Patents
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 20, 2019
Shorter Deadlines for PCT Filing in Canada Coming Soon
February 7, 2019
PCK IP’s Andrew Currier is recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada.
February 4, 2019
PCK IP's Stephen Perry is recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada.
January 23, 2019
586 U.S. ___ (2019) SCOTUS affirms CAFC's decision holding that if the existence of the sale is public, the invention does not need to be publicly disclosed to fall within the AIA’s on-sale bar.
January 10, 2019
Fed. Cir. 2017-1962 – CAFC confirms that removing priority claim in a patent application part of a chain of applications will impact the later filed applications.
December 18, 2018
2018 FCA 172 – FCA affirms FC’s analysis on sufficient disclosure but quashes claim construction analysis.
December 4, 2018
2018 ONSC 5199 – ONSC rejects Apotex’s attempt to recast Promise Doctrine under s. 53 fraud allegations.