05 Aug 2021
Benoit Cote
What do baseball and the Madrid Protocol have in common? Statistics!
We are looking forward for Montreal to welcome a baseball team but, in the meantime, I am happy to share statistics about the Madrid Protocol in Canada. In about a week, we will pass the 2 year mark of Canada’s accession to the Madrid Protocol. In 2021, more than 8000 applications designating Canada have been filed so far. In 2020, Canada was a c...
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02 Jun 2021
Benoit Cote
Computer-Implemented Inventions in Canada: on the Road to the Notice of Allowance
For the past four decades, Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has been reluctant to grant patents to computer-implemented inventions. Recent Federal Court’s decision in Choueifaty v Canada (AG) 2020 FC 837 (hereafter “Choueifaty”) and the subsequent CIPO’s Practice Notice on Patentable Subject-Matter (hereafter “Practice Notice...
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