On 9 July 2020, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its decision in Santen SAS v Directeur général de l’Institut national de la propriété industrielle (C-673/18), a reference from the Paris Court of Appeal concerning the interpretation of Articles 1(b) and 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No … Read more
On 18 June 2020, Birss J gave a judgment (see here) setting out his reasoning for granting a stay of the final injunction in favour of Edwards Life Sciences Ltd (“Edwards”) pending appeal, on the condition that Edwards gave undertakings to limit its supply of PASCAL to no more than 2 hospitals for the purpose … Read more
On 19 June 2020, LJJ Floyd, Males and Arnold dismissed the appeal brought by Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Limited (Neurim) and Flynn Pharma Limited (Flynn) that sought to overturn the High Court’s decision refusing an interim injunction against Generics UK Ltd (t/a Mylan) and Mylan UK Healthcare Limited (Mylan), concerning their generic prolonged release melatonin product. … Read more
CJEU rules that providing free samples of non-prescription drugs to pharmacists is permitted On 11 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU“) ruled on the question of whether free samples to pharmacists of medicines may be supplied by pharmaceutical companies to pharmacists. The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) had referred questions regarding … Read more
The Supreme Court has handed down today its judgment in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Kymab Ltd [2020] UKSC 27, allowing Kymab’s appeal and holding Regeneron’s patents invalid for insufficiency by a majority of 4:1. The judgment emphasises the fundamental principle of the patent bargain, which envisages that the patentee makes full disclosure of the invention … Read more
In the Brompton Bicycle case (C-833/18) the CJEU has issued a key decision on whether it is possible for a mass-produced utilitarian product with a functional design to qualify for copyright protection. The Court found that copyright protection could apply to a product “whose shape is at least in part, necessary to obtain a technical result … Read more
In this webinar, we will recap on the development of the routes available for copyright owners to enforce their rights online; the expansion of this remedy to address counterfeits and trade mark infringement online, and the impact of the most recent case law in this area, including the CJEU's recent decision in Coty v Amazon.Read more
Teva UK Ltd v Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA [2020] EWHC 1311 (Pat), 2 June 2020 Summary After having been pressed by the defendant pharmaceutical company, Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA (“Chiesi”), to disclose a product description in a patent revocation action brought by Teva UK Ltd (“Teva”), Teva applied to strike out Chiesi’s counterclaim for quia timet infringement. … Read more
