It is common for patent license agreements and settlement agreements to include so called "no-challenge" clauses, in which parties agree not to attack the validity of the other's patent. However, the enforceability of such...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has extended many (but not all) patent, trademark, and industrial design deadlines that ordinarily fall in a period beginning on March 16,...more
The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of an appeal from a Re-examination Board which had considered Canadian Patent 2,421,384 and had determined that claims 12-14 were cancelled because they were obvious in light...more