Recent developments in the area of supplementary protection certificates

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gassner, Ulrich M.

Affiliations: Faculty of Law, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to set out and discuss the recent jurisdictional developments in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) with respect to supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) including paediatric extensions. During the past five years the ECJ has been particularly active and has clarified a number of highly controversial legal ambiguities, such as the availability of negative term SPCs.

Keywords: Supplementary protection certificates, medicinal products, pharmaceuticals, paediatric extensions, patents

DOI: 10.3233/PPL-140375

Journal: Pharmaceuticals, Policy and Law, vol. 16, no. 1-2, pp. 45-72, 2014