Pharmacia Corporation, G D Searle and Company, Pfizer Inc v Merck and Co, Inc, Merck, Sharp and Dohme Limited: CA 14 Dec 2001

Question as to obviousness of patent.

Judges:

Lord Justice Aldous, Lord Justice Sedley, And, Lady Justice Arden

Citations:

[2001] EWCA Civ 1610, [2002] ENPR 10, [2002] RPC 41

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Patents Act 1977

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedBrugger v Medic-Aid Ltd (No 2) ChD 1996
B alleged infringement by M of its patented nebulizer. M replied saying that the claims failed for obviousness. Features of the nebulizer were admittedly old and well known, but the claimant asserted a new mechanism which reduced the size of the . .

Cited by:

CitedConor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc and others HL 9-Jul-2008
The respondents had applied for and obtained an order to revoke the appellant’s patent of a stent for obvousness. Though the parties had settled, the public law element required the intervention of the Comptroller General. The House was asked about . .
CitedGenerics (UK) Ltd and others v H Lundbeck A/S HL 25-Feb-2009
Patent properly granted
The House considered the patentability of a chemical product, citalopram made up of two enantiomers, as opposed to the process of its creation, questioning whether it could be new or was insufficient within the 1977 Act.
Held: The appeal . .
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Updated: 29 June 2022; Ref: scu.167220