Sandoz Canada Inc. v. Janssen Inc.

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtCourt of Appeal (Canada)
JudgeLOCKE ; MACTAVISH ; MONAGHAN
Citation2023 FCA 221
Docket NumberA-128-22
Date09 November 2023

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4 practice notes
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. v. Jamp Pharma Corporation
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • August 8, 2024
    ...standard and certainty is too much: Wellcome Foundation at paras 62, 63, 77. The threshold is not high: Sandoz Canada Inc v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221 [Sandoz] at para 24. The patent may be sustained provided a prima facie reasonable inference of utility exists: Novopharm at para 85; Sandoz ......
  • McCain Foods Limited v. J.R. Simplot Company
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • June 13, 2025
    ...the desired result can be inferred from the factual basis; and (3) proper disclosure: Apotex AZT at para 70; Sandoz Canada v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221 at para 7. These elements are to be assessed as a function of the knowledge and understanding of the POSITA: Bell Helicopter at para 152; Ap......
  • 2023 Year In Review: Life Sciences In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2024
    ...the focus should instead have been on the proceedings before the Court. Read the full decision here. Sandoz Canada Inc v. Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221: Sound prediction threshold remains the The Federal Court of Appeal in Sandoz v Janssen provided a clarification and summary of the jurispruden......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2023: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2024
    ...("Eli Lilly"), 2010 FCA 197). Did Eli Lilly increase the threshold for sound prediction from Wellcome? In Sandoz Canada Inc v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Federal Court did not erroneously apply a lower threshold for sound prediction, in considering W......
2 cases
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. v. Jamp Pharma Corporation
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • August 8, 2024
    ...standard and certainty is too much: Wellcome Foundation at paras 62, 63, 77. The threshold is not high: Sandoz Canada Inc v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221 [Sandoz] at para 24. The patent may be sustained provided a prima facie reasonable inference of utility exists: Novopharm at para 85; Sandoz ......
  • McCain Foods Limited v. J.R. Simplot Company
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • June 13, 2025
    ...the desired result can be inferred from the factual basis; and (3) proper disclosure: Apotex AZT at para 70; Sandoz Canada v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221 at para 7. These elements are to be assessed as a function of the knowledge and understanding of the POSITA: Bell Helicopter at para 152; Ap......
2 firm's commentaries
  • 2023 Year In Review: Life Sciences In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2024
    ...the focus should instead have been on the proceedings before the Court. Read the full decision here. Sandoz Canada Inc v. Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221: Sound prediction threshold remains the The Federal Court of Appeal in Sandoz v Janssen provided a clarification and summary of the jurispruden......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2023: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 25, 2024
    ...("Eli Lilly"), 2010 FCA 197). Did Eli Lilly increase the threshold for sound prediction from Wellcome? In Sandoz Canada Inc v Janssen Inc, 2023 FCA 221, the Federal Court of Appeal held that the Federal Court did not erroneously apply a lower threshold for sound prediction, in considering W......