"Case Comment

Creations 2000 Inc.v. Canper Industrial Products Ltd. citation(s): (1991), 34 C.P.R. (3d) 178, (F.C.A. per Hugessen J.A.)

copyright 1997-2007 Donald M. Cameron

Contents

• Summary
• Facts
• The Decision
• Endnotes

Summary

Facts

The Decision

At p. 181:

"Moreover, proof of anticipation based on documents considered `paper patents' (fictive patents), such as buried, forgotten and never used patents, will not have the same weight as evidence based on patents whose concepts have been put into use."

Endnotes

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