“… 947 Patent was invalid, and his decision was upheld by the Court of Appeal on 9 May 2008: see Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Inc [2007] EWHC 1538 (Pat) and [2008] EWCA Civ 445. Those decisions applied only to the UK designation of the patent, but an appeal was pending before the EPO Technical Board of Appeal and, on 6 May 2009, the B…”
“…acked novelty, or alternatively was obvious over another existing patent ([2007] EWHC 1538 (Pat)). That decision was upheld in the Court of Appeal in May 2008 ([2008] EWCA Civ 445). In 2009 the EPO Technical Board of Appeal revoked the European patent.…”