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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

USMCA: Implications for Biologics and Innovation

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law. The USMCA contains a number of key and last-minute revisions that implicate biologic medicines and patent obligations. ...more

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What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law

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On December 10, 2019, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States and Canada (commonly referred to as the USMCA). The...more

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New revised USMCA trade deal affects intellectual property rights, but not exclusivity period for biologics

On December 10, 2019, an agreement was reached between the United States, Mexico, and Canada on amendments to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”). The USMCA, if ratified by each respective country, would replace the...more

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10-Year Data Exclusivity for Biologics Removed from Final USMCA Agreement

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On December 10, 2019, the House Democrats and Trump administration reached an agreement on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) of 1994....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Trump Administration Considering Reduction in Biologics Exclusivity Period

On Monday, December 2, 2019, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is considering reducing the 12-year data exclusivity period for biologic drugs set forth in the Biologics Price Competition and...more

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Canada introduces Bill C-100: A step towards ratification of “NAFTA 2.0”

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In a step towards ratifying the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Canadian government introduced Bill C-100, entitled “An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the...more

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Contrasts and Distinctions: Canadian Patent Law Developments in 2018

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2018 served up a smorgasbord of disparate patent law developments in Canada. Most notably, ratification of a new trade agreement negotiated amongst Canada, the United States and Mexico would require introduction of a patent...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Selected Favorable Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Provisions of the USMCA

After more than a year of negotiations, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada recently concluded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The USMCA, when it takes effect, will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...more

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U.S., Mexico, Canada Agree to Update NAFTA

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After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more

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USMCA Trade Agreement Includes Minimum 10-Year Data Exclusivity for Biologics

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On October 1, the Trump administration announced that it had secured a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...more

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USMCA v NAFTA: What’s changed and what it means for IP in Canada

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After more than a year of negotiations, Canada reached a new free-trade agreement with Mexico and the United States minutes before the midnight deadline on September 30, 2018....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NAFTA Agreement Reached at the Eleventh Hour

A tripartite agreement to save NAFTA has been reached. The agreement, reached late last night, provides Congress the necessary 60 days’ notice of the text to approve so that President Pena Nieto of Mexico can sign before he...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

USMCA – New Agreement as to The Modernization of NAFTA Comes with Key Changes Regarding U.S. IP Rights

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Late on September 30, an agreement (USMCA) was reached between the United States, Mexico and Canada which modernizes the 24 year old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)....more

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RxIP Update - 2016 Year in Review

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The following are highlights of developments in Canadian life sciences intellectual property and regulatory law in 2016, updating our 2016 mid-year highlights. 1. Substantive patent law developments - Utility and...more

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Trans-Pacific Partnership Has Challenges, Opportunities for U.S. Companies

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The U.S. and its 11 negotiating partners – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – reached preliminary agreement on October 5, 2015, on the Trans-Pacific...more

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White Paper Asserts That Existing Trade Agreements Provide No Data Exclusivity for Biologics

In a white paper released earlier this month, Professor Brook Baker of the Northeastern University School of Law argues that current trade agreements do not provide data exclusivity for biologics, and therefore, that the...more

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