In Canada, as elsewhere, pharmaceutical companies must submit voluminous information to the Federal government (Health Canada) for approval of a new drug.
Recent case law has transformed Canada from a jurisdiction in which the file wrapper was not relevant to validity, to one in which the file wrapper is…
On March 5, 2009, the Patent Appeal Board (PAB) rejected Amazon’s patent application No. 2,246,933, which claimed “one click” purchasing of products
In a recent decision with implications for patent drafting, the Federal Court of Canada determined that a patent claim can be invalid if the written description…
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office recently published a new practice notice titled “Extensions of Time in Examination”, which takes effect on March…
According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that coordinates website addresses, including domain names,…
Justice Mactavish has breathed life into the applicant duty of candour when communicating with the Patent Office. Justice Mactavish applied the reasoning…
The Canadian IP Office (CIPO) has reached an agreement with its counterparts in the UK and Australia to cooperate in key aspects of patent prosecution.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) recently extended the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program to include agreements with the Japan…
The plaintiff Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) was a Canadian crown corporation. The defendants AREVA and AREVA Canada were, respectively, a French…
Mala Joshi and Charles Boulakia will be speaking in Toronto and Montreal to the Canadian Association of Professional Regulatory Affairs (CAPRA) on the…
The highly successful YLD seminar Dialogue with the Bench and Bar is back.
