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LEGAL UPDATE

Endless permutations: Combination SPCs again

Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) can provide up to five years’ extra patent protection for specific pharmaceutical products. The regulations are complex and the financial stakes high, resulting in multiple referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

UP & UPC

London Question will not delay the UPC

Alexander Ramsay, Chairman of the UPC Preparatory Committee is of the view that the London question will not delay the start of the UPC. 

LEGAL UPDATE

Is the UK bad at R&D?

Although it has its limitations, the number of European patent applications that originate from a country can be taken as an indicator of its R&D productivity. While it may not give us the precision we’d like, it provides a good measure by which to compare the UK with other European nations.