“…er, Pumfrey J held that the 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 a…”
“…y 2007 the UK designation of the patent was held to be invalid by Pumfrey J since it lacked 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.…”