Federal Court decision regarding glatiramer acetate finds one patent obvious and another valid and infringed
By EsqSocial Corporation 15/01/21
On January 6, 2021, the Federal Court issued its decision in two patent infringement actions pursuant to subsection 6(1) of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations involving Teva’s patents pertaining to the drug glatiramer acetate (Teva’s COPAXONE and Pharmascience’s GLATECT): Teva v Pharmascience, 2020 FC 1158. Justice Kane found Canadian Patent No. 2,702,437 (437 patent) invalid for obviousness while Canadian Patent No. 2,760,802 (802 patent) was found valid and infringed by...
By: Smart & Biggar