Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Accord Healthcare Inc.

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Citation2024 FC 424
Date26 March 2024

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3 practice notes
  • Canadian Patent Law: 2024 In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 13 Enero 2025
    ...on the invention made or contemplated by the inventor. Federal Court finds obviousness a full defense to infringement In Medexus v Accord, 2024 FC 424 the Federal Court dismissed Medexus and medac's patent infringement claim after finding the asserted claims to be obvious. The patent at iss......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2024: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 28 Enero 2025
    ...Court has regularly held that "about" is not indefinite, doing so again in 2024 in Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc v Accord Healthcare Inc, 2024 FC 424. Indeed, including the term "about" may prove In Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd v Jamp Pharma Corporation, 2024 FC 1198, one of the issues c......
  • Avoiding The Hindsight Trap In The Context Of A Patent Obviousness Analysis
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 26 Febrero 2025
    ...Oy, 8 C.P.R. (3d) 289 (FCA, 1986) at page 295 (Hugessen J.A.) more recently cited in Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc v Accord Healthcare Inc, 2024 FC 424 at para 153 (Pallotta 4. Molo Design Ltd v Chanel Canada ULC, 2024 FC 1260 at para 300 (McHaffie J.) 5. See most recently Takeda Canada Inc v......
3 firm's commentaries
  • Canadian Patent Law: 2024 In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 13 Enero 2025
    ...on the invention made or contemplated by the inventor. Federal Court finds obviousness a full defense to infringement In Medexus v Accord, 2024 FC 424 the Federal Court dismissed Medexus and medac's patent infringement claim after finding the asserted claims to be obvious. The patent at iss......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2024: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 28 Enero 2025
    ...Court has regularly held that "about" is not indefinite, doing so again in 2024 in Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc v Accord Healthcare Inc, 2024 FC 424. Indeed, including the term "about" may prove In Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd v Jamp Pharma Corporation, 2024 FC 1198, one of the issues c......
  • Avoiding The Hindsight Trap In The Context Of A Patent Obviousness Analysis
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • 26 Febrero 2025
    ...Oy, 8 C.P.R. (3d) 289 (FCA, 1986) at page 295 (Hugessen J.A.) more recently cited in Medexus Pharmaceuticals Inc v Accord Healthcare Inc, 2024 FC 424 at para 153 (Pallotta 4. Molo Design Ltd v Chanel Canada ULC, 2024 FC 1260 at para 300 (McHaffie J.) 5. See most recently Takeda Canada Inc v......