Pharmascience: a predictor of the Supreme Court’s approach to business method inventions?
Pharmascience: a predictor of the Supreme Court’s approach to business method inventions? The recent Pharmascience case[1] was all about patenting methods of medical treatment. It clarified the law that methods of medical treatment which require professional skill and judgment are not patentable. What, if anything, are the implications of this case for the patentability of […]
Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General): Are card games patentable?
Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General): Are card games patentable? INTRODUCTION Once again, the Federal Court has reviewed a Patent Office decision concerning subject matter patent eligibility under section 2 and 27(8) and once again the Court has found the Patent Office’s decision faulty. This case is not primarily about computer-implemented inventions, however the question of […]
Benjamin Moore- Computer Implemented Inventions
Comment: Attorney General of Canada v. Benjamin Moore & Co By Brian W Gray briangray@briangraylaw.com The Federal Court of Appeal issued an important decision on computer implemented inventions on July 26, 2023. Attorney General of Canada v. Benjamin Moore & Co [1]. Surprisingly this was the first decision of the Federal Court of Appeal […]