NIPC Law

Jane Lambert Supreme Court (Lady Hale, Lords Kerr, Sumption, Hodge and Briggs) Actavis Group PTC EHF and others v ICOS Corporation and another [2019] UKSC 15 (27 March 2019) In The Cialis Litigation - Actavis Group PTC EHF and Others v Icos Corp and Another  4 Oct 2016, I discussed Mr Justice Birss's judgment in  Actavis and others v Eli Lilly and Co [2016] EWHC 1955 (Pat) (10 Aug 2016) in which he dismissed a claim for the revocation of European patent (UK) No 1,173,181  "Compositions comprising phosphodiesterase inhibitors for the treatment of sexual dysfunction"  and held that the patent had been infringed,  His judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeal (Lord Justices Lewison, Kitchin and Floyd) in   Actavis Group PTC EHF and another v Teva UK Ltd and others   [2017] EWCA Civ 1671, 159 BMLR 108, (2018) 159 BMLR 108, [2018] RPC 7 (1 Nov 2017) on the ground that the claims relied upon had been obvious.  The patentee a...

A wife complains to the Qadi about her husband's impotence Artist : Hamse-i Atai (18th century Ottoman miniature) Source Wikipedia Mr Justice Birss:  Actavis and Others v Eli Lilly and Anothe r [2016] EWHC 1955 (Pat) (10 Aug 2016)  Although it is not spelt out anywhere in the 492 paragraphs and annexes to Mr Justice Birss's judgment, this complicated litigation appears to have been an action by a group of generics suppliers led by the Icelandic company Actavis Group PTC EHF  for the revocation of European patent (UK)    1,173,181 entitled  Composition comprising phosphodiesterase inhibitors for the treatment of sexual dysfunction  and European patent (UK) 1,200,092  Beta-carboline drug products  and a counterclaim against two of those companies for patent infringement. No less than 4 separate actions were consolidated in a trial that took place between the 15 June and 1 July 2016. Judgment was de...