The Industrial Design Office has announced that it is changing its practice with respect to industrial designs applied to buildings or structures.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking comments on what the impact would be on providing copyright protection to works created using artificial intelligence,

One of the hot topics in 2017 was the legalization of cannabis for recreational adult use in Canada.

Further to our last update on the amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations and related Guidance, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) has today announced that...

Justice Manson found the claims were obvious

The Government intends to publish final regulations as soon as possible following Royal Assent of the Cannabis Act.

These provisions will not come into force until October 23, 2018.

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that registrants will be able to register.

Olympic gold medal winner and sprinter Bruny Surin has filed a trademark infringement case against Puma Canada Inc. and Puma North America Inc.

As previously reported, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB) recently released draft Guidelines operationalizing the amended Patented Medicines Regulations ...

On October 1, 2018, a draft of the renegotiated North America Free Trade Agreement was published under the new title of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) (hereinafter the "Agreement").

While summary trial motions have been a tool available to Federal Court litigants to resolve intellectual property (and other) disputes for more than a decade, they were given little attention.

On June 17, 2022, it will be three years since the coming into force of major amendments to the Canadian Trademarks Act, and, importantly, three years since the Trademarks Office...

On June 6, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded its Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program ("Program") to broaden the scope of eligible subject matter...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the "OPC") has released its breach guidance, "What you need to know about mandatory reporting of breaches of security safeguards", in final form (the "Guidelines").

As previously reported, Health Canada has proposed a Ministerial Reliance Order that would allow Health Canada to rely on decisions of foreign regulatory authorities (FRAs). Health Canada has proposed that the Reliance Order will come into force in summer 2026, at which point Health Canada will consult on an applicable guidance document.

L'Alliance pharmaceutique pancanadienne (« APP ») a récemment annoncé qu'elle officialisait et lançait son processus de négociation ciblé (« PNC ») révisé.

Comme nous l'avons indiqué le mois dernier, la ministre de la Santé a lancé une consultation sur une proposition d'arrêté ministériel relatif à la confiance qui permettrait...

The pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) recently announced it is formalizing and introducing revisions to the Targeted Negotiation Process (TNP).

This spring, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will consider the scope of patentable subject-matter as it relates to "methods of medical treatment".