Burton Parsons Chemicals, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd., [1976] 1 SCR 49

JurisdictionFederal Jurisdiction (Canada)
JudgeLaskin, Bora; Martland, Ronald; Judson, Wilfred; Ritchie, Roland Almon; Spence, Wishart Flett; Pigeon, Louis-Philippe; Dickson, Robert George Brian; Beetz, Jean; de Grandpré, Louis-Philippe
Date19 December 1974
Citation[1976] 1 SCR 49,1 NR 553,1974 CanLII 2 (SCC),54 DLR (3d) 711,[1976] 1 SCR 555,17 CPR (2d) 97,51 DLR (3d) 638,1974 CanLII 27 (SCC)
CourtSupreme Court (Canada)
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98 practice notes
  • Alcon Canada Inc. et al. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Co. et al., (2014) 448 F.T.R. 96 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 14, 2014
    ...[1950] S.C.R. 36; 12 C.P.R. 99, refd to. [para. 224]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553, refd to. [para. Wellcome Foundation Ltd. et al. v. Apotex Inc. (1991), 47 F.T.R. 81; 39 C.P.R.(3d) 289 (T.D.), refd to. [para.......
  • Patents
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...invented or includes someone else’s invention. Perhaps newly found 437 Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd. , [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555 [ Burton ]; similarly Pharmascience , above note 254 at [103]–[8] (administering drug at a dosage of “1.0 mg” construed to mean “daily” d......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...22 (Ch.) ........................................................... 77 Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555, 54 D.L.R. (3d) 711, 17 C.P.R. (2d) 97, rev’g (sub nom. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd. v. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc.), [1973] F.C. 405, 1......
  • Lundbeck Canada Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Health) et al., (2009) 343 F.T.R. 53 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 25, 2009
    ...67 C.P.R.(4th) 23; 2008 FCA 108, refd to. [para. 135]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553; 17 C.P.R.(2d) 97, refd to. [para. Authors and Works Noticed: Davies, Stephen G., Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, generally [para. 64]......
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92 cases
  • Alcon Canada Inc. et al. v. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Co. et al., (2014) 448 F.T.R. 96 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 14, 2014
    ...[1950] S.C.R. 36; 12 C.P.R. 99, refd to. [para. 224]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553, refd to. [para. Wellcome Foundation Ltd. et al. v. Apotex Inc. (1991), 47 F.T.R. 81; 39 C.P.R.(3d) 289 (T.D.), refd to. [para.......
  • Lundbeck Canada Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Health) et al., (2009) 343 F.T.R. 53 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • February 25, 2009
    ...67 C.P.R.(4th) 23; 2008 FCA 108, refd to. [para. 135]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553; 17 C.P.R.(2d) 97, refd to. [para. Authors and Works Noticed: Davies, Stephen G., Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, generally [para. 64]......
  • Janssen-Ortho Inc. et al. v. Novopharm Ltd., (2006) 301 F.T.R. 166 (FC)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court (Canada)
    • October 17, 2006
    ...[2000] 2 S.C.R. 1067; 263 N.R. 88, refd to. [para. 77]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553, refd to. [para. 77]. Western Electric Co. v. Baldwin International Radio of Canada, [1934] S.C.R. 570, refd to. [para. 77]. ......
  • Kirin-Amgen Inc. et al. v. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., (2000) 267 N.R. 150 (FCA)
    • Canada
    • Canada (Federal) Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
    • December 20, 2000
    ...N.R. 113; 61 C.P.R.(3d) 417 (F.C.A.), consd. [para. 10]. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. et al. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. et al., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555; 3 N.R. 553; 17 C.P.R.(2d) 97; 54 D.L.R.(3d) 711, consd. [paras. 10, Pioneer Hi-Bred Ltd. v. Commissioner of Patents, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 16......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • The Challenges Of Obtaining Summary Judgment
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • April 27, 2012
    ...in terms of utility. Justice Barnes noted that the Supreme Court case of Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd, [1976] 1 SCR 555 and the House of Lords decision in Henriksen v. Tallon Limited, (1965) RPC 434 HL (Eng) allow for some adjustment by a person skilled in th......
  • Court Rejects Attempt To "Stretch" Patent Claim Language
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • January 14, 2021
    ...of a negative finding in the "obvious to try" analysis. Footnotes 1 Burton Parsons Chemicals, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd., [1976] 1 SCR 555 at 2 While the Court recognized prior jurisprudence suggesting the disjunctive test (above) was intended to be conjunctive (Shire Canada Inc ......
  • Patentability Of Methods Of Medical Treatment In Canada
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 29, 2016
    ...to produce the desired result whenever it is worked or used." 19 Burton Parsons Chemicals, Inc. v Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd., [1976] 1 SCR 555. Decision - December 19, 1974 Claims relating to applying an electrically conducting cream in the performance of an electro-cardiogram constitute......
3 books & journal articles
  • Patents
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...invented or includes someone else’s invention. Perhaps newly found 437 Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd. , [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555 [ Burton ]; similarly Pharmascience , above note 254 at [103]–[8] (administering drug at a dosage of “1.0 mg” construed to mean “daily” d......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • June 15, 2011
    ...22 (Ch.) ........................................................... 77 Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd., [1976] 1 S.C.R. 555, 54 D.L.R. (3d) 711, 17 C.P.R. (2d) 97, rev’g (sub nom. Hewlett-Packard (Can.) Ltd. v. Burton Parsons Chemicals Inc.), [1973] F.C. 405, 1......
  • Diurnal movements and the ambient population: an application to municipal-level crime rate calculations.
    • Canada
    • Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Vol. 52 No. 1, January 2010
    • January 1, 2010
    ...In other municipalities, there is a large impact from changing the population at risk of criminal victimization: Pitt Meadows (96 to 49 per 1,000 residents), Port Coquitlam (103 to 125), Richmond (85 to 57), and West Vancouver (66 to The first measure of difference in crime rates between mu......

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