The long awaited amendments to the Patent Act and Rules came into force today. Hopefully by now, none of my subscribers need a summary of the changes.

Some resources:

• “New” Patent Act (as far as I know, there is no current version of the Patent Act, as amended, available on DOJ or CanLII – please let me know if there is one)
• “New” Patent Rules
• “New” MOPOP – includes designation of WIPO’s DAS as a digital library for priority documents

See earlier posts:

• MOPOP published (October 2019)
• Patent Rules published (July 2019)
• Patent and Design Changes (December 2014)

Alan