Berggren Live Radio
Our special guest in this episode is Kimberly McManus, a partner at the Canadian IP firm Aird & McBurney LP. The program is hosted by Berggren´s own Robert Alderson and Mariella Massaro.
We will discuss, among other things:
- measures taken to help applicants at the Canadian patent office during the Covid-19 crisis
- comparable measures taken at the EPO, EUIPO and USPTO
- news on the option of a 42-month national phase entry in Canada from the earliest priority date
- grace period for public disclosure
- recent decision of EPO´s Enlarged Board of Appeal about the non-patentability of plant and animal products exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes
- divisional practice in Canada (no continuation practice