September 2009
14 posts
Gardiner Roberts LLP picks up Hitchman and others
Respected patent practitioner Carol Hitchman has moved to Gardiner Roberts from the firm where she was a name partner, Hitchman & Sprigings. Joining Carol will be Paula Bremner, Partner and Esther Jeon, Associate.
David Kappos, Director of the USPTO and...
Next patent agent exam sitting: April 2010
According to a CIPO news item, the next sitting of the Patent Agent Examination, the licensing test for Canadian patent agents, will be on April 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2010. That is about a week after the Easter holiday.
Disclosure dos and don'ts
A piece in Lawyers Weekly by Jeremy de Beer laments the situation regarding patent disclosure. De Beer cites the uncertainty created by the Sanofi and AZT cases of the Supremes and the high bar for disclosure in the recent trial decision in Ratiopharm and concludes, “in the absence of an up-to-date prescription from the Supreme Court on the specifics of patent disclosure, Canadians are being...
2 of 2 in the Microsoft v. i4i appeal.
September 23, 2009 oral argument 1 of 2 in the...
i for an i
Expedited appeal proceedings in Microsoft v. i4i started this morning. Arguments should be available this afternoon at www.cafc.uscourts.gov. A good piece in the Globe & Mail by John Daly cites Toronto IP lawyer Don Cameron.
Coors Light v. Kokanee
The Globe’s Simon Houpt reports on a new litigation in the beverage industry. This time, it’s Coors Light v. Kokanee. More details to follow.
Amazon 1-click patent under appeal
Amazon appeals the Patent Appeal Board’s decision released in March of this year which refused the company’s patent covering the 1-click technology. The PAB held that business methods were unpatentable and did not fall within the statutory definition of “invention”.
A copy of the Notice of Motion has been posted here. This will be Canada’s first judicial...
“I’d like to thank everyone in the Apple community for the heartfelt...”
– http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/09/apple.music.event.jobs/index.html
Canadian and US patent agent licensing... →
Red Baron Lime v. Bud Light Lime
As reported on in a story on the Canadian Trademark Blog, the dispute between Brick Brewing and Budweiser hinges on the websites:
Brick’s: http://www.lustforlime.com/
Budweiser’s: http://www.budlightlime.com/
As noted in the story, both sites feature prominent use of the colour green and images of young people in swimsuits.
“The question presented in this case is… whether the act of filing an...”
– Judge Lourie of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Touchcom Inc. et al v. Bereskin & Parr et al.,
CBA quarterly case summaries
The Canadian Bar Association, IP Section, has released a new edition of its quarterly case summaries.