VPATAPP Alert_Canada: Patents - 2016 Year In Review

http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/573462/Patent/Patents+2016+Year+In+Review

Article by Ken Bousfield, Bereskin & Parr LLP

1. File Wrapper Estoppel – Pollard Banknote v. BABN Technologies Corp

2. Promise of the Patent and Utility –  AstraZeneca v. Apotex

3. The Problems of Internet Enforcement

4. Patents and Competition –    New Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines

Rule 216 – Summary Decisions

PMNOC s. 8 – Not a Vehicle for Unjust Enrichment Claims

Patent Act s. 8 Corrections - Gray Manufacturing

Inventions by Government Employees – Brown v. Canada