Fingolimod—(no) injunction before patent grant

Marco Stief

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2024, vol. 19, issue 5, 439-452

Abstract: This article analyses the position of European courts on the availability of preliminary injunctions on the basis of a patent application, reviewing several national decisions in the fingolimod litigation.The decisions handed down by the Düsseldorf Regional Court, the Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris, the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court, the District Court of The Hague and the Barcelona Commercial Court show that the courts, with limited exceptions, reject provisional legal protection on the basis of a mere patent application on the grounds of absence of legal certainty.The analysis identifies four (minimum) prerequisites that must be fulfilled for the courts to consider the possibility of issuing an injunction before a patent is granted.

Date: 2024
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