Smart & Biggar successfully represented Dow Chemical before the Supreme Court of Canada, affirming the largest reported Canadian patent infringement award in history including the first time that an award was based on “springboard” sales (sales made by the defendant after the expiry of the patent).
The recording below is Steve Garland’s submission of the hearing on April 20, 2022, Nova Chemicals Corporation v Dow Chemical Company, with permission from the Supreme Court of Canada. The full webcast is available on the SCC website.
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