Kirin Amgen, Inc. v. State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania, Supreme Court of Lithuania (Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas), 8 December 2010
In this case the claimant filed an application for a supplementary protection certificate (SPC), however the application was refused by the Lithuanian patent office. Appeals before national courts were unsuccessful. The Supreme Court referred the question whether the six-month period for application for an SPC begins on the date of granting Community marketing authorization, or…