Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 30 April 2020

Royalty Pharma Collection Trust v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual and industrial property — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products — Conditions for obtaining such a certificate — Article 3(a) — Concept of a ‘product protected by a basic patent in force’ — Assessment criteria

Case C-650/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
03/07/2020 Royalty Pharma Collection Trust
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:327
30/04/2020 Royalty Pharma Collection Trust
Application (OJ)
26/01/2018 Royalty Pharma Collection Trust
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:704
11/09/2019 Royalty Pharma Collection Trust
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.14 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products
      4.11.14.03 Supplementary protection certificates
        4.11.14.03.02 Conditions for obtaining a certificate
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.14 Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products
      4.11.14.03 Supplementary protection certificates
        4.11.14.03.02 Conditions for obtaining a certificate


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 21/11/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 11/09/2019

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

30/04/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Royalty Pharma Collection Trust

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundespatentgericht - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Hogan

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English