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Bilski and Software Patents

Bilski and Software Patents

Alex Gloor is a JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The debate over the patentability of computer software has been well-documented, and there seems to be no end in sight. Supporters of software patents defend the right by using many of the historical rationales for patents, such as disclosure of the invention, stimulation of […]

IP Osgoode Speaks: Justice Marshall Rothstein on Business Method Patents

IP Osgoode Speaks: Justice Marshall Rothstein on Business Method Patents

Nirav Bhatt is an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Last Friday, IP Osgoode hosted a guest lecture by Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada as part of IP Osgoode’s speaker series.  He discussed subject matter patentability, business method patents and possible approaches that a Canadian court might take in deciding […]

Amazon’s One-Click Patent Application Gets Bilski’d

Amazon’s One-Click Patent Application Gets Bilski’d

In a recently released decision by the Canada Patent Appeal Board and Commissioner of Patents, an application by Amazon.com for its one-click ordering system was rejected.  The application contained 75 claims and was a response to the Examiner's report from 2002, where claims 44 to 50 were directed to a physical object and the rest were […]

In re Bilski North of the Border

In re Bilski North of the Border

On March 13, IP Osgoode held a panel discussion entitled Business Method Patents: Bilski and Beyond. While the tagline of the event indicated it was to ‘Explore the effect in Canada of recent US business method patent jurisprudence,’ attendees got treated to a lot more. Speaking from a wide array of perspectives, the panelists provided […]