John Norman PhD
Gowling WLG
Articles
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…
Patent applications - Consider requesting examination now to avoid proposed excess claim fees
Canada - October 13 2021 In order to avoid Canada's new proposed fee for excess claims, applicants should consider requesting examination of their patent applications before…
Proposed amendments to Canadian Patent Rules introduce "excess" claim fees and limit number of office actions
Canada - July 9 2021 Proposed amendments to the Patent Rules, if implemented would introduce excess claim fees above 20 claims and limit the number of office actions to…
Amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations delayed by a further six months, until January 1, 2022
Canada - June 29 2021 According to the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board’s (PMPRB) website, the coming-into-force date of the amended Patented Medicines Regulations…
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…
