Good news for Canadian green technology inventors: patenting your idea just got easier, quicker
Thursday, April 21st, 2011I’d like to draw attention to changes in the Canadian Patent Rules which went into effect in March 2011. The amendments basically expedite the examination process for patent applications related to “green technology.” As Wilfred So of law firm Blakes writes, “The Canadian government’s position is that fast-tracking green technology patent applications is for the public benefit and is aligned with other priorities on science and technology. The government has stated that this approach supports the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises, develops a clean energy economy, and is responsive to global warming.”
Other countries that expedite the examination of green technology patent applications include Australia, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For more info on this, check out this Blakes bulletin.
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
