Alex Gloor
Gowling WLG
Articles
Canadian patent law: 2022 year in review
Canada - January 12 2023 Canadian Courts issued many patent-related decisions in 2022. This article summarizes a number of the more notable court decisions, as well as other…
Promise me no Promises? The five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s AstraZeneca decision
Canada - June 13 2022 From 2005 to 2017, numerous Canadian patents were invalidated on the basis of an approach to patent utility termed the "Promise Doctrine." Requiring…
Canadian patent law: 2021 year in review
Canada - March 2 2022 Last year was a busy one for the Federal Courts and included a number of developments in Canadian patent law. This article summarizes notable court…
Amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations delayed six months, until July 1, 2022
Canada - December 24 2021 Canada's recently appointed Minister of Health, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, just announced the deferral of the coming into force of recent…
PMPRB seeks feedback on Guideline Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Canada - May 4 2021 The PMPRB announced a new initiative called the Guideline Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (GMEP), through which the PMPRB will seek to "monitor and…
