J A Kemp Webinar: Update on Plausibility

The law on plausibility continues to be a hot topic in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields. This webinar will cover recent developments in the assessment of whether a “plausible” disclosure of efficacy is present in the application as filed. This will include discussion of the decision T 116/18 which has for the first time referred the topic of plausibility to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (pending as G 2/21). The Court of Appeal decision in Fibrogen v Akebia will also be covered, which discusses the issue of plausibility in the context of claims directed to the medical use of a functionally-defined active agent.