This course examines patentable subject matter across Canada, the US, the UK and Australia. It examines the most fundamental question in patent law: namely, what is an 'invention'? In other words, is this the type of "stuff" that patent law should protect with a twenty (20) year monopoly?<br/>Indeed, the meaning of "invention" is far from a doctrinal topic "bedevilled by verbal formulae" and "sterile argument about the meaning of words". For, "whoever controls the meaning of 'invention' controls what can be patented and hence an important aspect of industrial policy." (Peter Prescott QC, sitting as deputy judge, in CFPH LLC, (Patent Applications Nos. 0226884.3 and 0419317.3), [2005] EWHC... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Emir Crowne
Prerequisites: LAW1101 Introduction to Legal Reasoning; LAW1104 Research and Writing or equivalent introductory units.
