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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.”

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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.

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