudence under 35 USC § 101, the European Patent Office (EPO) is wrestling with the patentability of plants and animals, and has announced an immediate stay on all...more

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Brexit – Major Upheaval and Change

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As the UK leaves the EU, in light of the seismic result of the United Kingdom referendum on June 23, 2016, there will be an immense amount to do, for the UK and the remaining EU, and for companies that are either based in, or...more

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