International Referral, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Carman J. Overholt, Q.C. of Overholt Law. Carman has joined IR as our exclusive Employment Law (Corporate) Member in Canada – West. Carman is a senior litigation lawyer having practiced employment, labour relations law and commercial litigation in Vancouver, BC since […]
Dan Ovsey, Financial Post, National Post [Extract] Just how risky it is to do business in China is difficult to quantify. Given the unreliable and often self-serving nature of China’s information system, the number of IP-theft incidents is difficult to ascertain. … Brad White, a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and Chair of the […]
By Vincent M. de Grandpré, Martin Brandsma On January 27, 2014, the Federal Court of Appeal in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Co., 2014 FCA 17 (Novartis), upheld the Federal Court’s denial of an application for a prohibition order under the CanadianPatented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations on the basis that the impugned patent was directed to […]
Julius Melnitzer, Law Times (Recap) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be hearing an appeal from the International Trade Commission that could well shape the intellectual property enforcement strategies of many Canadian and foreign companies. The appeal revolves around an “exclusion order” the commission granted to Ottawa-based Standard Innovation Corp., a manufacturer […]
On January 27, 2014, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Anderson tabled five previously concluded intellectual property treaties in the House of Commons including the: Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (the Madrid Protocol); Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (the Singapore Treaty); Nice Agreement Concerning […]