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Not all first to file systems are the same

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Global
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  • April 22 2013

With the changes to the U.S. Patent Act through implementation of the America Invents Act (AIA) on March 16, 2013, all World Trade Organization

Utility, sound prediction and promise of the patent

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 22 2013

In recent years, attacks on the lack of sound prediction and failure to meet the promise of the patent have proven to be a crushing hammer in the

Patented medicines (notice of compliance) listing update

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 22 2013

Listing a patent on the Patent Register maintained by the Minister of Health is the gateway through which an innovator gains access to the provisions

Authorized generics in the hypothetical world of generic damages

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 22 2013

Canada, as in other jurisdictions, links drug marketing approval with patent rights. Innovative drug manufacturers may list relevant patents against

An end to generic claims for innovator profits?

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • April 22 2013

Until January 2013, the law of generic claims under section 8 of the Patent Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (the "NOC Regulations"

A balancing act: innovation and the regulatory-approval exemption

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

In the pharmaceutical sector, patent systems are concerned with balancing the interests of innovator drug companies, the public and generic

Patents and Canadian competition laws

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • April 22 2013

In Canada, the Competition Act largely defers to the Patent Act. For example, the Act's abuse of dominance provision (s. 79 Canada's

The Supreme Court of Canada holds Pfizer’s Viagra patent invalid

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

In a cautionary tale to be heeded by patent drafters, the Supreme Court of Canada held that Pfizer's patent directed to sildenafil, better known as

Double-patenting challenges for life sciences companies

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

Perhaps more than any other technology field, patentees in the life sciences sector tend to be holders of patent families: collections of patents and

Generic ordered to pay $1.7 million in accounting of profits

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

On March 12, 2013, the Federal Court released its decision in Apotex Inc. v. H. Lundbeck AS, 2013 FC 192. The Court dismissed Apotex's action to

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