We previously reported on the significant changes to the Charter of the French Language introduced through Bill 96, which was enacted in June 2022. Those changes are now set to come into force on June 1, 2025.

As part of Western sanctions against Russia for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has announced an end to the Global Patent Prosecution Highway partnership...

he City of Vernon has transferred the copyright to the name for a mythical sea creature, Ogopogo, to a local First Nation.

On 17 January 2020, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the "CIPO") indicated that it will now be necessary for an Applicant to demonstrate exceptional...

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the "CIPO") and the European Patent Office (the "EPO") have announced that their pilot Patent Prosecution Highway...

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has issued a Practice Notice to allow expedited examination of certain trademark applications.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO") has issued new Examination Guidance on the topic of Subject-Matter Eligibility.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has published a Manual of Patent Appeal Board Procedures for Rejected Patent Applications (the "Manual").

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (the "CIPO") is updating the certificates it issues when IP rights are granted.

The Federal Court considered the current section 56 of the Patent Act on prior user rights for the first time in Kobold Corporation v NCS Multistage Inc, 2021 FC 1437.

The Federal Court of Appeal has made it clear: Canada's "due care" standard for reinstating patents and patent applications is applied very strictly.

Each year on April 26, we celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day. Established in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)...

Neil Young has ended his lawsuit against the Trump Campaign for allegedly infringing copyright in two of his songs

Plant breeders' rights (PBR) are a form of intellectual property, somewhat similar to patents, that protect new plant varieties by offering plant breeders a limited monopoly on such new varieties.

The Expert Panel on Intellectual Property has released its Report on Intellectual Property in Ontario's Innovation Ecosystem.

Since January 2019 SaskTel has sent out approximately 30,000 notifications to customers accused of unauthorized downloading or uploading of copyrighted material.

Bill C-4, the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, received Royal Assent on March 13, 2020. This new NAFTA deal (known as the NAFTA 2.0) is referred to in Canada as the CUSMA.

The World Intellectual Property Office (the "WIPO") has now launched its Madrid Application Assistant to assist users with filing Madrid applications.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (the "WIPO") has released its annual statistics on global IP filings for 2019.

The World Intellectual Property Office (the "WIPO") has opened its 2023 Global Awards program. The program seeks small and medium sized enterprises that use intellectual property...