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Canada's Supreme Court Abolishes ‘promise of the patent’

Author(s) -

John Norman,

A. Gloor

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pharmaceutical patent analyst

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 2046-8962

pISSN - 2046-8954

DOI - 10.4155/ppa-2017-0038

Subject(s) - supreme court , doctrine , law , subject matter , statutory law , certainty , supreme court decisions , political science , patent law , law and economics , economics , intellectual property , philosophy , epistemology , curriculum

The Supreme Court of Canada has done away with the ‘promise of the patent’ doctrine. This doctrine invalidated patents to numerous otherwise useful inventions from 2005 to 2016. The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified that the statutory utility requirement requires only a scintilla of utility related to the subject matter of the invention. This utility must have been demonstrated or soundly predicted as of the Canadian filing date. The decision brings increased certainty to Canada's patent system and more closely aligns it with international norms.

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