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September 16, 2013
September 16, 2013
Apotex Inc. v Abbot Laboratories Ltd. Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Ltd. And Takeda Pharmaceuticals America Inc. 2013 ONCA 555 Apotex appealed the dismissal of its unjust […]
September 16, 2013
September 16, 2013
ABB Technology AG et al. v. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.- 2013 FC 947 This action relates to the alleged infringement of two patents held by ABB […]
August 14, 2013
August 14, 2013
Eli Lilly Canada Inc. v. Novopharm Limited – 2013 FC 677 Per Prothonotary Tabib: In this motion Teva sought to amend its Statement of Defence and […]
July 29, 2013
July 29, 2013
Sanofi-Aventis v. Apotex Inc. – 2013 FCA 186 Per Pelletier J.A. (Noel J.A. concurring): Apotex attempted to market a generic version of clopidogrel bisulfate (clopidogrel), sold […]
July 24, 2013
July 24, 2013
Hoffman-La Roche Limited v. Apotex Inc., 2013 FC 718 In this application brought under the PM(NOC) Regulations Roche sought to prohibit the Minister of Health from […]
July 22, 2013
July 22, 2013
Merck & Co., Inc. v. Apotex Inc. – 2013 FC 751 This action involved determining the quantum of damages to be awarded to Merck for infringement […]
July 16, 2013
July 16, 2013
Re. Patent Application No. 2,344,781, CD 1336 This is an Appeal Board decision regarding patent application number 2,344,781 entitled "Monitoring System for Determining and Communicating a […]
July 11, 2013
July 11, 2013
Re. Patent Application No. 2306540, CD 1334 This patent application concerned the tracking of required payments or refunds of value added taxes for mailpieces. The Final […]
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Zero Spill Systems (Int’l) Inc. v. 614248 Alberta Ltd. – 2013 FC 616 This action concerns allegations of infringement of two Canadian Patents No. 2,258,064 (064 […]
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Karolinska Institutet Innovations AB v. Attorney General of Canada, 2013 FC 715 The Applicant attempted to file a patent application with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office […]
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
Wyeth v. Abbot Labs (Fed. Cir. 2013) Wyeth appealed from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey’s grant of summary judgment that claims […]
July 3, 2013
July 3, 2013
PreMD Inc. v. Ogilvy Renault LLP, 2013 ONCA 412 This appeal and cross-appeal concerned the measure of damages for Ogilvy’s negligence and breach of contract in […]
June 20, 2013
June 20, 2013
Safe Gaming Systems Inc. v. Atlantic Lottery Corporation, 2013 FC 217 Before filing their defences to this patent infringement action, the Defendants moved to strike […]
June 17, 2013
June 17, 2013
Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics Inc, US SC No 12–398 (2013) - The US Supreme Court must determined that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but cDNA is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring.
June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013
Effective June 10, 2013 PN2013-04 This Practice Notice builds upon the guidance in section 17.02.03 (Medical and surgical methods) of MOPOP and in PN 2013-02 (Examination […]
June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013
Teva Canada Limited v. Pfizer Canada Inc. (33951) The Supreme Court has revised its Sildenafil (Viagra) decision (2012 SC 60). The Court granted, in part, Pfizer’s […]
June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013
Apotex Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 2013 ONSC 2958 Apotex sought equitable disgorgement of profits of Abbott and Takeda, on the ground of unjust enrichment. Specifically, Apotex […]
June 7, 2013
June 7, 2013
Bayer Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals, 2013 FC 573 Bayer sought an order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a Notice of Compliance (NOC) to Cobalt, […]
May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013
Apotex Inc. v Pfizer Canada Inc. – 2013 FC 493 Apotex claimed damages under s. 8 of the PM(NOC) Regulations on grounds that it incurred a […]
May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013
Link to the proposed amendments to the Patents Bill. Rather than excluding a computer program from being a patentable invention, the amendments clarify that a computer program […]