Divisional Applications – The Story Continues?

On June 04, 2024 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision which put the final point in litigation between KRKA, d.d., Novo mesto (Slovenia) and AstraZeneka AB (Sweden) on invention patent 2643764.

About half a year earlier, on 2 January 2024, the Italian Civil Supreme Court by its also final decision confirmed that Pfizer has to pay over €13.4 million compensation to the Italian Health Ministry and Finance Ministry for abusing dominant position in drug market.

These two litigations were about different matters and happened in two different jurisdictions while nevertheless had one common issue – in both the practice of filing divisional applications from early filed divisional applications was reconsidered returning professional discussions again to this very disputed issue. And, while Russian Supreme Court decision indeed ended the local discussions regarding divisional-from-divisional practice confirming its admissibility, the Italian