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Amid the frenetic pace of today's innovation lifecycle, do patents always afford the best protection of proprietary inventions?

Novel cannabis varieties may be protected in certain countries under various regimes.

Many international R&D collaborations involve trade secrets. If there is a disagreement arising from potential trade secret disclosure or misappropriation, then enforcement of trade secret rights...

A business with high revenue quality, i.e. diversified, sticky and recurring revenues, is one that will likely be around for some time to come, and is therefore highly valued.

Foreign Investment Law of the People's Republic of China ("Foreign Investment Law") was formally implemented on March 15, 2019. Articles 22 and 23 of the Foreign Investment Law...

Intellectual property (IP) rights are key assets for businesses, so it's important to know what types of rights are protectable and what actions that can be taken to enforce these rights.

Trade secrets provide a business with an opportunity to obtain a commercial advantage over competitors who do not know or use the secret.

How do I best protect my invention, by patenting or keeping it as a trade secret? Do I need to register my product name as a trademark or are common law rights enough? Will copyright protect my website?

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dismissed Merck’s appeal; allowing disclosure of certain documents filed with Health Canada. In a 6-3 decision, the SCC considered the competing interests of public policy in broad access to government documents and of companies in protecting trade secrets and other confidential commercial matters.

To patent or not to patent? In the first event in our "Life Cycle of a Smart Idea" series, our global IP team examined that very question and outlined some of the alternative protections available for smart ideas.

In a series of articles devoted to trade secrets, Gowling WLG professionals share their knowledge to help you understand and manage trade secrets to use them as tools for competitiveness.

After almost two years of hostilities, on 15 January 2020, China and the US signed an agreement on a Phase One trade deal easing tensions between the world's two biggest economies

Doing business with the public sector creates an often overlooked – but very real – risk that the confidential information a business typically discloses will end up in a competitor's hands.

As an early-stage founder, you are likely focused on things like finding your product-market fit or growing your user base. However, as you approach your first major fundraising round...

An effective way to protect confidential information, prior to its disclosure, is to execute a written confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement (NDA).

This article forms one part of a broader decision framework for evaluating whether patent or trade secret protection is appropriate for AI innovation.

Among its many features, Bill 27 has created a new statutory prohibition of non-competition agreements between employers and employees under the Employment Standards Act, 2000...