Georgetown University v Octrooicentrum Nederland – WLR Daily

Posted December 16th, 2013 in EC law, law reports, medicines, patents by sally

Georgetown University v Octrooicentrum Nederland (Case C-484/12); [2013] WLR (D) 487

‘Where, on the basis of a basic patent and a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product consisting of a combination of several active ingredients, the patent holder had already obtained a supplementary protection certificate for that combination of active ingredients, protected by that patent within the meaning of article 3(a) of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 469/2009, article 3(c) of that regulation did not preclude the proprietor from also obtaining a supplementary protection certificate for one of those active ingredients which, individually, was also protected as such by that patent.’

WLR Daily, 12th December 2013

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