News archive for May 2014
All of our news from May 2014
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Dosage Regimen Patent Found Obvious
May 2014
In the case, Generics (UK) Ltd (t/a Mylan) v Richter Gedeon Vegyeszeti Gyar RT [2014] EWHC 1666 (Pat) (22 May 2014), Mylan brought a claim for a declaration that Richter’s European Patent (UK) no. 1 448 207 B1 entitled "Dosage Regimen and Pharmaceutical Composition for Emergency Contraception" ("the Patent") was invalid and should be revoked. The Patent concerned a dosage regimen for use of levonorgestrel as a method of emergency contraception.
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UK Court grants cross border declaration of non-infringement
May 2014
The UK high court has granted a declaration of non-infringement (DNI) in respect of the UK, French, Italian and Spanish designations of a European Patent.
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UK Patents Act and the Bolar Exemption
May 2014
Draft UK legislation has been published that effectively extends the so called “Bolar” provisions in the UK to exempt from patent infringement certain activities related to gaining regulatory approval in any country for innovative as well as generic drugs, particularly activities relating to the carrying out of clinical trials. The exemption will also cover activities involved in health technology assessment (HTA).
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Changes to UK copyright exceptions
May 2014
Under current copyright law, the owner of a copyright work is entitled to permit or prohibit copying of the work, performing the work in public, issuing copies of the work, communicating the work to the public (e.g. over the internet), and other acts. However, there certain exceptions to copyright which permits third parties to do certain acts without infringing copyright in a work.
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