The Court of Appeal refused to allow the amendment of invalid patent claims from methods of treatment to Swiss-style

Lee & Lee’s latest legal update covers the recent case of Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Novartis (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2017] SGCA 45 where the Singapore Court of Appeal refused to exercise its discretion to allow the appellant to amend its method of treatment claims to Swiss-style claims because of undue delay in filing the amendment application.

The Court of Appeal refused to allow the amendment of invalid patent claims from methods of treatment to Swiss-style