The European Patent Office (EPO) has revised its formality requirements for recording assignments of European patent applications. Previously, the EPO accepted any kind of...
Read more
IP News
Alice finds Canada no Patent Wonderland
The decision of the United States Supreme Court in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. __ (2014) represented a downward turning point...
Read more
Read more
Pollard Banknote Limited v. BABN Technologies Corp. Case Update – Appeal Initiated
This post provides an update to our earlier post on 12 September 2016 regarding the Federal Court’s decision in Pollard Banknote Limited v. BABN...
Read more
Read more
UGG Launches Design Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against US Retailers
Last Friday, Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Deckers), filed six infringement lawsuits against retailers, including JC Penny and Target, and shoe manufacturers, alleging that the named...
Read more
Read more
Thousands of U of M Students Receive Copyright Infringement Notice Letters
Thousands of students at the University of Manitoba have received letters under Canada’s notice-and-notice regime for allegedly downloading copyrighted material without authorization. The regime,...
Read more
Read more
Federal Court Reluctantly Confirms File Wrapper Estoppel does not Exist in Canada
The doctrine of prosecution history estoppel, also known as file wrapper estoppel, renders any correspondence with a government examiner during the prosecution of a...
Read more
Read more
SCC Grants Intervenor Status to Six Parties in Promise Doctrine Appeal
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has granted six parties intervenor status in AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc. (Docket No. 36654). This...
Read more
Read more
Blackberry Sues Avaya for Patent Infringement
Mobile phone maker BlackBerry launched a patent infringement suit against internet telephone company Avaya. The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the...
Read more
Read more
Developers of Pokémon Go Facing Patent Lawsuit in Taiwan
A patent lawsuit has caused a stir for Pokémon Go players in Taiwan. Wang Hsin, former senior manager of legal affairs at HTC, has...
Read more
Read more
Pokémon™ Go Launches in Canada – Security Issue Fixed
To what is sure to be great fanfare among some Canadians, Pokémon™ Go launched this week in Canada. The immensely popular augmented reality game...
Read more
Read more