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Our Doing business in Canada publication is a general overview of the principal corporate, tax and other legal considerations that would be of interest to foreign businesses wishing to establish or acquire a business in Canada.

Executive employees are well aware that they enhance their value to competitors if they leave with their employer’s key competitive information.

Canadian governments, like many around the globe, face a conundrum. Canadians consume energy conspicuously, but many oppose energy development passionately.

The vast majority of IP litigants in Canada already make the Federal Court their choice of forum.

It is now well established that the most valuable assets of a 21st century business consist of its intellectual property.

A key employee departs. The employer, worried that confidential information has leaked out of the company, scrambles to respond.

Intellectual property (IP) comes in many forms, including trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, plant breeders rights, and patents.

Bien qu'omniprésent, le secret industriel est une forme de propriété intellectuelle souvent oubliée, mais cruciale.

In our previous article "Pokémon GO Shows How to Augment Reality and your Intellectual Property", we discussed the value and diversity of the Pokémon Intellectual Property ("IP") portfolio.

Significant amendments to Canada's Trademarks Act (the "Act") have been passed, but are not yet in effect.

For many businesses, large and small, their "Intellectual Property" (IP) is one of their most valuable assets. So understanding IP is important.

The question frequently arises as to when aggregated or anonymized can be disclosed and when even with the aggregation or anonymization it is likely to disclose information that need to be protected.

Many organizations frequently need to disclose and allow others to use their sensitive or proprietary non-public information or trade secrets, such as in the context of the purchase and sale of a business, partnering activities with other organizations, or engaging employees or contractors to perform services.

In a decision that may one day be cited by Canadian courts on the extent of an employer’s rights over its social media properties, the United States District Court for Colorado has ruled that an employer’s MySpace Profile and "Friends" list can qualify as trade secrets.

On June 16, 2014, amendments to Bill C-17, Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (the Bill), were announced.

In a previous article we discussed the importance of carrying out IP audits. In this article we outline the steps that need to be carried out in order to complete an audit.

The Respondents are descendants of the original designer of the Bluenose, and claim copyright interests and moral rights to his design drawings. When the original Bluenose sunk, the Bluenose II was constructed.