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== Canada's change to first-to-file ==

Canada changed from FTI to FTF in 1989. One study by researchers at [[McGill University]] found that contrary to expectations "the switch failed to stimulate Canadian R&D efforts. Nor did it have any effects on overall patenting. However, 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." <ref>[https://ssrn.com/abstract=1394833#%23 Lo and Sutthiphisal: "Does it Matter Who Has the Right to Patent: First-to-Invent or First-to-File? Lessons from Canada", April 2009, NBER Working Paper No. w14926]</ref>

== USA change to first-inventor-to-file (FITF) ==