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41004

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada v. Attorney General of Canada

(Federal) (Civil) (By Leave)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2024-06-07 Close file on Leave
2024-05-16 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2024-05-16 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2024-05-16 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The request by the Intellectual Party Institute of Canada for an order pursuant to Rule 18(5) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada to be substituted as a party is dismissed. Accordingly, the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A-188-22, 2023 FCA 168, dated July 26, 2023, and motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal are quashed pursuant to s. 44 of the Supreme Court Act.
Quashed
2024-05-16 Decision on motion to extend time to file and /or serve the leave application, See decision on application
Quashed
2024-05-16 Decision on motion to add or substitute parties, See decision on application
Dismissed
2024-04-02 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, for consideration by the Court
2024-04-02 Submission of motion to extend time to file and/ or serve the leave application, for consideration by the Court
2024-04-02 Submission of motion to add or substitute parties, for consideration by the Court
2024-01-10 Book of authorities, (Book Form), Completed on: 2024-01-10, (Printed version filed on 2024-01-10) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2024-01-10 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, (Book Form), Completed on: 2024-01-10, (Printed version filed on 2024-01-10) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-12-19 Response to motion to add or substitute parties, (Included in the respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal), Completed on: 2023-12-19 Attorney General of Canada
2023-12-19 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A, (Printed version due on 2023-12-28) Attorney General of Canada
2023-12-19 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2024-01-02, (Printed version due on 2023-12-28) Attorney General of Canada
2023-12-12 Certificate (on limitations to public access), 23A-motion Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-12-12 Motion to extend the time to file and or serve the application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), Completed on: 2023-12-15, (Printed version filed on 2023-12-12) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-11-20 Letter acknowledging receipt of an incomplete application for leave to appeal, FILE OPENED 2023-11-20
2023-10-27 Motion to add or substitute parties, (Book Form), (Included in the application for leave to appeal), Completed on: 2023-11-20, (Printed version filed on 2023-10-31) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-10-27 Certificate (on limitations to public access), (Letter Form), 23A, (Printed version due on 2023-11-03) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-10-27 Notice of name, (Letter Form), (Printed version filed on 2023-10-31) Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
2023-10-27 Application for leave to appeal, (Book Form), (4 volumes), REQUIRED:
- motion to extend time (rec'd 2023-12-12), Completed on: 2023-12-15, (Printed version filed on 2023-10-31)
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Attorney General of Canada Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Counsel
Julie Desrosiers
Michael Shortt
Eliane Ellbogen
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
800 Victoria Square, Suite 3500
Montréal, Quebec
H4Z 1E9
Telephone: (514) 397-7400
FAX: (514) 397-7600
Email: jdesrosiers@fasken.com
Agent
Sophie Arseneault
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
55 rue Metcalfe
Bureau 1300
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L5
Telephone: (613) 696-6904
FAX: (613) 230-6423
Email: sarseneault@fasken.com

Party: Attorney General of Canada

Counsel
Shalene Curtis-Micallef
Abigail Browne
Antoine Lippé
James Schneider
Attorney General of Canada
Ontario Regional Office - National Litigation Sector
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 400
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 1T1
Telephone: (416) 347-8754
Email: shalene.curtis-micallef@justice.gc.ca
Agent
Christopher Rupar
Attorney General of Canada
Department of Justice Canada
50 O'Connor Street, Suite 500, room 556
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 6L2
Telephone: (613) 941-2351
FAX: (613) 954-1920
Email: christopher.rupar@justice.gc.ca

Summary

Keywords

Intellectual property — Patents — Administrative law — What is the legal test for determining the subject-matter patentability for computer-implemented inventions — As a matter of administrative law, when can courts hearing statutory appeals from administrative decision-makers require those decision-makers to use a specific legal test?

Summary

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Benjamin Moore & Co.’s applications for two patents in respect of a computer implemented colour selection method were rejected. It appealed to the Federal Court. The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada intervened and argued the Federal Court should order a revised framework for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. The Federal Court of Appeal remitted the applications back to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to be reconsidered with instructions to adopt the test described by the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. The Federal Court of Appeal allowed an appeal and remitted the applications to be reconsidered adopting the version of Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s Manual of Patent Office Practice current at the time of the re-hearing.

Lower court rulings

June 17, 2022
Federal Court

2022 FC 923, T-1340-20, T-1341-20

Patent applications remitted to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to be reconsidered with instructions

July 26, 2023
Federal Court of Appeal

2023 FCA 168, A-188-22

Appeal allowed, instructions struck, applications remitted to be reconsidered adopting current version of Canadian Intellectual Property Office Manual of Patent Office Practice

Memorandums of argument on application for leave to appeal

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Date modified: 2025-04-16