Order of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 November 2011.

Daiichi Sankyo Company v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division (Patents Court) - United Kingdom.

Article 104(3), first subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure - Medicinal products for human use - Supplementary protection certificate - Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 - Articles 3 and 4 - Conditions for obtaining a certificate - Concept of a ‘product protected by a basic patent in force’ - Criteria - Existence of further or different criteria for a medicinal product comprising more than one active ingredient.

Case C-6/11.


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Order (OJ)
24/02/2012 Daiichi Sankyo
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2011:781
25/11/2011 Daiichi Sankyo
Order (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2011:781
25/11/2011 Daiichi Sankyo
Application (OJ)
26/02/2011 Daiichi Sankyo
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2011 I-12255

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – High Court of Justice (Chancery Division, Patents Court) – Interpretation of Article 3(a) and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (OJ 2009 L 152, p. 1) – Conditions for obtaining a certificate – Concept of 'product protected by a basic patent in force' – Criteria – Existence of additional or different criteria for a medicinal product containing more than one active substance?

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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 05/01/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

25/11/2011


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 63 from 26.02.2011, p.23

Order: OJ C 73 from 10.03.2012, p.10

Name of the parties

Daiichi Sankyo

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Patents

Provisions of national law referred to

Patents Act 1977, ss. 60, 125, 130

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

Toader

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

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