On June 14, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") denied leave to hear an appeal involving section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

On June 8, 2012, Genentech’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that US Patent No. 6,733,752 was invalid and not-infringed by Genentech’s trastuzumab product (HERCEPTIN).

The District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision that Sandoz/Momenta and Mylan/Natco infringed all of the asserted claims of Teva's glatiramer acetate patents.

On April 16, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Cephalon et.al. v Mylan Pharmaceuticals et.al.) overturned a Delaware District Court's finding that U.S. Patent Nos. 7,387,793 and 7,544,372 were obvious.

On June 15, 2012, the District Court for the District of New Jersey released its redacted opinion in litigation between Schering and Apotex involving mometasone furoate monohydrate (NASONEX) and US. Patent No. 6,127,353.

On June 15, 2012, Justice Zinn issued Judgments in two prohibition proceedings between Sandoz and Fournier in respect of fenofibrate tablets and Canadian Patent Nos. 2,372,576 (Court File No. T-991-10) and 2,487,054 (Court File No. T-1184-10).

GlaxoSmithKline and Genentech have settled a U.S. lawsuit related to Genentech's Cabilly II (US 6,331,415) and Cabilly III (US 7,923,221) patents.

On June 18, 2012, the Federal Court of Canada issued a Judgment and Reasons for Judgment in a prohibition proceeding between Allergan and Apotex involving Allergan’s brimonidine + timolol combination product (COMBIGAN) and Canadian Patent No. 2,440,764.

The applications involved Canadian Patent No. 2,372,576 and 2,487,054.

On July 19, 20120 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered it decision in Case C-130/11 dealing with the availability of Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for new uses.