Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-567/16Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
- Decided
- 2017-12-07
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2017:948
- CELEX
- 62016CJ0567
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
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Reference for a preliminary ruling — Industrial and commercial property — Patent law — Medicinal products for human use — Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 — Article (3)(b) — Supplementary protection certificate — Conditions for obtaining — Article 10(3) — Granting of the certificate or rejection of the application for a certificate — Directive 2001/83/EC — Article 28(4) — Decentralised procedure.
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