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The Government of Canada has published finalized amendments to the Patent Rules (final rules) in the Canada Gazette, Part II on July 10

On June 4, 2009, in Merck Frosst Canada Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., the Federal Court of Appeal released an important decision limiting the range of damages available in actions under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has released a further update to the Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP), an administrative document of CIPO that examiners refer to during the patent examination process.

The recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada in Apotex v. Registrar of Trade-marks and Glaxo Group Limited (March 12, 2010) continues a line of cases that restricts the use of "get-up" (which refers to colour, shape of packaging, etc.) as a trademark in respect of prescription pharmaceutical products.

recent decision by the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, in a reversal of a 2015 British Columbia Supreme Court ruling (as we previously reported here)...

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has proposed new patent examination guidelines for pharmaceutical solid forms, including polymorphs, salts, hydrates, solvates, desolvates and co-crystals.

As President Trump continues to impose across-the-board tariffs on Canadian goods, some sectors in Canada are calling for greater retaliatory measures...

Bill C-251 (the Bill), a private member's bill proposed by Member of Parliament Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay of the Bloc Québécois...

After an intensive period of negotiations in 2017 and early 2018, NAFTA is now on hold, pending the outcome of the upcoming U.S. midterm elections.

On the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United States issued a comprehensive set of new economic sanctions...

A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal has revived a class-action lawsuit, Boal v. International Capital Management Inc., regarding the fiduciary duties of investment advisors to their clients.

Since Canada’s Federal privacy legislation was first introduced in 2000, a significant constitutional issue about its scope has been lingering in the background.

Senior associate Sarah Whitmore and associates Ryan Lax and Jonathon Silver have contributed to LexisNexis' Class Action Defence Quarterly, speaking about class actions and summary judgment.

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has released its 2021-2022 Enforcement Report. The Report highlights IIROC's enforcement activities in the ...

A recent decision from New York's First Judicial Department now allows for service by mail to Canada.

On September 10, 2010, the Ontario Divisional Court upheld the denial of class action certification in Fresco v. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

The QCA confirmed that the principle of proportionality must be considered when assessing the four authorization criteria and does not constitute a separate authorization criterion.

On November 29, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), as intervener, won a major victory in the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) case of Kosoian v. Société de transport de Montréal