Paper
Journal of Medical Marketing (2003) 3, 220–225; doi:10.1057/palgrave.jmm.5040124
The latest thinking on best strategies for use of supplementary certificates
Julian Hitchcock1 and Bülent Tugal2
- 1Eversheds, Kett House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JY, UK, Tel: +44 (0)1223 443880, Fax: +44 (0)1223 443772, Email: julianhitchcock@eversheds.com
- 2University of Edinburgh
Revised 21 March 2003.
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Abstract
Enforcing patents in a global market sometimes requires special techniques. In this paper, Nigel Stoate outlines the use of letters of request to gain access to evidence from overseas witnesses and how, in one particularly extreme case, extraordinary measures were used to uncover not only the infringement itself, but also the series of fraudulent attempts to conceal it.
Keywords:
market authorisation, medicinal product, patent protection, product, Supplementary Protection Certificates
