Supplementary Protection Certificates - The Appeal in Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA v Comptroller
Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Lords Justices Lewison, Moylan and Birss) Newron Pharmaceuticals SPA v The Comptroller General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs [2024] EWCA Civ 128 (15 Feb 2024) This was an appeal against the decision of Mr Recorder Campbell KC to uphold Dr L Cullen's refusal to grant a supplementary protection certificate ("SPC") to Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA ("Newron") for the reasons set out in his judgment in Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA v Comptroller-General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs [2023] EWHC 1471 (Ch). I discussed the proceedings before Dr Cullen and Mr Campbell in Supplementary Protection Certificates - Newron Pharmaceuticals SpA v Comptroll e r on 1 July 2023. What is an SPC? In that article, I quoted from my reference page on Supplementary Protection Certificates which I wrote on 31 Dec 2019 and updated on 11 Jan 2021 "A supplementary protection certifi...