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IP Osgoode Speaks: Justice Marshall Rothstein on Business Method Patents

IP Osgoode Speaks: Justice Marshall Rothstein on Business Method Patents

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Last Friday, IP Osgoode hosted a guest lecture by Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada as part of IP Osgoode’s speaker series.  He discussed subject matter patentability, business method patents and possible approaches that a Canadian court might take in deciding […]

Pooling patents for HIV drugs: A paradigm shift

Pooling patents for HIV drugs: A paradigm shift

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. According to a report, AIDS, which is caused due to Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) killed more than 25 million people worldwide from 1981 to 2006. Already, over six million people with HIV/AIDS are dying because they have no access to lifesaving medicines.  The current […]

Double standards for Business method patents? Drug dosage calibration v. Hedging risks in commodities trading

Double standards for Business method patents? Drug dosage calibration v. Hedging risks in commodities trading

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Recently the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services held that Prometheus’ patent claim methods for calibrating the proper dosage of thiopurine drugs, which are used for treating both gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases, […]

WTO, TRIPS & Dispute Settlement: Exploring the Intersection Between International Trade, Intellectual Property Rights and The WTO Dispute Resolution Process

WTO, TRIPS & Dispute Settlement: Exploring the Intersection Between International Trade, Intellectual Property Rights and The WTO Dispute Resolution Process

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. BACKGROUND During the early 1990s, the extent of protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property ("IP") rights varied widely around the world. As IP became more important in trade, these differences became a source of tension in international economic relations. New internationally-agreed trade rules for […]