Abandonment
May 9, 2019
Requests for patent application reinstatements and reversing a patent expiry are about to get more onerous with the new Patent Rules.
April 5, 2019
Filing requirements are about to change with the new Canadian Patent Rules, expected to come into force in 2019.
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.
July 24, 2018
2018 FCA 36 - The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the Federal Court decision dismissing the application from the Governors of the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services for judicial review of the Commissioner’s decisions refusing reinstatement of a patent application.