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'Round up' on the scope of DNA patents - Monsanto Technology LLC v Cefetra BV and others

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • March 17 2010

Since their inception, DNA sequence patents have proved a hot topic in patent law

The ECJ confirms that a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) can be granted irrespective of an existing SPC that has been granted to another patentee for the same 'product'

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • September 4 2009

The ECJ judgment in AHP Manufacturing BV v Bureau voor de Industriƫle Eigendom (Case C-48207), following a reference by the Dutch Courts, clarifies the scope of Article 3(c) of the SPC Regulations (previously, and at the time of referral to the ECJ, Regulation 176892 but now Regulation 4692009

Monsanto v. Cefetra: the future of biotech patent protection in Europe?

  • NautaDutilh
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • March 9 2010

Today, Advocate General Mengozzi has rendered his opinion in the much debated Monsanto v. Cefetra case (C-42808