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Intellectual property 2020 FC 644

Gemak Trust v. Jempak Corporation

Federal Court granted summary judgment dismissing a patent infringement action after construing “encapsulating” to require a pre-manufacture protective coating containing CMC.

  • Claim construction
  • Summary judgment
  • Non-infringement
  • Expert evidence
  • Prosecution file admissibility
  • Patent act s.53.1
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Patent law 2019 FC 1233

Canmar Foods Ltd. v. TA Foods Ltd.

The Federal Court granted summary judgment for TA Foods, finding its flax-roasting process did not infringe Claim 1 of Canmar Foods’ patent.

  • Claim construction
  • Non-infringement
  • Prosecution history
  • Summary judgment
  • Pleadings and particulars
  • Costs
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Patent law 2017 FC 774

Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.

Federal Court NOC proceeding about Pfizer’s ODV succinate patent, with issues of obviousness, utility, anticipation, double patenting and non-infringement.

  • Obviousness
  • Obvious-to-try
  • Utility/inutility
  • Anticipation
  • Double patenting
  • Non-infringement
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Administrative law 2014 FC 1076

Takeda Canada Inc. v. Canada (Health)

The Federal Court partly granted a confidentiality motion in a PM(NOC) proceeding, protecting ANDS/DMF information but refusing to seal Mylan’s NOA and expert affidavit.

  • Confidentiality orders
  • Patented medicines (noc) regulations
  • Notice of allegations
  • Patent invalidity
  • Non-infringement
  • Protective order
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Patent law 2013 FC 718

Hoffman-La Roche Limited v. Apotex Inc.

Federal Court NOC proceeding over valganciclovir: Roche sought to prohibit a Notice of Compliance, but the Court found Apotex’s invalidity and non-infringement allegations justified.

  • Anticipation
  • Obviousness
  • Infringement
  • Selection patent
  • Claim construction
  • Enablement
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Intellectual property 2012 FC 1028

Corporation Sun Media v. Duproprio Inc.

The Federal Court dismissed a jurisdictional motion to strike a trade-mark declaratory action, finding it was not plain and obvious that the Court lacked jurisdiction.

  • Declaratory relief
  • Jurisdiction
  • Non-infringement
  • Motion-to-strike
  • Trade-marks
  • Declaratory-relief
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Patent law 2010 FC 633

Apotex Inc. v. Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals

The Federal Court dismissed Apotex’s motion to strike Pfizer’s res judicata and abuse-of-process pleading and refused particulars of Pfizer’s denials.

  • Invalidity
  • Res judicata/issue estoppel
  • Abuse of process
  • Pmnoc regulations
  • Pleading standards
  • Particulars
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Patent law 2009 FC 671

Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc.

The Federal Court dismissed Apotex’s appeal from the prothonotary’s refusal to strike Pfizer’s PMNOC applications, holding the case should proceed to the merits.

  • Notice of compliance
  • Patent infringement
  • Patent construction
  • Non-infringement
  • Summary dismissal under s.6(5)(b)
  • Evidence hearsay/admissibility
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Intellectual property 2009 FC 661

Peak Innovations Inc. v. Meadowland Flowers Ltd.

The Federal Court dismissed an appeal and upheld striking pleadings seeking declarations of non-infringement of industrial designs for lack of jurisdiction.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Declaratory relief
  • Non-infringement
  • Federal courts act
  • Industrial design act
  • Striking pleadings
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Intellectual property 2009 FC 251

Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Pharmascience Inc.

The Federal Court dismissed Pfizer’s second motion for document production in an NOC proceeding, finding no error in refusing repetitive disclosure and no sufficient showing of relevance.

  • Production of documents
  • Noc regulations
  • Non-infringement
  • Abuse of process
  • Issue estoppel
  • Relevance
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