UK Patent ‘Plausibility’: Landmark Lyrica Case May Get Supreme Court Ruling By Early Summer
Executive Summary
Companies looking forward to a ruling from the Supreme Court on “plausibility” in the UK case involving second medical use patents may have to wait until May or June.
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