Neurim rapid response seminar this Thursday

The Olympic Sheep 5K run. Can you tell which sheep is on the melatonin? 

Wasting no time at all, the UK branch of the AIPPI (that's the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property or Internationale Vereinigung für den Schutz des Geistigen Eigentums, depending on your preference) is holding a Neurim-themed rapid response seminar this coming Thursday, 2 August.

"On 19th July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its eagerly anticipated Neurim Pharmaceuticals judgment [see earlier posts on this weblog here and here]. Following the Advocate General's guidance, the Court has made it clear that Neurim should be granted its SPC for melatonin despite the existence of earlier authorisations relating to that active ingredient. However, the judgment is expressed in terms which are considerably broader than the facts at issue in the Neurim case.

Continuing AIPPI UK's quick response events on SPCs, Hugh Goodfellow returns to give his insightful views having acted for Neurim along with Ed Oates. Jürgen Dressel from Novartis will be speaking to give his views. They will together examine the extent to which the Neurim judgment has changed the SPC system".

This event kicks off at 5.30pm for 6pm and its official title is "The world of SPCs post-Neurim. So what has changed?"  Even though almost every corner of London is filled with Olympians contending for gold in sports as obscure as tiddlywinks, shove-ha'penny and hunt the slipper, the AIPPI UK has found an appropriate place to hold the seminar: Carpmaels & Ransford, One Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA. Tickets are considerably cheaper for this event than for most Olympic ones: admission will set you back just £20 (AIPPI non-members) or indeed nothing at all if you belong to AIPPI.  Drinks are apparently free, whether you belong to AIPPI or not. Further details by email here or online here.

AIPPI UK Group holds rapid response seminar on Medeva, Georgetown

The SPC Blog is pleased to announce that the AIPPI UK Group has organised a rapid response seminar which will enable interested parties to get together and discuss the repercussions of last week's rulings in Medeva and Georgetown, briefly noted here and here on this weblog.

Details of the seminar are as follows:

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 5.30pm for 6pm

SPCs for combination products –

Rapid Response to

CJEU Medeva and Georgetown judgment

Hugh Goodfellow

Partner, Carpmaels & Ransford

Venue:

Carpmaels & Ransford

One Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA

Drinks will be served afterwards

There are a number of combination product cases pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union that, when taken together, probe almost every aspect of the Regulation’s requirements for a valid SPC to be obtained. The CJEU’s judgment in the Medeva and Georgetown cases has been handed down on Thursday 24 November, the first in the series of cases referred to that court.  Following up the AIPPI event on the topic in September, Hugh Goodfellow. Partner at Carpmaels & Ransford, has agreed to host a Rapid Response, to provide the opportunity to discuss and debate the implications of this Judgment.

If you would like to attend this event, whether you are a member or not, please register at:

www.aippi.org.uk/medeva

This course is directed at all levels of practitioners with an interest in intellectual property and will provide them with an understanding of current issues and future potential developments in the law of supplementary protection certificates.  Attendance is free.

SRA and IPReg, and (pending approval) BSB, CPD: 1.5 hours.  AIPPI United Kingdom is accredited under the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s and the Bar Standards Board’s CPD schemes.