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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In 1992, the federal government moved to modify the Patent Act by introducing Bill C-91, the Patent Act Amendment Act, 1992, in the House of Commons. The Patent Act Amendment Act, 1992 eliminated compulsory licenses for pharmaceutical products[, and] created two exceptions to an action for patent infringement … by permitting persons to use a patent for certain purposes before the patent expires.  2, record 1, English, - Patent%20Act%20Amendment%20Act%2C%201992

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En 1992, le gouvernement fédéral a entrepris de modifier la Loi sur les brevets en déposant à la Chambre des communes le projet de loi C-91 : Loi de 1992 modifiant la Loi sur les brevets. Cette mesure législative éliminait les licences obligatoires pour les produits pharmaceutiques. […] Elle créait également deux exceptions à l'action en contrefaçon de brevet […] en autorisant l'utilisation d'un brevet à certaines fins avant son expiration.  2, record 1, French, - Loi%20de%201992%20modifiant%20la%20Loi%20sur%20les%20brevets

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A defense to an action for patent infringement made by charging the plaintiff with breaching the duty of candor and good faith.  2, record 2, English, - defense%20of%20inequitable%20conduct

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The defense of inequitable conduct applies when the patent applicant has made a material misstatement or omission with intent to deceive.  3, record 2, English, - defense%20of%20inequitable%20conduct

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Practising an invention ... i.e making, using or selling an invention.  2, record 3, English, - practising%20an%20invention

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 CONT

One of the risks of practising an invention as a trade secret is that if a later inventor obtains a patent on the secret process, the earlier inventor can be liable for patent infringement and may even be enjoined.  3, record 3, English, - practising%20an%20invention

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La mise en œuvre d'une invention ne peut être considérée comme contraire à l'ordre public ou aux bonnes mœurs du seul fait qu'elle est interdite par une disposition légale ou réglementaire.  3, record 3, French, - mise%20en%20%26oelig%3Buvre%20d%27une%20invention

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An action for the infringement of a patent may be brought in that court of record that, in the province in which the infringement is said to have occurred, has jurisdiction, pecuniarily, to the amount of the damages claimed.  1, record 4, English, - action%20for%20the%20infringement%20of%20a%20patent

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Une action en contrefaçon de brevet peut être portée devant la cour d’archives qui, dans la province où il est allégué que la contrefaçon s’est produite, a juridiction, pécuniairement, jusqu’à concurrence du montant des dommages-intérêts réclamés.  3, record 4, French, - action%20en%20contrefa%C3%A7on%20de%20brevet

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In patent law, utility is one of the three basic requirements of patentability, the others being nonobviousness and novelty. In the calculation of damages for patent infringement, utility is the benefit or advantage of the patented product or process over the products or processes, if any, that previously had been used to produce similar results.  2, record 5, English, - utility

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The term "utility" means the purpose or useful function and a utility patent protects the way an invention is used and works.  3, record 5, English, - utility

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Caractère de ce qui est utile.  2, record 5, French, - utilit%C3%A9

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Utilité. Aptitude, réelle ou supposée, d'un bien à satisfaire un besoin ou à créer les conditions favorables à cette satisfaction.  3, record 5, French, - utilit%C3%A9

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... claims for damages based upon the use or infringement of any patent...  4, record 6, English, - infringement

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Usurpation du droit de propriété intellectuelle d'autrui, ce qui se fait généralement par la fabrication, la vente ou l'usage d'un objet qui ressemble à un objet breveté.  3, record 6, French, - contrefa%C3%A7on%20de%20brevet

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The U. S. International Trade Commission is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U. S. industries, and directs actions against certain unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.  1, record 7, English, - International%20Trade%20Commission

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

E. U. ministers, Parliament clash on patent legislation ... Ministers from European Union (E.U.) governments are planning to push ahead with controversial legislation that would open the door for software to be patented ...  3, record 8, English, - patent%20legislation

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Under the patent statutes, however, failure to consider this question and properly mark the products with the appropriate patent numbers can severely limit recovery of damages for patent infringement.  4, record 8, English, - patent%20legislation

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Patent statutes: term usually used in the plural in this context.  5, record 8, English, - patent%20legislation

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le rapport de Panos "Patents, Pills and the Public Health : can Trips deliver" souligne que la législation sur les brevets n'est pas débattue assez largement dans la plupart des pays en développement [...]  3, record 8, French, - l%C3%A9gislation%20sur%20les%20brevets

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Selon un rapport publié cette semaine, les lois sur les brevets maintiennent les pays pauvres dans la trappe de la pauvreté.  4, record 8, French, - l%C3%A9gislation%20sur%20les%20brevets

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Lois sur les brevets : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.  5, record 8, French, - l%C3%A9gislation%20sur%20les%20brevets

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In any suit for infringement of a patent by the holder of an exclusive licence, the patentee shall, unless he has joined as a plaintiff in the suit, be added as a defendant, but a patentee so added as a defendant shall not be liable for any costs unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings.  2, record 9, English, - patentee%20so%20added%20as%20defendant

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The patented technology enables a seed company to genetically alter seed so that [the plants that grow from it are sterile; farmers cannot use their seeds]. The patent is broad, applying to plants and seeds of all species, including both transgenic (genetically engineered) and conventionally-bred seeds.  2, record 10, English, - patented%20technology

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 CONT

... a patent owner's complaint of patent infringement may be easily evaded simply by modifying a minor feature of the patented technology...  3, record 10, English, - patented%20technology

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Plusieurs croient que la valeur d'une technologie brevetée excède celle de la technologie non brevetée. Or, cette évaluation dépendra toujours du domaine d'activités et du degré de sophistication sur la technologie concernée et la capacité de la garder secrète.  2, record 10, French, - technologie%20brevet%C3%A9e

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... in Canada, it is virtually impossible for a pharmaceutical patentee to stop a generic company from selling a product while the case is before the courts, even in cases of clear patent infringement.  2, record 11, English, - pharmaceutical%20patentee

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] le titulaire d'un brevet pharmaceutique peut empêcher des personnes non autorisées d'utiliser le procédé breveté, de fabriquer, d'utiliser ou de vendre, et d'importer le produit breveté ou qui a été obtenu par le procédé breveté.  2, record 11, French, - titulaire%20de%20brevet%20pharmaceutique

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On this basis a revoked patent could only be treated as not "ab initio" void where the decision on infringement has been enforced prior to the revocation decision.  2, record 12, English, - revoked%20patent

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le requérant a demandé que la décision attaquée soit annulée et le brevet révoqué. L'intimé a demandé que le recours soit rejeté.  2, record 12, French, - brevet%20r%C3%A9voqu%C3%A9

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 DEF

to give license to another to use a patent or invention in return for a similar license.  1, record 13, English, - cross%2Dlicense

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Cross licenses are most often made between owners of "interfering" or "blocking" patents. Such interfering or blocking patents cover different aspects of the same invention. For example, if a basic patent is owned by one party and an improvement patent on the same invention is owned by another party, a cross license is warranted because the parties must have the benefit of both patents in order to practice the improvement to its best commercial advantage. Also, inventor A may obtain a patent on item X. Inventor B may obtain a patent on item Y. Both A and B may realize that items X and Y in combination with a third item, Z, which may be in the public domain, constitute a new and useful combination, XYZ. Therefore, A and B may cross-license each other to make, use, and sell each other's patented invention so that they both can produce XYZ without incurring any liability for infringement of each other's patent.  2, record 13, English, - cross%2Dlicense

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... one where the licensor is free to grant further licences of the same kind.  1, record 14, English, - non%2Dexclusive%20licence

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A nonexclusive license gives to a party the right to make and/or use and/or sell; however, the patent owner retains the right to practice the invention and to grant licences to any number of other parties. The nonexclusive license is merely an assurance that patent owner will not charge the licensee with infringement for any conduct that would otherwise be an infringement. If the patent owner does not sue others who are infringing the patent, the nonexclusive licensee has no right to enforce the patent against such infringers without the consent of the patent owner.  2, record 14, English, - non%2Dexclusive%20licence

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En accordant une licence non exclusive, le breveté se réserve le droit d'accorder d'autres licences et d'exploiter lui-même l'invention. En pratique, la conclusion d'une telle licence non exclusive se produit le plus souvent lorsque le breveté réalise qu'il est plus avantageux pour lui d'accorder une telle licence à son concurrent que d'exploiter lui-même l'invention. Ordinairement, lors de la négociation d'un tel contrat, le licencié exige l'inclusion d'une clause dite la plus favorable par laquelle il est prévu que si le breveté accorde une licence plus avantageuse à un tiers, il aura alors droit de bénéficier des mêmes privilèges.  1, record 14, French, - licence%20non%20exclusive

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish