Organization: Federal Court of Appeal

Court ruling on aerospace R&D tax credit case affects entire tech sector

A Tax Court of Canada ruling that reduced a Montreal aerospace company’s federal Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credits impacts the entire tech sector and further complicates a government incentive program already rife with problems and in need of reform, say innovation advocates.

Rx&D applauds decision upholding data protection

Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) are claiming victory following a Federal Court of Appeal ruling upholding a key clause in Canada’s intellectual property regime. The ruling upholds a 2009 decision by the federal Court of Canada which dismissed a challenge by the generic drug industry to Food and Drug Regulations providing patent holders eight years…