Wednesday, July 29, 2020
The Court of Justice ruled that a second Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) cannot be granted, in case of a drug whose active ingredients are already covered by a previous marketing authorisation (MA), no matter if the (second) MA concerns a new therapeutic indication.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
The Court of Justice on the interpretation of the term "addresses" in art. 8 of the Enforcement Directive
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Monday, July 20, 2020
Two recent decisions on the undue association with the Ferrari brand, through both online and traditional means.
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Monday, July 6, 2020
On 11 June 2020, the Court of Justice ruled that pharmaceutical companies can offer free samples of prescription drugs to doctors, not to pharmacists.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
The Court ruled that the sale to a third party, out of Europe, of machines capable of implementing a European Patent did amount to contributory infringement.
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Monday, June 29, 2020
According to the Court of Justice, a product's functional shape (in the case at hand, a bike) can enjoy copyright protection, if that product is an original work, resulting from an intellectual creation.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
On 4 June 2020, AG Julianne Kokott issued her Opinion in the Lundbeck case, confirming that the settlements between the patent holder and the generic manufacturers do restrict competition.
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
The Supreme Court rules in the Kiko / Wycon case about the copyright protection of interior design works.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
The Court analyses the matter of marks consisting in shapes necessary to obtain a technical result or giving a substantial value.
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Thursday, April 30, 2020
The Authority rejected the claim put forward by Italian newspapers representatives and calls for new powers; Telegram takes down the contested channels spontaneously.
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