In other words, accepted applications will be advanced out of turn for examination.

Finding no error in the FC's decision, the FCA confirmed the importance of evidence in trademark opposition proceedings.

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are predicted to cause significant disruption and losses of certain types of jobs.

On September 15, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") issued the latest decision in an 8-year design patent dispute between Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. ("Columbia")...

Since 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) has been denying requests for post-grant validity challenges based on a controversial set of factors known as the Fintiv rule.

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as ChatGPT and DABUS, have sparked debates about their potential role in patenting new inventions.

A product's commercial success in the marketplace can be used to prove the inventiveness of a patent, but a US court warns that free samples are not relevant.

Writing patent claims is a delicate art: claims that are overly narrow are less likely to be infringed while claims that are overly broad are more easily invalidated.

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a long-awaited decision regarding the scope of the enablement requirement in Section 112 of the Patent Act.

The Federal Circuit found that the use of the term "said microprocessor" later on in the same claim supported the interpretation of only one microprocessor.

On July 26, 2023, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) released its long-awaited decision on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. The FCA reiterated the importance...

Parodies are generally sheltered from trademark enforcement, but how far can you take a joke? On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ("the Supreme Court") found that when a trademark...

Je suis maintenant à mi-chemin de mon mandat de trois ans en tant qu'administrateur élu du Conseil d'administration du CABAMC.

On June 26, 2024, the Québec government released the final regulation amending the existing Regulation respecting the Language of Commerce and Business (the "Business Regulation").