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Category Archives: Canadian Patent Law

Mixed Reaction to U.S. Patent Reform

Guest post by Andrew Franklin, a colleague in the Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences practice at Norton Rose. With the passage of the America Invents Act of 2011, the United States’ patent system will change from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-to-file” system for granting patents. Under the new system, patents will be granted to the first [...]

New MOPOP Chapter 17 re Biotechnology

From Inaugural Guest Blogger Brian Gray, setting a high bar: On January 14 CIPO issued the revised version of chapter 17 of its Manual of Patent Operating Procedures (MOPOP) re biotechnology (pdf). Obviously a lot of work has gone into this. Interestingly enough, while the previous chapter 17 (pdf) dealt mainly with the formalities of filing sequence [...]

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