000050159 000__ 02456nam\a2200397\i\4500 000050159 001__ 50159 000050159 003__ SzGeWIPO 000050159 005__ 20241024004426.0 000050159 006__ m eo d 000050159 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000050159 008__ 241007s2024\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\000\0\eng\d 000050159 0247_ $$a10.1093/jiplp/jpae046$$2doi 000050159 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1463455378 000050159 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000050159 041__ $$aeng 000050159 24504 $$aThe devil is in the divisional :$$ban analysis of divisional patents, deadlines, declarations and suggestions for future practice. 000050159 264_1 $$aOxford, UK :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2024. 000050159 300__ $$a1 online resource (pages 725-733) 000050159 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000050159 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000050159 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000050159 4901_ $$aIntellectual Property Law & Practice,$$x1747-1540 ;$$v19, 9, 2024 000050159 520__ $$aThis article argues that divisional patent applications and litigation are strategically employed in the pharmaceutical sector to delay generic and biosimilar market entry. These practices are given a legitimate basis in the European Patent Convention and the Patents Act 1977, but recent UK case law shows that their misuse results in deliberate obfuscation of existing safeguards. Nonetheless, patent law should not be passive. The reintroduction of the divisional filing time limit coupled with shorter compliance periods would offer practical administrative steps for shortening the time frame within which divisionals can be filed. Moreover, further clarity surrounding the implementation of the double patenting prohibition would reduce the number of substantially similar divisional patents that are successfully obtained. This article also discusses Arrow declarations at length, before concluding with a brief analysis of the suitability of the abuse of process doctrine for dealing with divisional misuse. 000050159 542__ $$fhttps://academic.oup.com/pages/using-the-content/citation 000050159 590__ $$aPublished online: 15-June-24 000050159 650_4 $$aIntellectual property$$xLaw and legislation. 000050159 650_4 $$aPatents$$xLaw and legislation. 000050159 650_0 $$aPatents. 000050159 650_0 $$aIntellectual property. 000050159 650_0 $$aCopyright. 000050159 7001_ $$aFiller, Mieke,$$eauthor. 000050159 7731_ $$tIntellectual Property Law & Practice,$$wJIPLP 000050159 830_0 $$aIntellectual Property Law & Practice,$$v19, 9, 2024. 000050159 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpae046$$yJournal homepage 000050159 904__ $$aJournal Article 000050159 980__ $$aJIPLP