Sentences with phrase «utility requirement»

Canada's patent utility requirements and the workability of the promise doctrine are currently before the Supreme Court of Canada in AstraZeneca Canada Inc v Apotex Inc, in litigation over the validity of Astrazeneca's patent for the acid reflux medicine Nexium (esomeprazole).

REC ownership can be important to meeting state renewable portfolio standards (RPS), whether the requirements are for distributed generation carve - outs or broader utility requirements.

Canada's utility requirements also safeguard against patentees overstating the usefulness of their inventions and assure that the public receives the benefits bargained for in exchange for the patentee's monopoly rights.

«In addition, the United States continues to have serious concerns about the lack of clarity in, and the impact of, utility requirements for patents imposed by Canadian courts.

It appears Eli Lilly seeks to: abolish any substantive utility requirement; and permit a patentee to show utility based on tests done a decade after they file their patent.

Following a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that significantly altered and lessened Canada's patent utility requirement, Canada ought to adopt the US utility standard of requiring inventions to have a «specific, substantial and credible utility.»

This year, SpaceX will also reveal plans for spacesuits that will meet both design aesthetics and utility requirements, Musk noted.

He said it's not a quick or easy solution to bring portables onto campus, due to permit, installation and utility requirements.

The court's decision is pending and is hoped to give further authority to the scope of the utility requirement in Canada.

Lilly claimed that the promise doctrine fundamentally changed Canada's utility requirement, exceeds patentability requirements of trading partners, contravenes Canada's international trade obligations and discriminates against pharmaceutical patents.

On March 16, the tribunal unanimously dismissed Lilly's claims, finding instead that Canada's utility requirements are not discriminatory.

With the utility requirement clarified by the Supreme Court, Gowlings» Van Barr sees «obviousness» and how the «inventiveness» of an invention should be measured as a future battleground.

However, the SCC said the promise doctrine was not the right way of determining «whether the utility requirement of s. 2 of the Patent Act is met.»

Garland says the Supreme Court's decision was valuable in providing guidance on the relevance of the promise doctrine and «brought Canada back in line [with other jurisdictions] in respect to the utility requirement of patents.»

The promise doctrine was developed through the Federal Courts» jurisprudence; under it, a judge reviewed a patent as a whole to identify any «promises» made in it, then assessed whether those promises had been met in order to satisfy the utility requirement of the patent under the Patent Act.

He said it's not a quick or easy solution to bring portables onto campus, due to permit, installation and utility requirements.

• Assist in the development of plant control philosophy and calculate all plant recoveries and utility requirements.

If you do not have a dedicated space or room to devote to all your utility requirements, it would be a good idea to adapt a cloakroom or boot room to house all your essentials.