John Norman PhD
Gowling WLG
Articles
Lifecycle of a smart idea: Patent strategy - Optimising life sciences patents
Canada, United Kingdom - June 23 2020 Once you decide to file a patent, you must determine what it will cover. Obviously, you need to protect your invention, but to reduce the risk of…
Jian Xu, Paul Inman, Ruben Dzhermakyan, Sonia M. Ziesche, Thomas Mayer.
A message from our Global Life Sciences Group
Global - June 3 2020 As global efforts to contain COVID-19 are giving biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals a key role on the world stage, we understand that staying…
The USMCA: What does it mean for patents and the pharmaceutical industry?
Canada, USA - October 5 2018 In a joint statement on September 30, 2018, the United States and Canadian Governments announced that they reached an agreement, alongside Mexico, on…
From TPP to CPTPP: Suspensions to IP Provisions
Canada - February 7 2018 On January 23, 2018, Canada and 10 other signatories of the now-defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) concluded a series of negotiations in Tokyo…
The TPP — new rights for pharmaceutical patent holders in Canada
Canada - November 13 2015 The Canadian Government released the official consolidated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on Nov., 5, 2015. This follows the…
