Patent Act

Can Grandma’s Secret Recipes be Protected and Monetized? A look into the patentability of recipes

It’s a Small World in Big Pharma – My Internship at TEVA Canada Ltd.

2021 IP Year in Review

Patenting Inventions Produced in the Course of Employment: Rights and Obligations of Private and Public Sector Employees in Canada

The Perplexities of Patent Prosecution History: Procedure over Principle?

Broken Promises: Utility Standards and Patent Applications in Canada

The last day of June 2017 saw the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) quash the controversial Promise Doctrine. The issue at hand in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc was whether the Promise Doctrine should be held as the correct standard of utility under the Patent Act. The SCC’s ruling finds the Promise Doctrine unsound […]

Sitting This One Out: SCC Refuses to Clarify “Promise of a Patent” Doctrine

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) denied leave to appeal in the case Eli Lilly Canada Inc v Novopharm Ltd, passing on an opportunity to clarify the controversial “promise of the patent” utility requirement for Canadian pharmaceutical patents.