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Getting SMEs litigating: further reform of the Patents County Court

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 15 2011

A new service for litigating intellectual property (IP) rights owned by small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) is to be introduced at the Patents County Court (PCC) by the end of 2012

Jurisdiction of foreign intellectual property rights

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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October 25 2011

According to the English Supreme Court, there is a modern trend in favour of the enforcement of foreign intellectual property rights

Pharmaceutical package anti-counterfeiting directive

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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July 26 2010

Counterfeiting of medicinal products is an increasing problem, particularly in the developing world

Customs detention

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 25 2010

In November 2009 the Court of Appeal in Nokia Corporation v Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Customs referred questions to the ECJ following Nokia's challenge to UK Customs' policy of not detaining suspect counterfeit goods in transit through the UK from one non-EU country to another non-EU country without evidence of diversion on to the EU market

Supplementary Protection Certificate update

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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March 25 2010

In October 2009, the English Court of Appeal referred two questions to the European Court of Justice on Article 13(1) of Regulation No 176892 (now Regulation No 4692009) (the "SPC Regulation") on Supplementary Protection Certificates ("SPCs"

Generic substitution consultation

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 25 2010

The Department of Health published its consultation on generic substitution on 5 January

Intellectual property bulletin - review of 2009

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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January 22 2010

When we last commented on the proposals for a Community patent and patents court, in our Spring 2008 Update, it was uncertain whether they would survive the arguments over choice of language

ECJ on generics and pre-EU accession marketing authorisations

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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European Union, United Kingdom
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October 26 2009

The European Court of Justice has ruled on whether an applicant for a marketing authorisation can rely on the marketing authorisation of a reference drug if that earlier marketing authorisation does not meet EU standards

Focus on Supplementary Protection Certificates in the Patents Court

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 26 2009

Three recent decisions of the English High Court have focused attention on the correct interpretation of the SPC Regulation

Sufficiency and speculation

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 26 2009

Earlier this year the English High Court emphasised the need for pharmaceutical patents to go beyond the speculative if they are to satisfy the requirement of sufficiency

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