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By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read August 18, 2017

Promise doctrine abolished by the Supreme Court of Canada

On June 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada, released a landmark patent decision (2017 SCC 36) abolishing Canada’s so-called ‘Promise Doctrine’ by finding it “unsound”, “not good law” and “incongruent with the both the words and scheme of the Patent Act.”

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Business, Finance and Accounting / AstraZeneca, degree or quantum of usefulness, not good law, Patent Act, patent and design, patent infringement, patents, promise doctrine, prosecution of a patent application, touchstones for patentability in Canada, utility requirement

By Occasional Contributors | < 1 Minutes Read December 10, 2014

Substantive patent and design amendments bring Canada in line with its treaty obligations

The Government of Canada introduced for first reading in Parliament numerous amendments to intellectual property and other statutes on October 23, 2014. Bill C-43, an omnibus budget bill, amends Canada’s Patent Act to conform to the Patent Law Treaty (“PLT”) and the Industrial Design Act to conform to the Geneva (1999) Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business / economic and trade agreement, Geneva (1999) Act, Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, Industrial Design Act, Patent Act, patent and design, Patent Law Treaty, trade-mark

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