Category Supplementary Protection Certificate

European Court cases involving Supplementary Protection Certificates

Last updated: 20 August 2025 To view updates, click on the ‘+’ sign below. The table below is an attempt to present some court cases involving Supplementary Protection Certificates. You can read more about Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and Supplementary…

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Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and SPC manufacturing waivers

Last updated: 14 July 2025 To view updates, click on the ‘+’ sign below. This post is an attempt to provide basic information about patents, Supplementary Protections Certificates (SPCs) and Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) manufacturing waivers. The information provided is…

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European Commission initiative on compulsory licensing of patented inventions and Supplementary Protection Certificates

Last updated: 18 March 2024 See updates at the end of the post. On 27 April 2023, the Commission proposed new rules to help companies, especially small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), make the most of their inventions, leverage new technologies…

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EU Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver put to the test in a Munich regional court (Janssen Biotech vs Formycon)

This post concerns a recent court case in which an EU Supplementary Protection Certificate manufacturing waiver was put to the test in a Munich court. About Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) manufacturing waivers With the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2019/933 on…

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