Proposed changes to the Chinese Trademark Law

Recognizing the economic  importance of a well-functioning trademark system and in view of recent high-profile trademark disputes, such as t... Read more »

The Weight of Words

Case Considered: Habib Bank Limited v. Habib Bank AG Zurich , 2013 FC 51 This case, heard before Mr. Justice Rennie, was an appeal from t... Read more »

Too Many Drug Trade-marks

Patients sometimes suffer and may even die because of prescription errors caused by confusion between drug names. To protect consumers from... Read more »

IS AN ENANTIOMER AN "INNOVATIVE DRUG"?

Last week the Federal Court of Appeal in a two to one decision affirmed the Minister of Health’s and Federal Court’s decision that DEXILAN... Read more »

Double Patenting in Canada: Change in Canadian Patent Office Practice?

As discussed in a previous post in this blog ( http://www.canadaipblog.com/search/label/Double%20Patenting ), Canadian jurisprudence clear... Read more »

WIPO questionnaire on the work of the SCT on draft provisions for an industrial design (ID) law treaty

The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) has developed an online questionnaire to seek the views of ID registration system users on th... Read more »

Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. and William Wenzel v. National-Oilwell Canada Ltd. et al.

  The Federal Court of Appeal released its decision last week in relation to the Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. and William Wenzel (“Wenzel”) ap... Read more »

Re Costs: Mövenpick Holding AG v. Exxon Mobil Corporation , 2013 FCA 6

The parties in this case had a disagreement over the repayment of costs awarded to the respondent. In the Federal Court level, Movenpick app... Read more »

Different Court, Same Result – the case for Judicial Comity

Case Considered: Apotex Inc v Abbott Laboratories Ltd 2013 ONSC 356 This decision by Quigley J. grants Abbott Laboratories’ motion for sum... Read more »