The pitfalls of second medical use patents

The latest judgment (October 13, 2016 handed down by the UK Court of Appeal in the long-running patent dispute between Warner-Lambert and Actavis aims to provide some guidance regarding the issue of infringement of second medical use claims in the UK. However, whether it achieves that aim is a point of debate.

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