Harvard College v Canada (Commissioner of Patents)
SUPREME COURT OF CANADA CASE
Harvard College v. Canada (Commissioner of Patents)
Harvard College v Canada (Commissioner of Patents)Harvard College v Canada (Commissioner of Patents), [2002] 4 SCR 45, 2002 SCC 76 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada case concerning the patentability of higher life forms within the context of the Patent Act.Patent Act, RSC 1985, c P-4 At issue was the patentability of the Harvard oncomouse, a mouse that had its genome genetically altered by a cancer-promoting gene (oncogene).