Essays about: "pay-for-delay settlements"
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1. Reverse Payment Patent Settlements as Restrictions by Object under Article 101(1) TFEU
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : This thesis examines the CJEU’s case law on value transfers between originator and generic undertakings, in the context of patent settlements, to ascertain the criteria for determining when such a practice amounts to a restriction of competition by object. The thesis finds that the CJ’s rulings in Generics and Lundbeck clarifies the treatment of more straightforward RPPSs and follows established case law on restrictions by object. READ MORE
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2. Pay-for-delay: A competition law analysis of settlement agreements in the pharmaceutical sector
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : During the last two decades many pharmaceutical originator companies have struggled with refilling its pipelines with novel pharmaceutical products. At the same time many of these companies have lost patent protection for its most profitable drugs and more are expected to do so in the very near future. READ MORE
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3. Who can compete? Analysing the concept of potential competition in reverse patent settlements
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : After the General Court’s (GC) decision in case T-472/13 H. Lundbeck A/S and Lundbeck Ltd v Commission it seems the concept of potential competition in the context of so-called ‘pay-for-delay’ agreements, or reverse patent settlements, might have been altered; that the bar in order for an undertaking to qualify as a potential competitor might have been lowered. READ MORE
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4. Pay-for-delay settlements at the crossroads in the EU: will we walk the object path or the road to effects analysis?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Detta fördjupningsarbete kommer att undersöka hur Europeisk konkurrensrätt ska verkställas i relation till så kallade ’pay-for-delay’-avtal, vilka är avtal där värdeöverföringen sker från patentinnehavaren till den som begår patentintrång: tvärtemot hur en typisk förlikningsprocess ser ut. Dessa avtal har under det senaste decenniet, framförallt i läkemedelsindustrin, varit under granskning av den Europeiska Kommissionen på grund av dess potentiella konkurrensbegränsande effekter. READ MORE
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5. Paying for Delay or Something Else?--The Potential Anticompetitive Effect of Reverse Payment Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry under article 101 TFEU
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis discusses the recent hot topic in the intersection of IP law and competition law; “pay-for-delay” agreements in the pharmaceutical industry. Such agreements arise in patent disputes where originator manufacturers (‘Originators’) claim patent infringement by the generic manufactures (‘Generics’). READ MORE
