Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules: Increased Patent Fees and Changes to Small Entity Requirements Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules were published on June 21, 2023 in Part II of the Canada Gazette, and will come into force on January 1, 2024. The amendments include two important changes. First, patent fees will undergo a comprehensive [...]
Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules were published on June 22, 2022 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. The amended Rules discussed below will come into force on October 3, 2022 (with the exception of the new sequence listing standard that came into force on July 1, 2022). The amendments strive to better streamline the [...]
The unanimous judgment of the SCC in York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32 decisively ends the question of whether Access Copyright (Access) may impose a “mandatory tariff” through the Copyright Board on Canadian educational institutions. This question arose when York University decided in 2011 not to renew its license [...]
On July 3, 2021, the Canadian government published proposed amendments to the Canadian Patent Rules in Part 1 of the Canada Gazette. The proposals are part of a broader effort to meet Canada’s patent term adjustment obligations under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. The following proposals are intended to streamline the patent examination process: Request for [...]
Expedited Examination in Limited Instances In view of ongoing extensive wait times in examination, the Trademarks Office announced on May 3, 2021 it will accept requests for expedited trademark examination. These requests must be submitted in the form of a Statutory Affidavit or Declaration. No fees apply. See the information provided in the link: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr04946.html There [...]
Ontario Strengthens Innovation with 900 Postsecondary Student Internships On April 27, 2021, the Ontario government announced that they would support 900 postsecondary student internships to help businesses, start-ups and new entrepreneurial companies grow and protect Ontario made innovations. The announcement forms part of Ontario’s previously announced $39.5 million investment to create up to 8,000 paid [...]
On April 19, 2021, the Minister of Finance unveiled Budget 2021: A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience, a document that outlines the Canadian government’s plan for addressing economic recovery and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The budget plan appears to acknowledge the vital role that biotechnology will play in fighting current and future public [...]
Under normal circumstances, licenses are granted by patentees, allowing others to make, use, or sell an invention under an agreed set of terms and conditions. On rare occasions, patentees are compelled by a third party – usually a government entity – to issue a compulsory license. Historically, these licenses have been used to counteract anti-competitive [...]
