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This month I would like to continue the discussion concerning comparative advertising and in particular rights under the Trademarks and Copyright Acts.

Social media apps and networking websites are exploding in the world of social media. Just last year, Apple announced that its Apple iOS App Store reached a landmark 40 billion downloads and 775,000 apps for its platform.

The Supreme Court of Canada has issued an eagerly awaited decision in the case of Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Excellence Inc. The SCC allowed the appeal of Euro Excellence, reversing the Federal Court of Appeal judgment (2005 FCA 427), which had affirmed the trial decision (2004 FC 652) allowing Kraft Canada’s claim of secondary infringement of copyright against Euro Excellence.

Here is the next case that illustrates the potential pitfalls when dealing with social media:

In May 2018 we reported on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Keatley Surveying Ltd. which held that a land surveyor did not own the copyright in a plan of survey presented for registration or deposit in Ontario's land registry system.

Intellectual property is a dynamic area of law that continues to be at the forefront of innovation, and continues to develop.

The U.S. Copyright Office released a comprehensive report titled "Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Part 2: Copyrightability" ("U.S. Copyrightability Report") in January 2025...

Bodum – a maker of popular coffee-press and glass products – wanted to protect their design for a double-walled drinking glass in a competitive marketplace.

Amazon is one of Canada's most popular and profitable online marketplaces, but it is not the wild west. Sellers must take care not to make false or misleading statements about competitors...

Our firm updates our Doing Business in Canada publication twice per year to provide interested parties with news about recent developments in Canada.

Photocopying money risks criminal and civil sanctions. So what to do if making file copies of a trust settled with a $10, $20, $50, or $100 dollar bill? Can you copy or scan the settled property?

The Federal Budget, tabled in the House of Commons on April 21, 2015, proposes significant changes to various aspects of Canada’s IP system.

Software license agreements often include a provision that requires the software vendor to provide the customer with limited protection and special remedies if a third party claims that the customer's use of licensed software infringes third party intellectual property rights.

Written submissions are now being solicited from all Canadians on the Copyright Act, as the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (Committee) conducts its mandatory five-year review of the statute.

Whether you have written a song with a friend or a fellow band member, it is important to understand your rights as well as the rights of your co-writers regarding what you can and can't do with the song.

A recent decision of the European Court of Justice sheds new light on the unregistered design right that exists in the European Union and may make Canadians envious.

The existence of counterfeit products often signify that a particular brand or product has 'made it': it is now sufficiently popular that someone is making knock-offs.

On April 27, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) added Canada to a "Priority Watch List" of countries it says fail to protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) rights.