Andrew Skodyn, Kassandra Shortt, and Andrew Boyes have been republished by Wolters Kluwer in IP Litigator. The article, titled “The Patent Act Prevails – The Court of Appeal of Alberta Clarifies the Law on Limitation Periods for Patent Infringement Claims,” looks at the highly anticipated decision in JL Energy Transportation Inc. v. Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership.
This decision brings some clarity to the debate over limitation periods on patent infringement claims in provincial superior courts as opposed to claims brought in the Federal Court.