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.<\/p>\n
Faus & Moliner lawyers Ver\u00f3nica Car\u00edas and Carmela Losada taught the seminar \u201cIndustrial property and pharmaceutical products\u2019 patents\u201d included in the programme of the Master on Pharmaceutical Industry Scientific Department, co-organized by University of Barcelona and Fundaci\u00f3n ESAME, and that addresses professionals of the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry.<\/p>\n
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 \u201cfirst to invent\u201d vs. \u201cfirst to file\u201d.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 Ver\u00f3nica Car\u00edas and Carmela Losada taught the seminar \u201cIndustrial property and pharmaceutical products\u2019 patents\u201d included in the programme of the Master on Pharmaceutical Industry Scientific… <\/p>\n