Date: 19980120
Docket: A-529-81
CORAM: STONE J.A.
STRAYER J.A.
ROBERTSON J.A.
BETWEEN:
JOHN M. HOLLANDER
Appellant
- and -
THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS
Respondent
Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, January 20, 1998.
JUDGMENT delivered form the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on Tuesday, January 20, 1998.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: STONE J.A.
Date: 19980120
Docket: A-529-81
CORAM: STONE J.A.
STRAYER J.A.
ROBERTSON J.A.
BETWEEN:
JOHN M. HOLLANDER
Appellant
- and -
THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
(Delivered from the Bench, at Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, January 20, 1999)
STONE J.A.
[1] In our view, no basis has been shown for interfering with the Commissioner's decision of March 25, 1981 rejecting the appellant's patent application of February 23, 1977, either with respect to the merits of that decision or with the alleged denial of procedural fairness. The appeal will, accordingly, be dismissed. There being no "special reason"1 for awarding costs in this statutory appeal, none will be ordered.
"A.J. STONE"
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
Date: 19980120
Docket: A-529-81
BETWEEN:
JOHN J. HOLLANDER
- and -
THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
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1 Rule 1312, which reads:
No costs shall be payable by any party to an appeal under this Division to another unless the Court, in its discretion, for special reasons so orders.
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