Quick Guide to Administrative Hearings
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As has been noted recently (Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Synthego Corp.), fact-based decisions from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (typically from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) are reviewed under the substantial...more
As previously reported, the Federal Court of Appeal set aside the Federal Court’s decision dismissing Alexion’s application for judicial review and remitted the matter of whether Alexion’s SOLIRIS (eculizumab) was sold at an...more
In 2020, Rx IP Update reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. We review top developments below: Table of Contents 1. COVID-19: CIPO, Federal Courts, Health Canada 2. PMPRB:...more
On November 23, 2020, Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC) and a number of research-based pharmaceutical companies commenced an application for judicial review (T-1419-20) of the final Patented Medicine Prices Review Board...more
On October 29, 2020, Justice Manson of the Federal Court ordered the Minister of Health to issue a notice of compliance (NOC) to Fresenius Kabi for IDACIO (adalimumab), a biosimilar of AbbVie’s HUMIRA: Fresenius Kabi v...more
Update: On July 12, 2021, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed Janssen’s appeal from Zinn J.’s decision: Janssen Inc v Attorney General of Canada (Minister of Health), 2021 FCA 137 (see article here). On September 18,...more
UPDATE: See July 15, 2020 article here describing the decision in more detail. On September 10, 2020, the applicants (Innovative Medicines Canada and the company applicants) appealed Justice Manson’s decision (A-215-20). On...more
On October 7, 2019, California became the first state to enact legislation—Assembly Bill 824 ("AB 824")—rendering certain pharmaceutical patent litigation settlement agreements presumptively anticompetitive. This alert...more
Federal Court finds invalidity allegations relating to patent for metformin formulations not justified - On March 8, 2019, Justice Fothergill granted Valeant Canada’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of...more
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
Equip: IP Litigation Case of the Week - Courts in Canada are presumed to be open and accessible to the public. Although a party’s commercial interests can be protected, a court will not grant a confidentiality order if...more