ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE COURT
11 October 2011 (*)
(Disjoinder)
In Joined Cases C-322/10 and C‑422/10,
REFERENCES for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom) and the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division (Patents Court) (United Kingdom), made by decisions of 24 June and 22 July 2010, received at the Court on 5 July and 27 August 2010 respectively, in the proceedings
Medeva BV (C-322/10),
Georgetown University and Others (C‑422/10)
v
Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER OF THE COURT,
after hearing the Advocate General, V. Trstenjak,
makes the following
Order
1        These references for a preliminary ruling essentially concern the interpretation of Article 3(a) and (b) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (OJ 2009 L 152, p. 1).
2        By order of 12 January 2011, the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union joined Cases C-322/10 and C-422/10 for the purposes of the oral procedure and the judgment.
3        In the interests of the proper conduct of procedure, it is necessary, in accordance with Article 43 of the Rules of Procedure, to disjoin Cases C‑322/10 and C‑422/10 for the purposes of the judgment.
On those grounds, the President of the Fourth Chamber of the Court hereby orders:
Cases C-322/10 and C‑422/10 are disjoined for the purposes of the judgment.
Luxembourg, 11 October 2011.
A. Calot Escobar
J.-C. Bonichot
Registrar
President of the Fourth Chamber
* Language of the case: English.