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Federal Court of Appeal Discusses Date of Assessing Sufficiency of Disclosure in Pharma Patent Suit
In Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc v Gilead Pharmasset LLC, 2017 FCA 161, the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed the Federal Court’s decision that Idenix’ Canadian...
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Proposed Amendments to Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations
The Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (“PM(NOC)”) provides a link between Canada’s patent and drug approval systems. The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade...
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USPTO Grants Patent for Cryptocurrency
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued US patent No. 9704143 to Goldman Sachs for “Cryptographic currency for securities settlement.” Goldman Sachs...
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Dow Awarded $644 Million Against Nova in Patent Infringement Suit
The Federal Court of Canada has issued a Supplemental Judgement and Reasons (2017 FC 637) to decide outstanding issues concerning damages to be paid...
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Supreme Court of Canada: Promise Doctrine is “Not Good Law”
The Supreme Court of Canada today released its unanimous decision in AstraZeneca Canada Inc. v. Apotex Inc. (esomeprazole), 2017 SCC 36. The decision clearly...
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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Global Injunction Against Google
The Supreme Court of Canada released their decision today in Google Inc. v. Equustek Solutions Inc. The case was an appeal from a BC...
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Vegas Golden Knights – Trademark Battle Continues after Expansion
The National Hockey League (NHL) completed its expansion draft last week to set the roster for the its new team, the Vegas Golden Knights....
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Supreme Court of Canada Holds Facebook can be sued in British Columbia
The Supreme Court of Canada has released its decision in Douez v. Facebook, Inc., 2017 SCC 33. The Court held by a 4-3 majority...
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Law on Offensive Trademarks Violates the First Amendment
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Federal Circuit and ruled that the disparagement clause, i.e. section 2(b) of...
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