< Back to latest news & events

Event

Seminar: Strategies and updates on patenting inventions relating to personalised medicine in Europe and the US – Basel

October 2019

Event date: 17th October 2019

HGF is hosting a seminar in Der Teufelhof Basel on Thursday 17th October at 6pm. Partner Dr Leena Contarino and Patent Director Dr Laurence Gainey will consider strategies for patenting inventions in Europe and the US.

Targeted intervention (also known as personalised medicine or precision medicine) is a rapidly evolving field of medicine in which treatments are selected based on the detection of disease markers in individual patients. This enables doctors to prescribe treatment regimens that are tailored to individual patients’ medical needs.

Targeted intervention is already well established modern oncology where new drugs are now often approved together with companion diagnostics used to identify particular markers or genetic mutations in a patient. It is likely that targeted intervention will also become a feature in other therapy areas as the technology evolves. Patenting and enforcing patents covering personalised medicine inventions can be challenging, most notably in the USA.

This seminar will consider strategies for patenting these inventions in Europe and the US, including an update on the evolving situation in the US such as: legislative efforts, USPTO updated guidance and recent court cases such as Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC (Fed. Cir. July 3, 2019).

To register please email [email protected].

Latest updates

IP Ingredients: Winter Case Law Review 2024

As the nights draw in and the frenzy to finish everything off before the holiday season reaches its peak, it’s time to take a break, grab your favourite hot beverage …

Read article

Fashionably IP Podcast – Episodes 31-40 – exploring hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property

Episodes 31-40 of the Fashionably IP Podcast where we will be looking at important hot topics in the world of fashion and intellectual property. We will be focusing on key …

Read article
Event - 5th February 2025

Defense and attack of patents at the DPMA, ÖPA, EPO and UPC

Patents are the key to securing your technological advantage – but what should you do if your rights are challenged? Or if you yourself have to take action against a …

Event details

With the EPO and UPC adopting different frameworks for inventive step, is there potential for conflicting decisions?

The EPO regularly applies the problem and solution approach when deciding whether an invention involves an inventive step.  Central to this approach is identifying the technical differences between the invention …

Read article

Paris Central Division of the UPC has provided guidance on what constitutes common general knowledge (“CGK”)

Netherlands B.V. v VMR Products LLC [UPC_CFI_307/2023] –Paris Central Division (Catalozzi, Zhilova, Tillmann) – 29 November 2024 The Paris Central Division of the UPC has provided guidance on what constitutes …

Read article

HGF CEO Martyn Fish named one of Managing IP's most influential people in IP 2024

We are proud to share that our CEO, Martyn Fish, has been recognised as one of Managing IP’s 50 most influential people in IP for 2024! This fantastic recognition reflects …

Read article