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Newfoundland trade-mark registrations often turn up in clearance searches undertaken to assess the availability of new trade-marks for use in Canada, and can be a source of puzzlement to anyone unfamiliar with their historical background. An oddity of Canadian trade-marks law, the special treatment of Newfoundland trade-marks is a legacy of the terms of entry of the province into the Canadian Confederation on April 1, 1949.

With less than three weeks before cannabis becomes legal for adult use in Canada, Ontario has finally tabled its approach to retail distribution.

The latest report from Gowlings relating to the Life Sciences Industry.

Like most domain name registries, the dot-ca registry, operated by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), has a dispute resolution policy.

In part one of our IP licensing primer series, we discussed foundational considerations that Licensors and Licensees should bear in mind before entering an IP licensing agreement. We broadly explained how licences.

As the trees blaze colour and our nights grow crisper, I am reminded that along with post-season baseball, it's deal time!

This is an application pursuant to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations.

A Saskatchewan court has awarded damages for the first time under Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Act, establishing a novel framework for calculating infringement damages by drawing on patent law principles. The decision addresses how courts should quantify losses when farmers illegally sell protected seed varieties, marking a significant development for plant breeders seeking to enforce their exclusive rights after more than 35 years of the Act being in force.

In the past 12 months, two significant decisions (one in Canada, the other in the United States) have the potential to dramatically recalibrate the scope of patent protection for so-called "business methods" (and possibly "software inventions" as well).

Canadian courts have, in numerous recent decisions, consistently reaffirmed their support for arbitration and indicated a strong judicial policy favouring arbitration.

The Canadian federal government is moving quickly towards legalizing the possession and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes. However, Canada's cannabis industry is already "overgrown" ...

The federal government's recent omnibus budget bill, Bill C-86 tabled October 29, proposes significant changes to Canada's IP laws.

As of January 1, 2004, natural health products (NHPs) in Canada are subject to new sale, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, storage, importation, and distribution requirements.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that the copyright in deposited survey plans belongs not to the land surveyor who prepared the plan but to the Province: Keatley Surveying v. Teranet.

In the not-so-distant licensing past, most technology vendors stringently denied using any open-source software in their proprietary software programs.

On April 2, 2014, the Competition Bureau released draft updated Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines for a 60-day consultation period.

The Defendant, Selex, brought a motion to strike parts of the Statement of Claim.