Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1809
| Jurisdiction | Federal Jurisdiction (Canada) |
| Court | Federal Court (Canada) |
| Date | 12 November 2025 |
| Citation | 2025 FC 1809 |
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Canadian Patent Law 2025: A Year In Review
...Commissioner erred in assessing subject-matter patentability. The decision of the Federal Court inDusome v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1809 considered aspects of the Commissioner of Patent's approach to determining subject-matter patentability following the decisions of the FCA in Ca......
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Canadian Patent Law: 2025 In Review
...case, another reversal of the Patent Office's rejection As we reported on here, the Federal Court in Dusome v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1809 has once again reversed a rejection by the Canadian Patent Office of a patent application claiming a computer-implmented invention based on s......
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Federal Court Overturns CIPO For Failing To Follow The Law
...failed to follow the jurisprudence on determining patentable subject matter. In the recent decision of Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General) 2025 FC 1809 ("Dusome"), which involved a patent application for a method of playing a poker game with physical cards or on a computerized system, the F......
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Dealing A New Hand: Federal Court Gives Card Game Patent A Second Chance
...12, 2025, the Federal Court set aside the Commissioner of Patents' refusal to grant a patent for a "Method of Playing a Card Game" (2025 FC 1809). The Commissioner found that the patent application did not meet the definition of "invention" under section 2 of the Patent Act and constituted ......
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5 firm's commentaries
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Canadian Patent Law 2025: A Year In Review
...Commissioner erred in assessing subject-matter patentability. The decision of the Federal Court inDusome v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1809 considered aspects of the Commissioner of Patent's approach to determining subject-matter patentability following the decisions of the FCA in Ca......
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Canadian Patent Law: 2025 In Review
...case, another reversal of the Patent Office's rejection As we reported on here, the Federal Court in Dusome v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 FC 1809 has once again reversed a rejection by the Canadian Patent Office of a patent application claiming a computer-implmented invention based on s......
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Federal Court Overturns CIPO For Failing To Follow The Law
...failed to follow the jurisprudence on determining patentable subject matter. In the recent decision of Dusome v. Canada (Attorney General) 2025 FC 1809 ("Dusome"), which involved a patent application for a method of playing a poker game with physical cards or on a computerized system, the F......
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Dealing A New Hand: Federal Court Gives Card Game Patent A Second Chance
...12, 2025, the Federal Court set aside the Commissioner of Patents' refusal to grant a patent for a "Method of Playing a Card Game" (2025 FC 1809). The Commissioner found that the patent application did not meet the definition of "invention" under section 2 of the Patent Act and constituted ......
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