Faus & Moliner participates in the Master on Scientific Departments of the Pharmaceutical Industry organized by the University of Barcelona and Fundación ESAME

Knowledge on protecting inventions, pharmaceutical and biotechnological patents and how to prepare the requests to obtain the latter is essential for future professionals in this area.

Faus & Moliner lawyers Verónica Carías and Carmela Losada taught the seminar “Industrial property and pharmaceutical products’ patents” included in the programme of the Master on Pharmaceutical Industry Scientific Department, co-organized by University of Barcelona and Fundación ESAME, and that addresses professionals of the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry.

Their presentation dealt with subjects such as industrial property and its different types such as brands, commercial names, utility models, industrial designs, know-how and patents, including also a comparative analysis with other systems that apply “first to invent” vs. “first to file”.

Additionally, more specialized subjects such as the importance of medicine patents and the specialties of their brands or denominations, the patentability of pharmaceutical products, swiss-style claims, the Bolar clause and the data exclusivity period, as well as matters such as where and when to patent, how to extend the lifespan of the patent through the complementary protection certificate and the content of a pharmaceutical patent were analyzed. Lastly, the legal actions that the owner of a patent may take if they consider their right is being infringed on were explained, and there was a discussion about current cases of interest.