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The First Biosimilar Disputes at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

Venable LLP on 5/23/2024

As the era of biologics and biosimilar litigations heats up in the United States, Europe’s Unified Patent Court (UPC) is also taking center stage with the first two biosimilar disputes filed in March and April....more

Rx IP Update - April 2018

Smart & Biggar on 5/4/2018

Standing Committee on Health proposes National Pharmacare program, modifications to prescription and generic drug pricing - While common among member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...more

Rx IP Update - July 2017

Smart & Biggar on 7/24/2017

Supreme Court of Canada strikes down "promise doctrine", upholds AstraZeneca’s NEXIUM patent as useful - As previously reported, on June 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada granted AstraZeneca’s appeal in the NEXIUM...more

Rx IP Update - February 2017

Smart & Biggar on 2/23/2017

Federal Court of Appeal rules on non-infringing alternatives and apportionment as defences to an accounting of profits from patent infringement - On February 2, 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal released a...more

IP World Tour: Snapshots of Overseas IP Protection

WilmerHale on 5/3/2016

No matter where you look in the world, it’s a certainty that a dispute is ongoing over someone’s intellectual property (IP). The theft of ideas is nothing new, but just as important to those investing abroad is knowledge of...more

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