First To File and First To Invent - Canada's Change To First-to-file

Canada's Change To First-to-file

Canada changed from FTI to FTF in 1989. One study found that the "reforms had a small adverse effect on domestic-oriented industries and skewed the ownership structure of patented inventions towards large corporations, away from independent inventors and small businesses."

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