Federal Court of Appeal – Wenzel Downhole Tools Ltd. v. National-Oilwell Canada Ltd. “Being available for consultation is not the same as disclosing information. “ “…information cannot be deemed to have been available to the public unless it is established by positive evidence that it was indeed conveyed to the public by some form of communication.
Tag: divulgation
Une divulgation orale d’une invention crée de l’art antérieur aux États-Unis
Dans la cause Amkor Technology, Inc. c. International Trade Commission (Fed. Cir. 2012), on a statué qu’une divulgation orale d’une invention en sol américain crée de l’art antérieur aux États-Unis sous 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) . “…content of the domestic disclosure must be specific enough to encompass the “complete and operative invention…and an inventor’s oral testimony to this extent is a question of proof. “