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France - April 26 2012
The Court of Appeal of Paris confirmed the validity of (the French part of) Eli Lilly's European (FR) patent regarding a process for stereoselective glycosylation as it showed inventive activity and was sufficiently disclosed.
France - January 27 2012
Since 1 January 2012, and for the first time in France, the Third Chamber of the First Instance Court of Paris, which has exclusive national jurisdiction over patent litigation, accepts the filing of documents similar to the "protective letter" or "Schutzschrift" better known to German patent practitioners.
