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Intellectual Property [2012] ZASCA 108

Cipla Medpro (Pty) Ltd v Aventis Pharma SA, Aventis Pharma SA and Others v Cipla Life Sciences (Pty) Ltd and Others (139/2012, 138/2012)

Cipla Medpro (Pty) Ltd v Aventis Pharma SA, Aventis Pharma SA and Others v Cipla Life Sciences (Pty) Ltd and Others (139/2012, 138/2012) [2012] ZASCA 108; 2013 (4) SA 579 (SCA); 2012 BIP 30 (SCA) (26 July 2012)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
139/2012, 138/2012
Judges
Nugent, Heher, Snyders, Tshiqi, McLaren

The SCA held that Aventis’s patent amendment did not broaden the claim, upheld the patent’s validity on the papers, and granted an interim interdict for contributory infringement.

  • Patent Amendment
  • Contributory Infringement
  • Interim Interdict
  • Inventive Step
  • Public Interest
  • Clarity Of Claim
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Intellectual Property [2007] ZASCA 123

Vari-Deals 101 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Sunsmart Products (Pty) Ltd (503/06)

Vari-Deals 101 (Pty) Ltd and Others v Sunsmart Products (Pty) Ltd (503/06) [2007] ZASCA 123; 2008 (3) 447 (SCA); 2007 BIP 69 (SCA) (27 September 2007)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
503/06
Judges
Harms, Nugent, Ponnan, Combrinck, Hurt

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the appellants’ teardrop flag products infringed Sunsmart’s patent and registered design and dismissed the appeal.

  • Patent Infringement
  • Registered Design Infringement
  • Anticipation
  • Purposive Construction
  • Contributory Infringement
  • Patent-infringement
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