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Case summary: FC awards upper column IV costs in patent infringement action

  • 19 aoĂ»t 2021
  • David Chapman

The plaintiff [dTechs] was unsuccessful in its patent infringement action against the defendants British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority [BC Hydro] and Awesense Wireless Inc [Awesense]. It was held that the defendants had not infringed dTechs patent either individually or together, and that the patent was in any case invalid for obviousness and anticipation. This decision addressed the costs and disbursements payable by dTechs to the defendants as a result of this finding.

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Case Summary: Federal Court refuses application for judicial review

  • 19 aoĂ»t 2021
  • Rachel Hill

Merck Canada Inc (Merck) sought judicial review of the refusal by the Minister of Health (Minister) to add Canadian Patent No 2,830,806 (806 Patent) to the Patent Register pursuant to s 4(6) of the PM(NOC) Regulations. The Minister previously found that Merck’s patent lists were not submitted within the specified 30-day time period.

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Case Summary: Mistaken omission of co-inventors corrected

  • 19 aoĂ»t 2021
  • Rachel Hill

The Applicant, CAE Inc. (“CAE”) seeks to add Marc-André Proulx (“Mr. Proulx”) and Dac Toan Ho (“Mr. Ho”) as co-inventors to Canadian Patent No. 3,000,463 (the “463 Patent”), due to an inadvertent error or mistake pursuant to section 52 of the Patent Act.

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