Benjamin Moore & Co. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FC 923

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
CourtFederal Court (Canada)
Citation2022 FC 923
Date17 June 2022
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12 practice notes
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Benjamin Moore & Co., 2023 FCA 168
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • July 26, 2023
    ...the Court should issue binding instructions, and if so, what those instructions should be. [5] The Federal Court granted the appeals (2022 FC 923, the FC Decision) on the basis that, as conceded by the AG, the Commissioner had failed to apply the proper test to determine the essential eleme......
  • Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 16, 2023
    ...provide a solution to a problem". CIPO's new approach was rejected by the Federal Court in Benjamin Moore & Co v Canada (Attorney General),2022 FC 923, where the Court noted that the "actual invention" approach continued to include CIPO's "problem-solution" approach. The Court went further ......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Benjamin Moore & Co., 2022 FCA 194
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 10, 2022
    ...REASONS FOR ORDER RENNIE J.A. [1] Benjamin Moore & Co. appealed two decisions from the Commissioner of Patents to the Federal Court (2022 FC 923, per Gagné A.C.J.), arguing that the Commissioner applied the wrong test to the question of what constitutes patentable subject matter. I......
  • Interpreting Claims In Canadian Patent Law: Purposive Construction And "Essential" Elements
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 15, 2022
    ...a long-standing approach on how to interpret patent claims. The recently decided Benjamin Moore & Co. v Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FC 923 ("Benjamin Moore") further affirmed the two highly influential decisions commenting on claims construction in Free World Trust c Électro Santé Inc, ......
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2 cases
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Benjamin Moore & Co., 2023 FCA 168
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • July 26, 2023
    ...the Court should issue binding instructions, and if so, what those instructions should be. [5] The Federal Court granted the appeals (2022 FC 923, the FC Decision) on the basis that, as conceded by the AG, the Commissioner had failed to apply the proper test to determine the essential eleme......
  • Canada (Attorney General) v. Benjamin Moore & Co., 2022 FCA 194
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • November 10, 2022
    ...REASONS FOR ORDER RENNIE J.A. [1] Benjamin Moore & Co. appealed two decisions from the Commissioner of Patents to the Federal Court (2022 FC 923, per Gagné A.C.J.), arguing that the Commissioner applied the wrong test to the question of what constitutes patentable subject matter. I......
13 firm's commentaries
  • Canadian Patent Law 2022: A Year In Review
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 16, 2023
    ...provide a solution to a problem". CIPO's new approach was rejected by the Federal Court in Benjamin Moore & Co v Canada (Attorney General),2022 FC 923, where the Court noted that the "actual invention" approach continued to include CIPO's "problem-solution" approach. The Court went further ......
  • Interpreting Claims In Canadian Patent Law: Purposive Construction And "Essential" Elements
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 15, 2022
    ...a long-standing approach on how to interpret patent claims. The recently decided Benjamin Moore & Co. v Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FC 923 ("Benjamin Moore") further affirmed the two highly influential decisions commenting on claims construction in Free World Trust c Électro Santé Inc, ......
  • Kicking The Habit: The Federal Court Of Canada Nixes The "Problem-Solution" Approach ' Again
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 19, 2022
    ...Moore & Co. v The Attorney General of Canada, 2022 FC 923 ("Moore"), the Federal Court of Canada (the "Court") once again reiterated that the "problem-solution" approach used by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO") is not the proper approach to claims construction or for deter......
  • Assessment In Parts: Patent-eligible Subject-matter In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • July 13, 2023
    ...3 Re Amazon.com Inc., 2011 FCA 328 (Amazon). 4 Choueifaty v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 FC 837. 5 Benjamin Moore v. Canada (AG), 2022 FC 923 (Benjamin 6 Canada (AG) v. Benjamin Moore, court no. A-188-22 (FCA) (Benjamin Moore FCA). 7 Patent Act, R.S.C. 1985, C. P-4 (Patent Act). 8 Paten......
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