CCT212/18

[2019] ZACC 41

The Court

Khampepe J separate judgment

Cameron J separate judgment

9 May 2019

24 October 2019

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/36586

Application for leave to appeal against the judgment and order of the Commissioner of Patents in the Pretoria High Court: Cipla Agrimed (Pty) Ltd v Merck Sharo Dohme Group and Another (1998/10975) [2014] ZACCP 5 (11 March 2014). The SCA dismissed the application for leave to appeal: Merck Sharpe Dohme Group v Cipla Agrimed (Pty) Ltd (20282/2014) [2015] ZASCA 175; 2016 (3) SA 22 (SCA) (27 November 2015).

Patents Act 57 of 1978 — section 61 — causes of action — res judicata — issue estoppel — bifurcated proceedings — amendment of pleas