Caroline Henrie
August 9, 2019
PCK Intellectual Property’s Christina Lee co-authored Economics of Diversity with the IPO Women In IP Committee, Push Forward Subcommittee.
June 18, 2019
The Raptors may have won the NBA championship but they still have a court battle ahead, this time against popular energy drink Monster Energy.
June 4, 2019
Fed. Cir., 2018-1434 - CAFC clarifies the test for obviousness where the invention claims a use of a known drug.
April 18, 2019
USPTO introduces Automated Interview Requests; a new web-based tool that allows Applicants to schedule an interview with an Examiner for their pending patent application.
April 17, 2019
Shorter Deadlines for PCT Filing in Canada Coming Soon
April 16, 2019
2019 FCA 29 - Canada's FCA refuses to intervene in trial judge's decision with respect to punitive damages.
April 12, 2019
2019 FC 142 - FC confirms it may stay proceedings before federal board or commissions if elements of strict test are met.
April 10, 2019
2018 FC 1261 - Trademarks expunged for lack of evidence establishing use, and for using deviants without the dominant features of the trademark design.
April 9, 2019
2019 FCA 63 - FCA confirms long standing test for admission of new evidence in judicial review of TMOB decision.
April 5, 2019
Filing requirements are about to change with the new Canadian Patent Rules, expected to come into force in 2019.
April 4, 2019
2018 FC 1078 - Canada's Federal Court confirms that jurisprudence under previous PM(NOC) regime is not automatically applicable to the new.
April 3, 2019
Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Vanda Pharmaceuticals, SCOTUS Docket No. 18-817 - The beginning of the end for method of treatment patents?
April 2, 2019
PCK's Coleen Morrison is recognized by Who's Who Legal.
March 26, 2019
New patent rules to introduce new correction provisions.
March 21, 2019
2018 FCA 192 – FCA confirms CEEO Orders may be granted in unusual circumstances.
March 20, 2019
New patent rules, expected to come into force by the end of 2019, will introduce a new set of fixed late fees, which will apply in three specific instances.
March 19, 2019
Third party rights introduced in new Patent Rules to mitigate for long periods of uncertainty when patent applications/patents are deemed abandoned.
March 12, 2019
Requests for patent application reinstatements and reversing a patent expiry are about to get more onerous with the new Patent Rules.
February 28, 2019
2018 FC 971 – FC confirms that government marks are subject to infringement actions