The world-renowned publisher of intellectual property literature Walters Kluver from the Netherlands has published the second edition of the work “European SPCs Unravelled – A Practitioner’s Guide to SPC in Europe”, edited by European patent attorneys Oswin Ridderbusch & Dr. Alexa von Uexkuell from Germany. 46 authors from 36 countries have been represented in thесе work prepared for two years, among them three experts from Berin IP Agency (Vancho Damjanski, Irena Petkoska and Gjorgji Filipov). The book was published in August 2021, on 1028 pages, 34 chapters and five annexes with a table of court cases. North Macedonia is in chapter 25 from page 647 to page 661.

Although patent laws in all Member States of the European Union, the European Economic Community, or the signatory countries of the European Patent Convention (38 in number) are in line with EU directives and the European Patent Convention, the procedure for supplementary patent protection in the field of pharmacy varies from country to country. After the practice of issuing Supplementary Patent Certificates was established, the situation began to be clarified and each country created its own procedure for issuing the additional certificate.

The representation of Macedonia in the second edition is a recognition of the attitude of country towards the patents from the pharmaceutical industry, which does not lag behind the European one, as well as the readiness of the Macedonian European Patent Representatives and the State Office of Industrial Property to implement the procedures for granting and maintaining the Supplementary Patent Protection (SPC) through the issuance of additional patent certificates.