Is an invention in a mere adaptation of a well-known idea?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Durable Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. v. Renfrew Electric Products Ltd., 1926 CanLII 18 (ON CA):
There is no invention in a mere adaptation of a well-known idea, in a well-known manner, for a well-known purpose, without igenuity, though the adaptation effects an improvement which supplants articles already in the market and is commercially very successful: Carter v. Leyson (1902), 19 R.P.C. 473.
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