Claim Construction

A construction analysis is simply an exercise in interpreting the language of the patent in order to give it sense or meaning. More typically, it is an exercise in interpreting the language of the claims of the patent.

November 26, 2013

FCA Declines to Reconsider Recent Bell Helicopter Decision

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitee v Eurocopter, 2013 FCA 261  Background The Federal Court of Appeal declined a motion under Rule 397 of the Federal Court […]
October 18, 2013

FC Judge Utilizes File Wrapper to Construe Claims

Distrimedic Inc v Dispill Inc. 2013 FC 1043  Background  The patent at issue is Canadian Patent No. 2,207,045. The product is a kit for the manufacture […]
September 30, 2013

FCA Upholds Trial Judge Decision in Eurocopter.

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitee v Eurocopter [2013 FCA 219] Background  In the Federal Court decision Eurocopter v Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitee [2012 FC 113] […]
July 3, 2013

FC Construes Claim, Holds “a” Means “one”

Zero Spill Systems (Int’l) Inc. v. 614248 Alberta Ltd. – 2013 FC 616 This action concerns allegations of infringement of two Canadian Patents No. 2,258,064 (064 […]
June 7, 2013

FC Clarifies Purposive Construction of Product-by-Process Claims

Bayer Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals, 2013 FC 573 Bayer sought an order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a Notice of Compliance (NOC) to Cobalt, […]
May 29, 2013

PM(NOC): s. 8 Issues Circumscribed by Antecedent s. 6 Proceeding; s. 6 Claim Construction Binding on s. 8 Proceeding in Absence of Strong Reason to the Contrary

Apotex Inc. v Pfizer Canada Inc. – 2013 FC 493 Apotex claimed damages under s. 8 of the PM(NOC) Regulations on grounds that it incurred a […]
April 19, 2013

CIPO’s Emphasis on the Problem-Solution Approach to Claim Construction Questionable in Canadian Jurisprudence

Examination Practice Respecting Purposive Construction – PN2013-02 Free World Trust and Whirlpool continue to guide the courts, with the benefit of expert testimony and cross-examination, to […]
March 26, 2013

Hughes J. Holds the Relevant Date for Assessing Sufficiency of a Canadian Patent Is the Date of Publication

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. v. Teva Canada Limited, 2013 FC 283 Novartis brought two applications under the provisions of the PM(NOC) Regulations to restrain the Minister […]
March 4, 2013

FC Invalidates Four of the GLEEVEC Patent Claims for Inutility Due to Lack of Sound Prediction

Teva Canada Limited v. Novartis AG, 2013 FC 141 Novartis is the owner of Canadian Patent No. 2,093,203 (the '203 Patent) covering imatinib, the active ingredient […]