Medical Use Claims: EPC 2000 and its Impact on Prosecution and EnforcementPatents, economic monopolies granted for a limited period of time, are generally considered by the world wide industry as an important tool for returning investments into new technologies to further d...
The article offers information on the judgment of the Dutch District Court of Hague in the Netherlands on the issue of partial revocation in the lawsuit Boston Scientific v. Expandable Grafts Partnership. The court gave the judgment that if the patent owner submits patentable limited claims, the...
Not All Second Medical Use Claims Are the Same - EPO Appeal Board Rules on Swiss-Form and EPC 2000 ClaimsThompson, Toby
UK High Court Decides on Infringement of EPC 2000 Claims Based on German Patent LawUNITED KingdomPATENT lawGERMAN languageMEDICAL patentsCOURTSJUDGE-made lawTRADE secretsIn recent years various German courts have ruled on the scope of protection and infringement of second medical use patents. Due to...
Board of Appeal Finds Swiss-Type Claims Have Different Scope to EPC 2000 Second Medical Use ClaimsNicolle, Frederick
introduction of use-limited product claims for claiming the second medical use of a compound or substance. This applies to new applications and to all existing European applications where a decision on the grant of the patent had not yet been taken when EPC 2000 entered into force;rn8. the ...
The changes have followed the reorganizing and renumbering of Implementing Regulations, a direct applying of the EPS regardless of claims and reference of previous application and a post-grant limitation during national revocation proceedings.Bourout...
Expandable Grafts Partnership. The court gave the judgment that if the patent owner submits patentable limited claims, the material grounds to refuse those claims are limited to new matter or extension of protection.DeVereenigdeHaasVereenigdeLarsVereenigdeManaging Intellectual Property...