Supreme Court of Canada interprets fair dealing exemption to cover copying short excerpts of published works for distribution in classrooms *

Canada - August 8 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada has disagreed with the Canadian Copyright Board’s decision that the copying of short excerpts of published works for use in classrooms was copyright infringement under the Canadian Copyright Act.

Court of Appeal distances itself from its earlier latanoprost decision and finds promised utility of donepezil soundly predicted *

Canada - April 18 2012
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of a decision of Justice Hughes that granted an order prohibiting the Minister of Health from issuing a Notice of Compliance (“NOC”) to Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC (“Mylan”) with respect to its generic version of Pfizer Canada Inc. (“Pfizer”)’s Aricept®, used for the treatment of Alzheimer’s type dementia.

Co-authors: Paula Bremner, Kitt Sinden.