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Current issues of supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products in the case law of the European court of justice
Révész, Filip ; Petrlík, David (advisor) ; Dobřichovský, Tomáš (referee)
1 Current Issues of Supplementary Protection Certificates for Medicinal Products in the Case Law of the European Court of Justice Abstract Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) are a sui generis industrial property right. Under the conditions, which are explained in more detail in this thesis, they can be obtained for the active ingridients of certain products. The type of products eligible for SPC protection are, inter alia, medicinal products which are characterized by their social importance and therefore by the need to ensure their safety, efficacy and quality. Given that the process of providing these guarantees is both costly and time consuming and that the commercialization of the product is conditional on such guarantees, the period for which medicinal products can benefit from patent protection is therefore shortened. The aim of the SPCs is to compensate for this shortening by an additional period of protection in order to incentivise research that has a positive effect on human health and quality of life. This work analyzes the evolution of the case law of the Court of Justice with regard to an interpretative shift or clarification, in particular as regards the substantive conditions for obtaining a certificate and provisions pertaining to the term of the SPC as laid down in the SPC...

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