InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - January 2012
Welcome to the January issue of InFocus, our life sciences and healthcare e-newsletter. In this issue we look at:
Features
- Life sciences review of the year 2011, and a preview of 2012
- Contract law review 2011
- SPCs for combination products - where are we now and what’s ahead in 2012?
- New framework for provision of information to the general public about prescription-only medicines
Case reports
- Negative and zero term SPCs OK says the ECJ
Merck & Co. Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (Case C-125/10) - What is a “human embryo“, and when does an exclusion from patentability apply?
Oliver Brüstle / Greenpeace e.V. Case no C-34/10 - Transhipping fake goods, Sir? Please proceed
Nokia v HMRC (Case C-495/09) and Philips v Lucheng Meijing and others (Case C-446/09) - Supreme Court's first patent decision
Eli Lilly v HGS [2011] UKSC 51 - European Court of Justice sets new test for the grant of SPCs for combination products
Medeva (C-322/10)
Georgetown University et al (C-422/10) - End of Earth Closet orders in patent cases
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH and others v Carefusion 303, Inc., [2011] EWCA Civ 1288
Hot topics
- A unitary European patent and a unified European patent litigation system – still no political agreement
- OFT announces investigation into patent settlement agreements
- Biosimilar guidelines – new opportunity to have your say!
- The Patent Box - how is it shaping up?
- Research and Development tax credit - Further changes
- Controlled Foreign Companies - Are we nearly there yet?
Avocats Anna Coleman, Christoph de Coster, Richard Craig, Nikol Davies, Peter Jackson, Dr. Anja Lunze, Roland Mallinson, Neil McKnight, Matthew Royle, Daniela Spies, Michelle Williamson, Robert Young
