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Will Microsoft vs. i4i Patent Case Influence Canadian Law?

June 10, 2011

Professor Norman Siebrasse on why it won’t: the statute is different, the precedent is different, and the U.S. Supreme Court expressly did not consider policy arguments.

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2 Comments

  1. Eric L. says:
    June 10, 2011 at 10:38 am

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    Let’s hope. Software patents are nothing more than an innovation inhibitor.

  2. jv says:
    June 10, 2011 at 2:16 pm

    Canada doesn’t currently recognize software patents. I do expect the feds to change that now that Steve has his magic majority wand to wave. It will cost us a boat load of jobs, but any thing to be more like Americans and less like those awful Canadians.