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Intellectual Property [1998] ZASCA 74

Syntheta (Pty) Ltd previously Delta G Scientific (Pty) Ltd v Janssen Pharmaceutica NV and Another (449/96)

Syntheta (Pty) Ltd previously Delta G Scientific (Pty) Ltd v Janssen Pharmaceutica NV and Another (449/96) [1998] ZASCA 74; 1999 (1) SA 85 (SCA); [1998] 4 All SA 445 (A) (21 September 1998)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
449/96
Judges
Harms, Scott, Zulman, Plewman, Farlam

The SCA refused a compulsory patent licence, holding that the applicant failed to prove patent abuse, non-working, or that its proposed royalty was reasonable.

  • Compulsory Licence
  • Patent Abuse
  • Patents Act 1978
  • Royalty Reasonableness
  • Compulsory-licence
  • Patent-abuse
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