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Amazon.com’s Canadian “one-click” patent on the threshold of issuance
- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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- Canada
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- January 6 2012
This past year was truly an important year for Canadian decisions on business method patents, both from the Court and the Commissioner of Patents, and these decisions are receiving rapid attention
Business method as essential element of valid patent claim: Amazon one-click decision, a Canadian prosecution perspective
- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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- Canada
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- November 28 2011
On November 24, 2011, the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal released a vital decision quashing the Commissioner of Patents’ stated “tradition” of excluding business methods from patentability
Surely business methods are prohibited in Canada? Ramifications of the Amazon appeal decision on doing business (methods) in Canada
- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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- Canada
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- December 9 2011
A typical business method patent contains claims to innovative, computer-implemented technology related to the practice, administration, or management of an enterprise, usually involving the processing of data specific to enterprise operations
Punitive damages award in Canada due to implied knowledge of infringed patent
- Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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- Canada
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- April 10 2012
Historically, Canadian courts rarely award punitive damages in patent infringement actions, making the recent award of punitive damages by the Federal Court of Canada in Eurocopter v. Bell Helicopter 2012 FC 113 particularly notable
