Allowance of Choueifaty patent application provides insight into CIPO's future approach to patentable subject matter

In an apparent conclusion to the patent at the heart of the Federal Court of Canada’s decision in Yves Choueifaty v Attorney General of Canada, 2020 FC 837 [Choueifaty], Canadian patent application no. 2635393 (CA ‘393) was allowed by the Canadian Commissioner of Patents in Commissioner’s Decision #1556, 2021 CACP 3 [CD1556] on January 11, 2021. CD1556 provides insight on how the Canadian Patent Office (CIPO) will approach patentable subject matter in the future, and particularly on how new...
By: Smart & Biggar

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