Category Archives: Canadian Practice

Patents – Year In Review

This is republished with the permission of the authors Stephen Beney, Partner, and Nicholas Aitken, Associate, Bereskin & Parr LLP, It was originally published by Bereskin & Parr LLP at www.bereskinparr.com on January 28, 2016. In 2015, Canadian courts and the Patent … Continue reading

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Canadian Hospital To Travel The Long And Winding Road Of “Gene Patenting”

Arguing that human DNA is a natural product, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) has filed suit in Federal Court to invalidate patents claiming human DNA or diagnostic methods that use it. It has been reported that CHEO was … Continue reading

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