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Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law: Conflicting or Complementing

IIPRD

Introduction If we take a broader look at the Intellectual Property Laws, the primary objective of the legislation in framing these laws is to provide exclusive rights to the IP right holder as against the entire world.

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Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc, No. 2022-1147 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 19, 2023)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Regarding the ’101 patent, Sandoz argued that the district court erred in holding that the ’515 provisional application inherently disclosed the crystalline Form B of apremilast and thus that it did not provide the necessary written description support to entitle the patent to a March 2002 priority date. Holding(s) No.

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A Message from IP Osgoode’s New Director, Prof. Carys Craig

IPilogue

Under her leadership, IP Osgoode has become a key voice on intellectual property law and technology issues, forging fruitful relationships with academics, legal professionals, policymakers, and industry actors, while offering wonderfully rich learning opportunities to our students and graduate researchers.

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Australia’s Reversal of its DABUS decision on AI-Generated Inventions: How Does this Impact an Imminent Canadian Discussion on AI Inventorship?

IPilogue

However, Canada’s patent laws are still very similarly modeled after British and American patent laws, which may influence how our courts interpret future patent ownership applications on behalf of AI-created products. Canada has different federal legislation regarding the various aspects of intellectual property.

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Innovating the Term ‘Inventor’: AI and Patent Law

IPilogue

2002 SCC 77 (“Apotex”). It can be further argued that Apotex did not focus on the issue of defining the term “inventor”, and the Supreme Court never considered or debated the possibility of AI inventing patentable inventions in 2002. But, it does not define the term “inventor” or specify whether an inventor must be human.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 6- March 11)

SpicyIP

Highlights of the Week Learning from India’s Disastrous Experience in Protecting Itself against Biopiracy In light of the upcoming WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Prashant Reddy brings us a post highlighting India’s sub-par experience with its own Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

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PTAB’s Authority to Issue a Final Written Decision After a Statutory Deadline

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Sec’y of Veterans Affs , the Federal Circuit later held that “even in the face of a statutory timing directive, when a statute does not specify the consequences of non-compliance, courts should not assume that Congress intended that the agency lose its power to act.” 3d 1368, 1376–77 (Fed.