News & Analysis as of

Patent Validity Obviousness Canada

Smart & Biggar

Avoiding the hindsight trap in the context of a patent obviousness analysis

Smart & Biggar on

While courts have often warned that hindsight bias should be avoided when assessing whether a patented invention would have been obvious to the skilled person, the application of this principle can be challenging in practice....more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court of Appeal upholds validity of two patents relating to ELIQUIS

Smart & Biggar on

On August 4, 2022, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed Pharmascience’s appeal of a Federal Court decision upholding the validity of Canadian Patent Nos. 2,461,202 (the 202 patent) and 2,791,171 (the 171 patent)...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court finds Janssen’s macitentan combination therapy patent valid

Smart & Biggar on

On May 31, 2022, the Federal Court released a decision by Justice Pallotta in a patent infringement action pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations in relation to macitentan...more

Smart & Biggar

Merck’s JANUVIA crystalline monohydrate DHP salt patent found valid

Smart & Biggar on

In a patent infringement action brought under subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, in relation to sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate (Merck’s JANUVIA), Justice Furlanetto of the Federal...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court of Appeal upholds validity of glatiramer acetate patent

Smart & Biggar on

The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) dismissed an appeal by Pharmascience from a decision of the Federal Court... which found Canadian Patent No. 2,760,802 (802 Patent) valid and infringed by Pharmascience’s proposed glatiramer...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court of Appeal upholds Federal Court decision finding Shire’s VYVANSE patent valid

Smart & Biggar on

Update: On October 7, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada denied Apotex’s leave to appeal (Apotex v Shire, Docket No. 39662). The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) recently dismissed an appeal by Apotex from a decision of the...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court finds Eli Lilly’s tadalafil dosage form and process patents invalid

Smart & Biggar on

UPDATE: On September 30, 2020, Eli Lilly appealed both decisions by Justice St-Louis: Eli Lilly v Apotex (A-234-20 and A-239-20); Eli Lilly v Pharmascience and Riva (A-236-20); Eli Lilly v Mylan (A-237-20); and Eli Lilly v...more

Smart & Biggar

Double Patenting: A comparative guide between U.S. & Canadian practice

Smart & Biggar on

Double patenting has become a common challenge to patent validity in Canada since the decision rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada in Whirlpool Corp. v Camco Inc in 2000. The Canadian double patenting doctrine is similar...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court upholds validity of Janssen’s paliperidone palmitate patent

Smart & Biggar on

On May 5, 2020, Manson J. of the Federal Court issued the second decision on the merits under the amended Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance Regulations). The Court upheld the validity of Janssen’s patent for...more

Smart & Biggar

Year-end Round-up: Notable Canadian Patent Cases of 2018

Smart & Biggar on

Earlier this month we published an exhaustive review of the life sciences and regulatory cases in the Canadian courts, and decisions on the merits for the year are summarized in our in our Rx IP Update 2018 Highlights in...more

Smart & Biggar

New Use Patent for Janssen’s REMICADE valid and infringed by Hospira’s biosimilar INFLECTRA

Smart & Biggar on

On March 7, 2018, the Federal Court upheld the validity of Kennedy’s patent for a use of infliximab (Janssen’s REMICADE) (Patent No. 2,261,630 [the “630 patent”]), and granted Kennedy’s counterclaim that Hospira’s biosimilar...more

11 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide