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Document 62011CN0442

Case C-442/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (United Kingdom) made on 26 August 2011 — Novartis AG v Actavis UK Ltd

IO C 311, 22.10.2011, p. 27–27 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.10.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/27


Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (United Kingdom) made on 26 August 2011 — Novartis AG v Actavis UK Ltd

(Case C-442/11)

2011/C 311/44

Language of the case: English

Referring court

High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Novartis AG

Defendant: Actavis UK Ltd

Questions referred

Where a supplementary protection certificate has been granted for a product as defined by Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 (1) for an active ingredient, are the rights conferred by that certificate pursuant to Article 5 of the Regulation in respect of the subject matter as defined in Article 4 of the Regulation infringed:

(i)

by a medicinal product that contains that active ingredient (in this case valsartan) in combination with one or more other active ingredients (in this case hydrochlorothiazide); or

(ii)

only by a medicinal product that contains that active ingredient (in this case valsartan) as the sole active ingredient?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products

OJ L 152, p. 1


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