AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.,
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Judge | McLachlin, Beverley; Abella, Rosalie Silberman; Moldaver, Michael J.; Karakatsanis, Andromache; Wagner, Richard; Gascon, Clément; Côté, Suzanne; Brown, Russell; Rowe, Malcolm |
| Citation | 2017 SCC 36,[2017] 1 SCR 943,147 CPR (4th) 79 |
| Date | 30 June 2017 |
| Court | Supreme Court (Canada) |
| Docket Number | 36654 |
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Table of Cases
...Astrazeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2011 FC 505 ...................................185, 224 AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 SCR 943 ....................................................................... 182, 186, 228 AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Canada (Minister......
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...43 ONCA ONSC Copyright Rogers Communications Inc v Voltage Pictures LLC 2018 SCC 38 FCA FC Copyright AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc 2017 SCC 36 FCA FC Patents, PMNOC Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc 2017 SCC 34 BCCA BCSC Trademarks* Canadian Broadcasting Corp v SODRAC 2003 Inc 2015 ......
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...is tied to its view of the “promised utility”. Given the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 SCR 943 [AstraZeneca] and the rejection of the “promise of the patent”, Hospira’s argument with respect to sufficiency is based on a......
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Aux Sable Liquid Products LP c. JL Energy Transportation Inc.,
...Pulp & Paper, Ltd. (1986), 12 C.P.R. (3d) 193, 9 C.I.P.R. 265 (F.C.A.); AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 S.C.R. 943; Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Limited v. SNF Inc., 2017 FCA 225 , 152 C.P.R. (4th) 239 ; Pollard Banknote Limited v. BABN Techn......
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Hospira Healthcare Corporation v. Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research,
...is tied to its view of the “promised utility”. Given the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 SCR 943 [AstraZeneca] and the rejection of the “promise of the patent”, Hospira’s argument with respect to sufficiency is based on a......
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Angelcare Canada Inc. v. Munchkin, Inc.,
...being for the presence of scintilla of utility. The Supreme Court explained at paragraph 55 of AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 SCR 943 [AstraZeneca]: The Act does not prescribe the degree or quantum of usefulness required, or that every potential use be realized —......
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Takeda Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.,
...with advances: AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2014 FC 638 at para 51, aff’d 2015 FCA 158 , rev’d on other grounds 2017 SCC 36. It is the person, or team of individuals, that would work the patent in a real sense: Alcon Canada Inc v Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Company, 201......
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Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 5 - 9, 2018)
...Abuse of Process, Collateral Attack, Standard of Review, Patent Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. P-4, s. 62, AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v Apotex Inc., 2017 SCC 36, Housen v Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33 , Danyluk v Ainsworth Technologies Inc., 2001 SCC 44 , Toronto (City) v C.U.P.E. Local 79, 2003 SCC 63 , M......
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Table of Cases
...Astrazeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2011 FC 505 ...................................185, 224 AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, 2017 SCC 36, [2017] 1 SCR 943 ....................................................................... 182, 186, 228 AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Canada (Minister......
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Intellectual Property in Canada's Federal Courts: An Empirical Review of Proceedings
...43 ONCA ONSC Copyright Rogers Communications Inc v Voltage Pictures LLC 2018 SCC 38 FCA FC Copyright AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc 2017 SCC 36 FCA FC Patents, PMNOC Google Inc v Equustek Solutions Inc 2017 SCC 34 BCCA BCSC Trademarks* Canadian Broadcasting Corp v SODRAC 2003 Inc 2015 ......
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Patenting of Pharmaceutical Products
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