{"id":9582,"date":"2010-10-20T19:27:56","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T00:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iposgoode.ca\/?p=9582"},"modified":"2010-10-20T19:27:56","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T00:27:56","slug":"federal-court-oks-amazon-1-click-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/2010\/10\/20\/federal-court-oks-amazon-1-click-patent\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court OK's Amazon 1-Click Patent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After a 12-year legal battle, Amazon may finally be able to get a patent in Canada on its \u201c1-click\u201d e-commerce system. The Federal Court\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/fct\/doc\/2010\/2010fc1011\/2010fc1011.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granted an appeal<\/a> in favour of Amazon last Thursday, completely overturning an earlier decision of the Commissioner of Patents. In what will be one of the most important Canadian patent cases of the year, Justice Phelan thoroughly rejected the notion that business methods are unpatentable subject matter and strongly rebuked the approach taken by the Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>The Patent Office originally rejected Amazon's application way back in 2004. The Commissioner of Patents <a href=\"http:\/\/patents.ic.gc.ca\/opic-cipo\/comdec\/eng\/decision\/1290\/summary.html?query=%28amazon+%3Cin%3E+cnote+%3COR%3E+amazon+%3Cin%3E+entext+%3COR%3E+amazon+%3Cin%3E+frtext%29&amp;start=1&amp;num=10\">upheld that decision on appeal<\/a> in 2009 on the basis that it was a business method (a category which she held was inherently unpatentable). The Federal Court rejected this finding, holding that there was no basis in Canadian law to support such an exclusion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the Federal Court, the correct test for whether an invention is \u201cart\u201d under <a href=\"http:\/\/laws.justice.gc.ca\/eng\/P-4\/page-1.html#anchorbo-ga:s_2\">s. 2 of the <em>Patent Act<\/em><\/a> is: i) it must not be a disembodied idea but have a method of practical application; ii) it must be a new and inventive method of applying skill and knowledge; and iii) it must have a commercially useful result.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Court decision criticized the approach taken by the Commissioner of Patents on several issues, including claim construction. Justice Phelan wrote in his conclusions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[78]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The absolute lack of authority in Canada for a \u201cbusiness method exclusion\u201d and the questionable interpretation of legal authorities in support of the Commissioner\u2019s approach to assessing subject matters underline the policy driven nature of her decision. It appears as if this was a \u201ctest case\u201d by which to assess this policy, rather than an application of the law to the patent at issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Court ordered that the patent be re-examined with the direction that the claims constitute patentable subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has already begun making an impact on the patent law bar. IP lawyer Richard Owens of Stikeman Elliott <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/amazoncom-wins-patent-fight\/article1757820\/\">commented to the Globe &amp; Mail<\/a> that this decision is \u201cthe most important patent case in the last 10 years.\u201d Howard Knopf of Macera &amp; Jarzyna LLP was more measured, <a href=\"http:\/\/excesscopyright.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/amazon-one-click-canadian-federal-court.html\">suggesting on his blog<\/a> Excess Copyright that the decision will almost certainly be appealed due to the harsh tone taken by the Federal Court and the importance of the issues involved. A team of lawyers from McCarthy Tetrault have also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrysookman.com\/2010\/10\/15\/with-one-click-business-methods-are-patentable-in-canada\/\">weighed in<\/a> with a case note on Barry Sookman's blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School After a 12-year legal battle, Amazon may finally be able to get a patent in Canada on its \u201c1-click\u201d e-commerce system. The Federal Court\u00a0granted an appeal in favour of Amazon last Thursday, completely overturning an earlier decision of the Commissioner of Patents. In what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[141,10,124],"tags":[457],"class_list":["post-9582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patentability","category-patents","category-technology","tag-stuart-freen-ipilogue-editor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federal Court OK&#039;s Amazon 1-Click Patent - IPOsgoode<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/osgoode\/iposgoode\/2010\/10\/20\/federal-court-oks-amazon-1-click-patent\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal Court OK&#039;s Amazon 1-Click Patent - IPOsgoode\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Stuart Freen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School After a 12-year legal battle, Amazon may finally be able to get a patent in Canada on its \u201c1-click\u201d e-commerce system. 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