Patentees Score A Victory In The Supreme Court Of Canada: Validity Of Selection Patents Upheld

Canada Law Articles in English (2008)

Mr Alfred Macchione - McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Patentees Score A Victory In The Supreme Court Of Canada: Validity Of Selection Patents Upheld

Overview

On Thursday, November 6, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada

released its much-anticipated decision in Sanofi-Synthelabo

Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2008 SCC 61

(Sanofi). In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court

gives considerable strength to pharmaceutical patents by rejecting

Apotex's generalized attack on selection patents as

"evergreening" and holding that selection patents do not

differ in nature from any other type of patent. The case is also

significant because it adds important clarification to the test for

anticipation and brings the law with respect to obviousness...



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