Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules: Increased Patent Fees and Changes to Small Entity Requirements Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules were published on June 21, 2023 in Part II of the Canada Gazette, and will come into force on January 1, 2024. The amendments include two important changes. First, patent fees will undergo a comprehensive [...]
Amendments to Canada’s Patent Rules were published on June 22, 2022 in Part II of the Canada Gazette. The amended Rules discussed below will come into force on October 3, 2022 (with the exception of the new sequence listing standard that came into force on July 1, 2022). The amendments strive to better streamline the [...]
On June 17, 2022, in the case of Benjamin Moore & Co. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FC 923 (hereinafter “Benjamin Moore”), Justice Gagné reaffirmed the Federal Court’s position that a patent’s claims should be construed on the basis of “purposive construction” and provided a test for patentability for computer-implemented inventions. In short, the Appellant, [...]
On July 3, 2021, the Canadian government published proposed amendments to the Canadian Patent Rules in Part 1 of the Canada Gazette. The proposals are part of a broader effort to meet Canada’s patent term adjustment obligations under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. The following proposals are intended to streamline the patent examination process: Request for [...]
