PATENT LITIGATION IN CANADA - THE USE OF THE PROTOCOL QUESTIONS IN LIGHT OF LORD HOFFMAN’S DECISION IN KIRIN-AMGEN V. HOECHST MARION ROUSSEL LTD.

Abstract

This paper examines the use of the Protocol questions in deciding patent infringement actions. The author details the origins of the Protocol questions and, in light of the decision by the House of Lords in Kirin- Amgen v. Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd., examines the limitations of the use of those questions in deciding patent infringement actions.