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Quo Vadis Patent Litigation : Ascendis Animal Health (Pty) Limited v Merck Sharpe Dohme Corporation 2020 1 SA 327 (CC) - in search of the bigger picture on Patent Validity

Shozi, Bonginkosi; Vawda, Yousuf A. (PER/PELJ, 2021)

In October 2019 the Constitutional Court (CC) handed down judgment in the matter of Ascendis Animal Health (Pty) Limited v Merck Sharpe Dohme Corporation 2020 1 SA 327 (CC). This is its first judgment dealing with the ...
State use provisions for patent law, and expropriations : some comparative law guidelines for South Africa during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond

Du Bois, Mikhalien (PER/PELJ, 2020)

This article views section 4 of the Patents Act 57 of 1978 against section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and Article 31 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property ...