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Dechert LLP

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

Venable LLP

The First Biosimilar Disputes at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

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As the era of biologics and biosimilar litigations heats up in the United States, Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) is also taking center stage with the first two biosimilar disputes filed in March and April....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation Conference in Europe - May 29th - 30th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hosted by C5 Group, the 17th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will provide up-to-the-minute information and strategic insights on...more

A&O Shearman

Half an hour for a bifurcation: UPC Central Division rejects preliminary objection after first oral hearing

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The decision concerns the time of filing and admissibility of a revocation action at the Central Division when a parallel infringement action is filed at a local division (Art. 33(4) UPCA). Art 33(4) UPCA states that...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit - September 27th - 28th, Munich, Germany

Hosted by C5 Group, the 21st Annual Life Sciences IP Summit returns for another exciting year with curated programming with speakers from the pharma, biotech and medical device industries that will provide practical insights...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] C5’s 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe - May 23rd - 24th, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hosted by C5, the 16th Annual Forum on Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation in Europe returns 23-24 May, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Central Station, Amsterdam with curated programing for you to gain the knowledge and...more

A&O Shearman

[Webinar] Life Sciences Series | Generics Market Entry in the EU: Key Considerations for Innovators - January 25th, 11:30 am EST

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In this episode of our Exclusively Life Sciences webinar series, our experts from our EU team will share best practices for innovators to protect their competitive advantage when generics enter the market....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Intellectual Property & Health | News To Know – June 2022

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RUSSIA RESPONDS TO WESTERN SANCTIONS WITH PATENT RETALIATION - On March 6, 2022, the Russian government retaliated against the West’s imposition of sanctions by issuing a decree permitting patented innovations to be used...more

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Intellectual Property & Health: Need to Know - France & Europe - February 2022

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UNIFIED PATENT COURT - The Unified Patent Court (UPC) should become a reality in 2022 or in the first few months of 2023. The Protocol on Provisional Application (PPA) of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (AUPC)...more

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Intellectual Property & Health | News To Know - France & Europe - September 2021

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Patent and trademark issues effecting pharmaceutical laboratories, biotechs, food supplements and dietary products professionals, cosmetics companies and medical devices manufacturers is continually evolving across France and...more

Hogan Lovells

[Webinar] Antitrust today: Emerging issues affecting the life sciences industry - March 12th, 9:00 am - 10:00 am PST

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Join the Hogan Lovells Antitrust and Competition team on Friday, March 12, 2021 to discuss hot antitrust topics in the life sciences industry, including: - What life sciences companies should expect with respect to...more

Goodwin

European Patent Office rules in favor of Sanofi and Regeneron concerning Praluent® (alirocumab)

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On October 29, 2020, the European Patent Office ruled in favor of Sanofi and Regeneron in their dispute concerning Amgen’s Praluent® (alirocumab) patent.  The EPO found invalid certain claims of Amgen’s European patent, EP 2...more

Hogan Lovells

Patent Litigation: Dutch Court of Appeal guidance on formal entitlement to priority

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On 30 July, the Court of Appeal of The Hague ruled on the formal entitlement to priority following from a US provisional patent application. The attack on priority in this case is part of a recent trend by parties in patent...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 11th Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation - February 26 - 27, 2019 - Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam

The annual gathering exploring the inherently complex and continually contentious pharma and biotech patent litigation - Life Science patent litigation filings are predicted to rise at new levels. Be part of the only event...more

Goodwin

Year in Review: Top 5 Foreign Market Developments in 2018

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Here are our picks for the top-five most significant foreign biosimilar market developments in 2018: 1. Shake-up In Europe’s Adalimumab Market - As a result of litigation and resulting global settlements, several...more

Hogan Lovells

Patent law in Europe: What pharmaceutical companies need to know

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Increasing competition within Europe’s pharmaceutical space makes knowing the market and understanding available patent protections more critical than ever for both well established and new market players. Andreas von Falck...more

Smart & Biggar

Rx IP Update - April 2018

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Standing Committee on Health proposes National Pharmacare program, modifications to prescription and generic drug pricing - While common among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...more

A&O Shearman

Teva v Gilead: AG rejects core inventive advance and scope of protection tests

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AG rejects core inventive advance and scope of protection tests in favour of a disclosure-based approach to Art 3(a) SPC Regulation - If the CJEU adopts AG Wathelet’s opinion, it will likely be more difficult for patentees...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

UK Supreme Court Decision In Actavis V. Eli Lilly – Doctrine Of Equivalents Recognized

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In its decision of July 12, 2017 in Actavis v. Eli Lilly, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom for the first time formally adopted the concept of a doctrine of equivalents when considering what constituted an infringement...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

USPTO and EPO Examiners Discuss Key Considerations for Filing Effective Precision Medicine and Bioinformatics Applications in the...

At a symposium and webinar presented by Fenwick & West and Mewburn Ellis, we asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office examiners to provide perspective on the preparation and prosecution of patent...more

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UK Supreme Court hands down landmark ruling in favour of Eli Lilly

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Following last Friday’s (7 July 2017) unusual move of advance publication of the outcome of the case, the UK Supreme Court now published the reasons for its decision in the long-running Actavis v Eli Lilly case. The reasons...more

McGuireWoods LLP

European Competition Law Newsletter – March 2016

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On 16 February 2016, the European Commission (EC) took the next step in its antitrust investigation into the use of price increase letters by 15 container liner shipping companies (carriers). The concern identified by the...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

UK High Court confirms jurisdiction to grant cross-border declaration of non-infringement

In Actavis Group HF v. Eli Lilly & Co. the UK High Court has granted a declaration of non-infringement in the UK, France, Italy and Spain. A jurisdictional challenge in relation to the French, Italian and Spanish...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2014)

On April 21, 2014, a Federal Circuit panel reiterated its interpretation and application to the chemical arts of the KSR obviousness standard. Although applicable more broadly than the chemical arts, the opinion may be of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Antitrust and Competition: Nonmerger Enforcement Activity Heats Up on Both Sides of the Atlantic"

U.S. and European antitrust agencies had similar enforcement priorities last year, a trend we expect to continue in 2014. Nonmerger enforcement will continue to focus on intellectual property, financial services and...more

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