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On-demand webinar – Navigating life sciences and pharma patentability pitfalls: Definitions and clinical trials

Host and speakers: Michael Ford, Partner and Joseph Lenthall, Partner and Catherine Coombes, Partner

What are the pitfalls when it comes to navigating life sciences and pharma patents? Our experts explore definitions and clinical trials in this webinar to help you avoid those stumbling blocks.

Our experts cover:

  • Clinical trial case law at the EPO – Valuable inventions in the pharmaceutical field can be generated when clinical trials are about to begin or have already begun, such as inventions relating to dosage regimes and treating patient sub-populations. The EPO has developed a body of case law relating to the patentability such inventions when clinical trial information has already been published. We give an overview of and commentary on the case law in this area.
  • Drafting in light of G1/24 – Questions have been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal which focus on the relevance of definitions in a patent application when considering the patentability of the claims. We will be looking into the questions posed and considering best practices using definitions in drafting, how a definition may be used to open a door to oppose a patent and the importance of definitions in rapidly growing technology areas.

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Host

Michael Ford – Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney

Speakers

Joseph Lenthall – Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney

Catherine Coombes – Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney

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