Federal Court depletes AP&C’s validity arguments
Two patents relating to the processes for manufacturing reactive metal powders were found invalid for ambiguity pursuant to subsection 27(4) of the...Read More
Suffice it to Say, Pending Claims Are Irrelevant for Sufficiency
The Federal Court of Appeal clarified in Pharmascience v. Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2022 FCA 142, that the specification of the issued patent, not...Read More
Federal Court Strikes Down Drug Pricing Amendment
In Innovative Medicines Canada v The Attorney General (Canada), the Applicants sought judicial review of the General in Council’s decision to...Read More
Federal Court of Appeal: A Leaf Blower is not Enough
In this case, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Justice Locke, who found that two patents pertaining to the...Read More
Product Monographs Given Flexible Reading Informed by Patent Analysis
In Janssen Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 2019 FC 1355, the Federal Court granted Janssen’s application for an order prohibiting the Minister of...Read More
Canada Proposes Introducing Patent File Wrapper Estoppel
Bill C-86, the Budget Implementation Act is an 884 page omnibus bill recently introduced in Parliament. Among a myriad of other items, the...Read More
Declaration of Patent Ownership Does Not Crystallize for SALT Canada
On July 20, 2016, Justice Boswell released his Judgment and Reasons in SALT Canada Inc. v. John W. Baker, 2016 FC 830,...Read More