Two recent UPC decisions have provided some guidance on the admissibility and reasonableness of auxiliary requests in revocation actions. The court will look at the specific circumstances and complexity of the revocation...more
3/13/2025
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We have just witnessed the first moves by the United Kingdom government to diverge from the harmonised laws regulating medicines and medical devices that the UK inherited on leaving the European Union at the end of January...more
In the latest UK medical technology (Medtech) patent decision Insulet v Roche Diabetes Care [2021] EWHC 1933 (Pat), Ms Pat Treacy (sitting as a judge of the High Court) held that (i) Roche Diabetes Care’s Accu-Chek Solo...more
This note discusses regulatory data protection (or data exclusivity) and market protection (marketing exclusivity). It identifies their legal bases, defines relevant legal terms and case law, and explains why these forms of...more