Business Methods Patentable in Canada According to Federal Court

Abstract

The earlier recommendation of the Patent Appeal Board (accepted by the Commissioner of Patents) to reject Amazon.com’s patent application for placing orders on-line using one click as being directed towards non-statutory subject matter (Re: Kaphan Patent Application No. 2,246,933, 2009 LNCPAT 2; "Canadian Patent Appeal Board denies Amazon.com's one-click patent application", Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010) was recently overturned by the Canadian Federal Court.

Keywords: patent, patents, patentable, subject matter, eligibility, Amazon, business methods