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    Category: Patentability

    September 27, 2018in Electronic Processes, Innovation, IP, Patentability, Patents, Technology0by Editor
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    Blockchain on Every Street Corner – Walmart and the Rise of Mainstream Blockchain Patents

    Walmart’s American patents and reported patent-related activities over the last few months show just how common blockchain-based technology is going to become in the immediate future. Walmart currently holds such patents…

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    August 10, 2018in Blogs, Patentability, Patents0by Editor
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    The Highs and Lows of Patenting Marijuana Strains

    After over 95 years of prohibition, recreational usage of marijuana will be legalized nation-wide on October 17th. While the Cannabis Act will transform cannabis breeding from an illegal cottage industry to a legitimate profession, there…

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    August 16, 2017in Access to Medicines, Blogs, Commercialization, Development, Innovation, Patentability, Patents, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Uncategorized0by Editor
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    Broken Promises: Utility Standards and Patent Applications in Canada

    The last day of June 2017 saw the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) quash the controversial Promise Doctrine. The issue at hand in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc was…

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    January 11, 2017in Access to Medicines, Commercialization, Design, Development, IP, Patentability, Patents, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Uncategorized0by Editor
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    What Makes It My Molecule: A Look at Professor Ronald Pearlman’s Genome Editing Work

    This past November, Professor Ronald E. Pearlman from York University’s Department of Biology gave a talk [1] at Osgoode Hall Law School to discuss the potential of the innovative CRISPR…

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    November 22, 2016in Feature Post, IP, Patent Practice, Patentability, Patents0by Editor
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    Utility Emphasis Lacking in the Examination of Aggregations

    The distinction between combinations and aggregations is a well-accepted principle of patent law. A combination is an assemblage of known elements whose combined use leads to a result that is…

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    October 26, 2016in Blogs, Cross Border Issues, Gaming, Infringement, Infringement, IP, Patent Trolls, Patentability, Patents, Technology, UK, Uncategorized, US0by Editor
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    Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications

    As reported on Kotaku.com – “British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can’t count to three”. British Telecommunications…

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