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April 2013 Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • China, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 25 2013

In this edition, we continue our coverage of significant IP developments in Europe, Asia, and the United States

Does a sub-licence continue after its head licence terminates? A comparison of the German and UK positions

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • Germany, United Kingdom
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  • August 7 2012

Two decisions handed down by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof), the highest civil court of last resort in Germany and so with a similar status to the UK's Supreme Court, preserved the validity of a sub-licence upon termination of the main licence

The Lundbeck cases; different decision on validity patent in different European countries

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • July 31 2009

What is interesting about the Lundbeck cases is that Lundbeck initiated several patent infringement cases in Europe (in the Netherlands, Germany and in the UK) and that each court decided differently on the validity of the Lundbeck patent

IP Snapshot April 2012

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • April 27 2012

Bringing you regular news of key developments in intellectual property law

New ECJ reference in relation to supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • December 20 2007

The latest reference to the ECJ under Council Regulation (EEC) No 179892 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products, which establishes the scheme by which supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) enable de facto patent term extension of up to 5 years to be secured for pharmaceuticals, concerns the time limit for filing an application for such an SPC

Ryanair raising the drawbridge

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom
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  • September 11 2008

Ryanair has recently claimed victory in a Hamburg Regional Court dispute, preventing a third party website run by Vtours GmbH from "screen scraping" its website