Munich conference to include SPCs, Paedodata

"Biotech & Pharmaceutical Patenting" is the title of a forthcoming conference, to be held at the Hilton Munich Park, Germany, on 7 and 18 February next year. The programme contains a session under the heading 'Patent Term Extensions and Paediatric Data Exclusivity', a 45-minute slot on the first day in which the speakers are Dr Frank Burkert (Bayer Healthcare) and Bert Oosting (Lovells, The Netherlands). The seven bullet-pointed topics include the ever-popular negative-term issue, post-Losartan paediatric data esclusivity and the impact of the ECJ's ruling in Case C-482/07 AHP (noted by the SPC Blog here).

Further information concerning the conference programme, as well as bookings, can be obtained from the conference website here.

February conference: more news

Last month this blog announced the forthcoming Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigation Conference in Amsterdam next February. Because this blog is a sponsor, readers are entitled to a 10% discount on the booking fee. The colour version brochure of the programme is now available here, for anyone interested.

Duncan Curley (Innovate Legal), who will be speaking on "Analysing the Growing Trend of Generic Industry Attacks on SPCs" in this event, has promised to write a short piece for The SPC Blog on his current thoughts on the subject -- so watch this space.

While on the subject of this conference, there's a competition for which the prize is FREE REGISTRATION (see the earlier blog for rules and deadline). Entry involves submitting your best cocktail recipe. So far, very few entries have been received. Don't be shy: you can either send it to The SPC Blog or directly to me here.

A conference -- and a competition!

The SPC Blog is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the forthcoming C5 conference, Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigation, which is being held in Amsterdam from Tuesday, 17 February to Wednesday, 18 February 2009. Preliminary details of this event can be inspected here. Readers of The SPC Blog who would like to attend this event are entitled to a 10% discount on the £1,399 conference registration fee if they book quoting the reference code SPCBLOGREADER. In addition, C5 is offering free registration as a prize for The SPC Blog's competition, which is quite simple. On the premise that the letters "SPC" stand not only for "Supplementary Protection Certificate" but also "Simply Perfect Cocktail", competition entrants are invited to submit their own recipe for the simply perfect cocktail (one recipe per entrant, please). The closing date for the competition is Sunday 25 January and the winner will be announced on this blog on Tuesday 27 January. The best entries will be published too, though readers should note that, while they may have been tested for immediate efficacy, their long-term impact will remain unknown and they will still be in need of market authorisation!

Please email your cocktail entries to The SPC Blog here, marking the subject as "SPC Cocktail Competition".

Forthcoming event with SPC content

Belgian patent attorney firm De Clercq Brants & Partners is organizing a one-day seminar on 14 November 2008 on "Patent Warming, Patent Warning? Patenting Life Sciences and Today’s Challenges in Patent Law and Practice”. Speakers in what is a very stimulating programme include Christophe Ronse (Altius), who is discussing the enforcement of pharmaceutical patents in Belgium and giving an update of SPC case law.

Full details of the seminar programme and registration form are available here. Bookings should be made before 31 October 2008, if possible.