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Case Law C-422/10 (24/11/2011)

Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 11/24/2011

Subject: According to the Court, Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products must be interpreted as meaning that, provided the other requirements laid down in Article 3(b) are also met, that provision does not preclude the competent industrial property office of a Member State from granting a supplementary protection certificate for an active ingredient specified in the wording of the claims of the basic patent relied on, where the medicinal product for which the marketing authorisation is submitted in support of the supplementary protection certificate application contains not only that active ingredient but also other active ingredients.

Parties: Georgetown University e altri

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Intellectual property

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