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Ontario Superior Court dismisses Apotex’s Statutes of Monopolies claims regarding sildenafil

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On September 27, 2021, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted Pfizer’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed Apotex’s claims for treble damages and double costs under the Ontario and English Statutes of Monopolies,...more

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Federal Court of Appeal upholds decision finding Seedlings' LifeCard patent invalid and not infringed by Pfizer’s EpiPen

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On July 28, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed Seedling’s appeal from the Federal Court decision of Justice Grammond (2020 FC 1, previously reported), which concluded that certain claims of Seedlings' LifeCard...more

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Supreme Court denies leave of interlocutory decision in pregabalin section 8 case

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On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Pfizer’s application for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39150) a decision upholding an interlocutory decision on a question relevant to the assessment of section 8...more

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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses appeal of first trial decision under the amended PMNOC Regulations

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UPDATE: On July 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Amgen’s leave to appeal (see article here). On November 3, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal heard and dismissed the appeal of the first trial decision under the...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Leave Applications - May 2020

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UPDATE: UPDATE: On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Pfizer’s application for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39150) (see article here). Pfizer seeks leave in pregabalin section 8 case As previously...more

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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Pfizer’s appeal of interlocutory decision in pregabalin section 8 case: infringement not a...

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UPDATE: On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Pfizer’s application for leave to appeal (Docket No. 39150)... As previously reported, Justice O’Reilly of the Federal Court granted Pharmascience’s...more

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Federal Court issues two interlocutory decisions in section 8 pregabalin case

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On October 10, 2019, Justice O’Reilly of the Federal Court issued two decisions relating to Pharmascience’s claim for section 8 damages under the pre-amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations for its...more

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Amgen not precluded by invalidity decision under pre-amended PMNOC Regulations from litigating same patent under amended...

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On October 4, 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Pfizer’s appeal of its failed motion to dismiss Amgen’s action under section 6 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (PMNOC Regulations) for a...more

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Amended PMNOC Regulations: Second Anniversary Update

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September 21, 2019 was the second anniversary of the coming into force of the amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (Regulations) heralding significant changes to the landscape for pharmaceutical...more

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Rx IP Update - May 2018

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An Update on Vanessa’s Law - This is a special update on the Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law) which was approved on November 6, 2014 (as previously reported), amending the Food and Drugs Act...more

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Rx IP Update - 2017 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more

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Rx IP Update - October 2017

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Pfizer obtains orders of prohibition on polymorphic form patent - On September 22, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted Orders of prohibition under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations...more

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Pfizer obtains orders of prohibition on polymorphic form patent

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On September 22, the Federal Court, in a pair of decisions, granted Orders of prohibition under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations preventing Apotex and Teva from marketing their generic...more

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Update on AstraZeneca SCC and developments on “overpromising” under grounds other than utility

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SCC Update. On October 23, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Apotex’s motion to amend the Supreme Court of Canada’s judgment in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36 (reported here, relating to...more

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Funding Arrangements in Private Litigation Are Private Matters—Not to Be Scrutinized by the Federal Court or the Defendant

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Equip: IP Litigation Case of the Week - The cost of litigation can be a non-starter for an intellectual property owner with a strong infringement case. Litigation funding enterprises can help where the cost of litigation...more

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Federal Court reaffirms and reissues section 8 venlafaxine judgments overturned by the Court of Appeal for hearsay

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As previously reported, in 2016 the Federal Court of Appeal set aside a decision of the Federal Court awarding Teva close to $125 million in damages under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations...more

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Rx IP Update - April 2017

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Teva awarded section 8 damages regarding pregabalin and olanzapine - On March 30 and April 4, 2017, the Federal Court released two decisions on the merits under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of...more

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Federal Court of Appeal dismisses Teva’s appeal relating to utility and sufficiency

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On March 14, 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed Teva’s appeal of Locke J.’s Order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a notice of compliance (NOC) to Teva in respect of its calcipotriol and...more

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Rx IP Update - December 2016

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Janssen seeks leave to appeal to SCC regarding FCA decision upholding Minister of Health’s decisions relating to administrative drug submissions - As reported previously, on October 12, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal...more

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Canadian Court Nixes Class Action for Patent Abuse

The decision relates to an application to certify a proposed class action, commenced by a representative plaintiff, Britton Low, against various Pfizer companies, alleging that Pfizer unlawfully abused the patent system with...more

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