Does a patentee have an obligation to produce a result in the patent?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Pfizer Canada Inc. v. Canada (Minister of Health), 2008 FCA 108 (CanLII), [2009] 1 FCR 253:
The decision in American Cyanamid v. Ethicon Limited, [1979] R.P.C. 215 (Ch. D.), at page 261 stands for the proposition that although a patentee is not obligated to promise a result in the patent, if he does make such a promise, he will be held to it.
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