Eli Lilly and Company v Human Genome Sciences, Inc: PatC 17 Oct 2008

The parties discussed the costs order to be made after a challenge to a patent succeeded on some grounds but not on others.

Judges:

Kitchin J

Citations:

[2008] EWHC 2511 (Pat)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoEli Lilly and Company v Human Genome Sciences Inc PatC 31-Jul-2008
The claimant sought the revocation of the defendant’s European patent in respect of a nucleotide and amino acid sequence of a novel member of the TNF ligand superfamily which it called Neutrokine-a.
Held: The patent was invalid for lack of . .

Cited by:

See AlsoEli Lilly and Co v Human Genome Sciences CA 23-Feb-2009
The court considered directions for a forthcoming appeal, and in particular as to its date, where there were parallel revocation proceedings before the European Court. . .
See AlsoEli Lilly and Co v Human Genome Sciences Inc CA 9-Feb-2010
The appellant had had granted to it a patent for a new human protein, Neutrokine-a. It now appealed against revocation of the patent on the basis that as yet there was no possible industrial application within the Convention so as to allow . .
See AlsoHuman Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly and Company SC 2-Nov-2011
The court considered an appeal against the declaration of invalidity of a biomedical patent for a new human protein on the grounds that it was not susceptible of industrial application.
Held: The patentee’s appeal succeeded. The court had to . .
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Intellectual Property, Costs

Updated: 30 July 2022; Ref: scu.278784