It has been four years since amendments to the Patent Act and Patent Rules were made, bringing the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) into force in Canada. The most consequential changes have proven to be the ...
“The USPTO should revise its systems to refuse maintenance fee payments for expired patents or give a warning if one attempts to pay a maintenance fee on an expired patent.” Editor’s note: This ...
“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...
Canada’s Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) system came into force on January 1, 2025. PTA is only potentially available for ...
Novo Nordisk is losing Canadian patent protection on a blockbuster drug after not paying a small fee
Years before semaglutide became a blockbuster drug for Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharma giant had the chance to maintain its patent in Canada but didn’t pay a small fee to do so, according to a recent ...
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