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There are numerous situations where a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is valuable, but it's an especially important tool when intellectual property rights are at stake.

Taking the time to plan an intellectual property (IP) strategy appropriate for your business can yield a substantial return.

Some economists have recently predicted that it not be until the third fiscal quarter 2015 that oil prices may begin to stabilize (for example, see ATB Financial’s Alberta Economic Outlook Q2 2015, published March 31, 2015).

On January 17, 2020, the Federal Court issued a public version of reasons that granted a judicial review application of Elanco Canada:...

Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law within Canada.

After five years of uncertainty and speculation, a date has been set for Canada's drastic new trademark laws to come into force.

A company's most valuable assets are often its proprietary and confidential business and technological information, and it is very important to learn how trade secrets should be protected.

Several recent court cases in the United States focus on trade secret misappropriation by employees departing technology companies.

Negotiations on the much anticipated Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) were concluded on Oct. 5, 2015.

Canada has always been a nation of innovators.

Two developments in the United States may mean that it will be easier to patent business methods, software and similar types of inventions.

A key debate surrounding patents and AI is whether inventions created solely by AI can be patented. The basis of the patent laws in Canada, as well as those in many other countries around the globe.

Information that is technical and valuable may be property called a "trade secret". The proprietary protection only lasts as long as the secret is treated as such by the owner and remains as a secret.

For today's innovators looking to keep ahead of the competition, trade secrets can be an alluring option for their seeming simplicity and efficiency.

Innovative Canadian companies should take notice of the new Elevate IP program that is getting ready to launch. It was created as part of the federal government's National IP Strategy...

Ce billet se veut la suite du premier billet écrit par mon collègue Fortunat Nadima Nadima, et qui avait comme trame de fond la Formule 1.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador recently released a decision regarding an employee's post-employment obligations in relation to confidentiality and non-competition with