Monday, April 29, 2013

China’s Patent Prosecution Highway Program (PPH)

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As of 1 March 1, 2013, nine Patent Offices have entered into agreements with the State of Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the Peop...
Friday, April 26, 2013

The Cost of Selling Outside the Network

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Case Considered – Beyond The Rack Enterprises Inc. v. Michael Kors 2013 FCA 107 This is an appeal by Beyond The Rack from a decision of ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Beware of Latest Trade-mark Scam

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We have recently become aware of yet another scam that involves sending an unsolicited letter to a Canadian trade-mark owner and offering...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Relevant Date for Assessing Sufficiency of Disclosure

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Last month the Federal Court released a decision relating to an application brought by Novartis Pharmaceutical Canada Inc. ( Novartis ) u...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Ownership Issues in Due Diligence (Part 3 of an Occasional Series)

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With IP transactions as with any other kind of transaction, ownership is a threshold question. Does the person selling or licensing IP or ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Social Media Spring Cleaning for IP Professionals

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With Spring in the air, it’s time to do a little social spring-cleaning on your social media profiles and presence. Even though you’re bu...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Astrazeneca Canada Inc. v. Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.: Not So "Obvious to Try"

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Earlier this week, the Federal Court granted Astrazeneca’s order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a notice of compliance to...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

When is An Extended Release Tablet "Obvious to Try"?

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The Federal Court released a decision to dismiss an application under the provisions of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regu...
Friday, March 8, 2013

5 (More) Prior Art Search Tips

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The always-informative Patently-O blog recently posted an article titled “ 10 Secrets to Locating Non-Patent Prior Art .” We thought this...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Sometimes Deciding To Not Make a Decision is The Best Decision Re: Federal Court decision (2013 FC 141)

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In a decision released last month, Judge Snider illustrated that sometimes electing to not make a decision is in fact the best decision. A...

A Question of Utility re: The Federal Court decision (2013 FC 141)

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The Federal Court released a decision (2013 FC 141) last month affirming the validity of the patent covering the active ingredient of GLEE...
Monday, March 4, 2013

Intellectual Property Due Diligence (Part 2)

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This is the second part of a two part series by Dr. Euan Taylor. Read the first post, Intellectual Property Due Diligence - The Basics (Pa...