By: Liz Gray (IP Lawyer) Oral arguments were heard today at the Federal Court of Appeal in the case of Benjamin Moore & Co. v. Attorney General of Canada (“Benjamin Moore”). As we previously reported, the Federal Court ordered the Commissioner of Patents (i.e., the Canadian Intellectual Property …
By: Liz Gray (IP Lawyer) with research assistance by Greg Parth (Summer Student) In a previous post, we reported on the Canadian Federal Court’s decision that the ‘problem-solution’ approach used by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) to identify patentable subject matter was incorrect in law (Choueifaty). In …
By Dennis Haszko “A transient event is a short-lived burst of energy in a system caused by a sudden change of state.” –Wikipedia Recently, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) published the 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (2019 PEG) which has predictably caused a stir …
