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Laura E. MacDonald

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Intellectual Property Law

Laura E. MacDonald

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Steven G. Mason

18 cases1995–2021

Sharanya Thavakumaran

7 cases2018–2025

Shantelle Lafayette

0 cases2021–2021

Sarit Esther Batner

79 cases2000–2026

Richard Lizius

13 cases2014–2025

Rebecca Crane

2 cases2021–2021

Orestes Pasparakis

50 cases2003–2026

Morgan Westgate

5 cases2017–2022

Laura E. MacDonald

0 cases2021–2021

Jonathan Chong

0 cases2021–2021

Joanne Chriqui

0 cases2021–2021

Fortunat Nadima Nadima

0 cases2021–2021

Fiona Legere

6 cases2013–2026

Edwin Mok

0 cases2021–2021

Christopher A. Guerreiro

1 case2021–2023

Andrea Campbell

8 cases2014–2022

Amy Grenon

1 case2021–2024

Jocelyne Gagné

FC16 cases2020–2023

FCFederal CourtApr 30, 2021

Federal Court

Federal Court

Composition patent for Prevnar 13 upheld; formulation patents invalidated for obviousness.

Merck sought to impeach Wyeth's composition and formulation patents relating to the Prevnar 13 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

The Court found that the composition patent claims were valid but limited to 13 serotypes, as the invention was neither anticipated nor obvious given the complexities of conjugation and immune interference.

However, the Court invalidated the formulation patents, finding that the use of surfactants, buffers, and aluminum salts to stabilize formulations in siliconized containers was obvious in light of prior art, and the specific 13-valent claims were invalid for obviousness-type double patenting.

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Wyeth LLC, 2021 FC 317

Applicant Counsel

Jocelyne Gagné

Orestes Pasparakis

Morgan Westgate

Andrea Campbell

Christopher A. Guerreiro

Fortunat Nadima Nadima

Shantelle Lafayette

Experts who appeared in cases with Laura E. MacDonald

Dr. James Cleland Paton

Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Research Center for Infectious Disease, University of Adelaide

1

Dr. Dennis Kasper

William Ellery Channing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Immunology, Harvard Medical School

1

Dr. Neil Ravenscroft

Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town

1

Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

1

Dr. Nikolai Petrovsky

Medical Doctor and Ph.D.

1

Dr. Mark C. Manning

Pharmaceutical Formulator, Ph.D. in chemistry

1

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