EPO Boards of Appeal Approach to Partial Priorities

EPO Boards of Appeal Approach to Partial Priorities

The applications relate to compositions for dental impression materials. Claim 1 of the granted patent read as follows: “A dental impression material comprising a base paste and a catalyst paste, wherein the base paste comprises at least one polymerizable...
A move towards a doctrine of equivalents? – Eli Lilly v Actavis

A move towards a doctrine of equivalents? – Eli Lilly v Actavis

Facts and History On the face of it, the Eli Lilly v Actavis case seems straightforward. Eli Lilly is the proprietor of European patent No. 1313508 which claims:- “Use of pemetrexed disodium in the manufacture of a medicament for use in combination therapy for...