Chief Justice Paul Crampton is retiring this week from the Federal Court after 16 years with the Federal Court and 14 years as Chief Justice. Associate Chief Justice Martine St-Louis will serve as Acting Chief Justice of the Federal Court effective October 31, 2025. Continue reading Federal Court
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Proceeedings
The Federal Court has opened a large number of ‘reserved’ matters which are listed below, along with a few actual proceedings. These are usually populated earlier in the year rather than at the end of October.
Proceeedings
Several matters started earlier this year were missed from the email alerts, including several IP proceedings. These missed IP proceeding are included below. Continue reading Proceeedings
Patentable Subject Matter
The Supreme Court of Canada is hearing arguments in Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc. tomorrow, October 9th on the patentability of methods of medical treatment. The Supreme Court indicates that hearing will not be broadcast live but copies of the factums for the parties and interveners are available.
IPIC Annual
I’ll be attending the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) annual conference later this week and presenting on some of the top patent cases over the last year on a panel with Mat Brechtel, Amélie Béliveau and moderator Tamara Ramsey. Let me know if you will be at the conference.