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The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier decision (2015 FC 17) prohibiting Mylan from obtaining its Notice of Compliance until after the impugned patent expires.

Software license agreements generally require the customer to pay fees for the software license and related services, which fees are usually based upon the duration of the license and the manner in which the customer is allowed to use the software, together with applicable taxes and withholdings.

Until very recently, the idea that something other than a human being could decide what to plant, when to plant it and when to harvest it, seemed impossible.

A recent decision of the Federal Court considered an assertion of patent infringement that had been made to the defendant's customer.

A trade secret license can help extract value from a trade secret, a valuable form of intellectual property asset. However, omitting a key ingredient from a trade secret license can result in the ultimate loss of the value of the asset, disagreements between the licensor and licensee and lost opportunities.

Canada's new Patent Term Adjustment system offers compensation for delays in patent issuance, but qualifying depends on meeting specific eligibility requirements and strategic prosecution decisions. Understanding how the CIPO's "chess clock" philosophy works and implementing key strategies like deferred examination and timely maintenance fee payments can significantly impact whether meaningful term adjustments are granted.

Although an NDA has its place in commercial practice, it does not come without its limitations.

Many equate franchising with the well-known and recognized quick-service restaurants and coffee bars prevalent around the world.

The Trade-marks Act allows for the licencing of trademarks so long as the owner has, under the licence, direct or indirect control of the character or quality of the goods or services.

In the vast cosmos of cinematic hilarity, "Spaceballs" emerges as a timeless interstellar spoof, navigating the galaxies of parody with a comical finesse that leaves audiences in stitches.

In two Ontario cases, the courts considered whether the private contents of a Facebook® profile had to be produced in the context of litigation.

The Court granted Gemstone's application to expunge four copyright registrations and to amend one copyright registration to replace "Gemstone Travel Management Systems" with....

The technology explosion, the dot-com boom and its subsequent demise, and the continuing expansion of the North American economy – the constant thread through the last two decades has been the ever-increasing reliance by almost all businesses and industries on licensing intellectual property, technology and other forms of intangibles for one purpose or another. This is so even though reliance on technology licensing is not new – as early as 1996, North American corporations earned over $66 billi

The Supreme Court of Canada is poised to hear a case that will affect the future of mining and natural resource projects in British Columbia and across Canada. For participants in British Columbia's mining industry...

Two appeals were considered in this judgment.

The rising cost of energy and resources and the transition to a low-carbon economy have driven research, development and investment efforts in clean technologies.

Can a trademark licensor be held liable for the negligent actions of its licensee? In a decision involving United States presidential candidate Donald Trump, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Singh v Trump held that the egregious negligence of a licensee in this case did not provide a basis in law for imposing liability on a licensor.

Every retailer today uses some form of software, whether it be a computer program running on local hardware, a hosted web site or an application running in the cloud or on a mobile device.