Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation

The Chinese Supreme People’s Court expressly opines how to construe a close-ended claim, By Dr. Stephen ZOU* In the [2012] Civil Retrial No. 10, the Chinese Supreme People’s Court (hereinafter “SPC”) delivers its opinion regarding how to construe a close-ended claim. The patent at issue claims a freeze-dried powder injection, consisting of ATP and magnesium chloride…

The current scenario of mailbox patents in Brazil

  Overview An Opinion drafted by the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) legal department regarding the patent term for pharmaceutical products or chemical products for agriculture filed between January 1st, 1995 and May 14th, 1997, the so called “mailbox” patents, was published in the official patent gazette on September 10th, 2013. On September 11th,…