Unlocking Exclusivity in Life Sciences - A Practical Guide to IP Protection with Dr Joel Beevers

Introduction

In life sciences, falling behind on IP strategy can cost years of exclusivity and millions in lost competitive advantage.

This new virtual classroom seminar gives you a clear, practical understanding of how to secure and maintain protection in a rapidly evolving scientific, regulatory and legal landscape. You will learn how different forms of intellectual property work together, how recent developments impact strategy and where organisations often go wrong.

Through real-world examples, practical guidance and answers to the tough questions professionals face every day, you will discover how to leverage multiple protectable invention types, avoid costly disclosure mistakes and maximise exclusivity by combining patents, SPCs and regulatory protections.

Register today to strengthen your decision-making, whether you work in R&D, IP, commercial, or regulatory and gain the tools to secure robust, long-lasting protection for your life sciences innovations.

What You Will Learn

The session will cover the following:

• Invention types:
• Understanding composition of matter claims and their strategic importance
• How to protect second medical use and method-related inventions
• Non patentable subject matter - the boundaries of patentability for biological, diagnostic and medical method inventions
• Clinical trial disclosures - considerations for handling patenting of inventions involving clinical trials to manage IP risk
• Supporting data/sufficiency of disclosure - what data should be included at filing
• Supplementary Protection Certificates (‘SPCs’) - eligibility criteria and strategic use based on lessons from recent case law
• Regulatory exclusivities (including orphan status) - understanding strategic value of how exclusivity periods interact with patents and SPCs

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.