ArticleCanada's IP Strategy Announcement – A Litigator's PerspectiveOn April 26, 2018 Minister Bains announced Canada's Intellectual Property ("IP") Strategy. CanadaIntellectual PropertyMcMillan LLP
ArticleCanada’s New Anti-Counterfeiting Provisions Now Fully In Force And Request For Customs Assistance System Now AvailableAs recently reported, Bill C-8, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, received Royal Assent and became law on December 9, 2014. CanadaIntellectual PropertySmart & Biggar
ArticleCanadian Intellectual Property Office Further Extends Statutory Deadlines To June 1, 2020The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has announced a further extension of deadlines to June 1, 2020.CanadaIntellectual PropertyNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticleCanadian Intellectual Property Office Increases Fees Effective January 1, 2024As of January 1, 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will be increasing most of its fees by 25%. Filing fees, renewal fees, opposition filing fees...CanadaIntellectual PropertyGoodmans LLP
ArticleCanExport Innovation Program Covers Intellectual Property Related Activities For Foreign R&D And Licensing EndeavoursThe CanExport Innovation program, administered by the Global Affairs Canada's Trade Commissioner Service, helps Canadian organizations pursue collaborative research and development (R&D) agreements...CanadaIntellectual PropertySmart & Biggar
ArticleCopyright and the Creative Commons LicenseThere are dozens of online photo-sharing platforms. When using such photo-sharing venues, photographers should take care not to make the same mistake as Art Drauglis, who posted a photo to his online account through the photo-sharing site Flickr ..CanadaIntellectual PropertyField Law
ArticleCopyright Infringement Allegations Dismissed With Respect To Software Programs (Intellectual Property Weekly Abstracts Bulletin (Week of May 13, 2013)This case involved a dispute over ownership and alleged infringement of copyright in a number of computer software programs.CanadaIntellectual PropertyBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
ArticleCopyright Ownership In The Course Of Employment: Creator Of A Quebec Children's Cult Classic Loses Royalties SuitIn the midst of the culturally effervescent sixties, the Quebec Ministry of Education was trying to develop new means to reach underprivileged children through television. CanadaIntellectual PropertyDLA Piper
ArticleCustoms Request For Assistance Regime For Counterfeits, Expanded Definition For Trademark Infringement, And New Criminal Sanctions Now In ForceThe provisions relating to the customs "Request for Assistance" procedure in Bill C-8, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, came into force on January 1, 2015.CanadaIntellectual PropertySmart & Biggar
ArticleDes Secrets Derrière La Formule SecrèteL'amour des fans de Nutella a donné lieu à des émeutes dans des supermarchés français suite à une promotion ayant fait chuté de 70% le prix de la pâte à tartiner parfumée à la noisette et au cacao.CanadaIntellectual PropertyNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticleDestruction And Delivery Up: A Year In ReviewCopyright and trade-mark owners whose IP is infringed may seek a variety of remedies against the perpetrators, including damages, injunctive relief and legal costs. CanadaIntellectual PropertyFasken
ArticleEducation Fair Dealing Update: All Eyes On York As Copibec And Université Laval Reach Tentative SettlementFair dealing in educational contexts has been a hot issue in Canada. Canadian copyright lawyers and scholars have been watching two cases involving Canadian universities that have been making...CanadaIntellectual PropertySmart & Biggar
ArticleElevateIP: Government Of Canada Releases Call For Proposals To Support Development Of IPThe Government of Canada recently took another step towards fulfilling its commitment to help Canadian businesses with intellectual property awareness and development.CanadaIntellectual PropertyCassels
VideoGetting Copyright Right For Generative AI (Video)The focus of both a wave of litigation and emerging regulation, Generative AI continues to evoke fundamental and untested issues of copyright.CanadaIntellectual PropertyGowling WLG
ArticleGetting Your Intellectual Property House In OrderMany organizations may be experiencing a slow-down or pause in the day-to-day projects and initiatives that typically fill working hours due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaIntellectual PropertyMLT Aikins LLP
ArticleGood News For Creators: Canada Extends Copyright TermJust under the wire, before the end of 2022, Canada enacted a significant change to its copyright law. December 30 was fixed[1] as the day on which section 281 of the Budget Implementation Act...CanadaIntellectual PropertyDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleIntellectual Asset Management Best Practices – Part 2In Part 1, we looked at three important steps in starting an intellectual asset management process within your organizationCanadaIntellectual PropertyField Law
ArticleL'OPIC Annonce Des Augmentations De Frais À Compter Du 1er Janvier 2021Le 22 septembre 2020, l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC) a annoncé que la plupart des frais de service de l'OPIC feraient l'objet d'un rajustement annuel conformément...CanadaIntellectual PropertyNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
ArticleLes droits de propriété intellectuelle et la relation employeur-employé : une foire aux questions sur le droit canadienRyan Sheahan, qui conseille bon nombre de nos clients sur les questions de propriété intellectuelle, a rédigé dernièrement un chapitre portant sur les droits de propriété...CanadaIntellectual PropertyStikeman Elliott LLP
ArticleLights. Camera. Legal Action! Jury Finds Iconic ‘Jersey Boys' Musical Infringes CopyrightThe creators of the hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys have been found liable for copyright infringement by a Nevada Federal Court jury. CanadaIntellectual PropertySmart & Biggar