Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 12 December 2013

Eli Lilly and Company Ltd v Human Genome Sciences Inc

Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England and Wales), Chancery Division (Patents Court)

Medicinal products for human use — Supplementary protection certificate — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Article 3 — Conditions for obtaining such a certificate — Concept of a ‘product protected by a basic patent in force’ — Criteria — Wording of the claims of the basic patent — Precision and specificity — Functional definition of an active ingredient — Structural definition of an active ingredient — European Patent Convention

Case C‑493/12

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