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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Daily Alert

Amazon.com hearing set for June 21

April 28, 2011 Alan Macek 1 Comment

The Federal Court of Appeal has fixed the hearing date regarding the patentability of Amazon.com‘s patent for June 21, 2011 at 9:30 on Toronto.

Continue reading Amazon.com hearing set for June 21 →

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FC and FCA release new decisions

April 28, 2011 admin

New decisions were published in the cases of Purdue Pharma v. Canada (Attorney General) 2011 FCA 132 (Oxycodone), Apotex Inc. v. Allergan, Inc. 2011 FCA 134 (Gatifloxacin) and Varco Canada Limited v. Pason Systems Corp. 2011 FC 467.
Continue reading FC and FCA release new decisions →

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Daily Alert

Microsoft v. i4i at the USSC

April 19, 2011 admin

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Microsoft v. i4i patent case in the United States. Microsoft appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the standard of proof needed to invalidate an asserted patent is too high. Patently-O has a summary of the oral arguments.

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Daily Alert

Amendments to PM(NOC) Regulations

April 14, 2011 admin

In today’s Canada Gazette, amendments to the Patented Medicine (Notice of Compliance) Regulations were published relating to ‘Extraordinary Use New Drugs’ (EUNDs). Changes were also made to the regulations under the Food and Drugs Act.

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Patent Statistics

April 11, 2011 admin

For those interested, I have compiled a list of Canadian patent firms/agents by volume of applications published (or entered national phase) in 2010.

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Daily Alert

Amazon.com Respondent’s Memo

April 6, 2011 admin

Amazon.com filed its Responding Memorandum of Fact and Law earlier this week (PDF available) in the proceeding on patentable subject matter at the Federal Court of Appeal.

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Trademark Statistics

April 4, 2011 admin

For those interested, I have compiled a list of Canadian trademark firms/agents by volume of applications filed in 2010.

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