This webinar will cover trends and developing issues in double patenting and divisional patent practice in Canada. Our panelists will discuss:
- Case law on double patenting
- "Forced" vs "voluntary" divisionals and Consolboard protection in light of NCS v. Kobold, 2023 FC 1486
- Patent Office practice on unity, improper divisionals, overlap and double patenting – and how to get a "direction" from the Commissioner
- Reconciling divisional strategies with streamlined patent examination rules