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April 11, 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada recently denied leave to appeal in Corlac v Weatherford. Managing IP interviewed three of the key attorneys in the case separately about what this means for defendants seeking to attack patent validity
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March 29, 2012
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan received three awards at the fifth annual North America Awards in Washington DC, in recognition of the firm’s active role in the so-called smartphone wars at the ITC and in the courts
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March 29, 2012
US Senator Patrick Leahy and Congressman Lamar Smith this week received outstanding achievement awards for their part in passing the America Invents Act
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March 21, 2012
The shortlist for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards has been announced
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February 02, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced
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February 01, 2012
In Canada, Mexico and Chile lateral moves and mergers in the past year have led to changes in the rankings of the leading patent firms
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January 04, 2012
Amazon’s controversial patent on the so-called one-click method of online shopping has been granted in Canada following a Federal Court of Appeal decision in November
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December 01, 2011
After last week’s Federal Court of Appeal ruling confirming that business methods are not explicitly barred from patentability in Canada, applicants have two options
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November 29, 2011
The ruling of Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on the Amazon one-click case last week has clarified that business methods are patentable, but questions remain and the case could still be appealed to the Supreme Court
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August 03, 2011
Generic drug company Teva has a date in court to defend its bold attempt to undermine blockbuster drug Lipitor in the UK
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July 25, 2011
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that section 73 of the Patent Act does not apply to patents already issued, contradicting two previous judgments at the trial level
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July 06, 2011
The Canadian press is reporting that Industry Minister Christian Paradis may initiate a review of Nortel’s recent auction of 6,000 patents to a consortium of buyers for $4.5 billion
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April 19, 2011
Although no clear winner emerged in today’s Supreme Court review of Microsoft v i4i, Justice Samuel Alito’s blunt questioning of i4i’s counsel revealed his scepticism of the Canadian company’s analysis
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April 13, 2011
Managing IP spoke with Microsoft’s associate general counsel, Andy Culbert, about the company’s imminent Supreme Court hearing in Microsoft v i4i
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April 11, 2011
Just 10 days before oral arguments are scheduled in its Supreme Court battle with i4i, Microsoft has filed a formidable reply brief
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March 30, 2011
USPTO director David Kappos gave prizes to retired commissioner for trademarks Lynne Beresford and former chief IP counsel of 3M Gary Griswold at Managing IP’s North America awards ceremony in Washington DC last night
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March 24, 2011
Patent applicants in Australia, Canada and the UK can look forward to a faster examination process after the introduction of a shared data system
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March 21, 2011
Canada has amended its special order procedure by waiving the fee for expedited patent applications related to green technologies
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November 25, 2010
The Supreme Court is expected to decide on Monday whether or not to hear Microsoft v i4i, a case that could change the standard for proving invalidity in certain patent infringement cases
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October 20, 2010
Canada’s Federal Court last week overturned a rejection of Amazon’s one-click patent application, characterising the commissioner of patents’ analysis as being “far outside [her] jurisdiction”