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- Summer break
I’m going to be on vacation next week so decided to pause my daily IPPractice emails. I plan to resume on August 17 and will catch up on whatever was missed once I am back. I think this is the first time I have done a planned vacation pause to the daily emails in the … Continue reading Summer break … Read more »
- Pre-grant Compensation
In my latest column for Slaw on patent publication dates, I discuss how the publication date for patent applications can be later than the typical 18-months secrecy period due to processing delays at the patent office. I have found regularly filed patent applications with publication dates more than … Read more »
- Patent Litigation
I discussed trends in Canadian patent litigation with Tim Wilbur for an article in Canadian Lawyer entitled “Patent litigation in Canada at record low despite capable courts“. I am quoted in the article on the Federal Court’s use of case management and assignment of early trial dates in patent litig … Read more »
- Patentable Subject Matter
In its decision released today in Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc., 2026 SCC 26, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the lower court decisions finding that methods of medical treatment are unpatentable subject matter but the dosage regime at issue patentable. Pharmascience Inc. v. Jan … Read more »
- Patentable Subject Matter
The Supreme Court of Canada announced that it will deliver its decision in Pharmascience Inc. v. Janssen Inc. relating to the patentability of methods of medical treatment at 9:45 a.m. ET on Friday, July 17, 2026. Read more »